Creative Communication – How to play with colors and words to explore grief – what do you think??
I love telling people about “Jen Wortham” our amazing instructor from Manhattan New York! Jen is an artist, a counselor, and an incredible guide for navigate grief in a safe place. Imagine my surprise when Jen suggested teaching an online course about the art of grieving?!?! “Oh sure”, I replied “teach an art class online…. […]
Steve Jobs – “Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new”.
Death has never ceased to amaze me. In some ways so simple, in other ways so profound. One minute here, the next minute gone. Somehow I missed the fact that Steve Jobs was sick and dying. So when I heard last night that he had died, I was shocked. How? No way! Wow. Did I […]
Walking the streets of NYC and feeling safe…
I came to New York with my dear Aunt Frankie, (the hospice nurse who introduced me to death and dying as a child). We came specifically to see her son Charles who helped design and was hosting an outdoor urban “lab” for the Guggenheim Museum. It has been a treat to see what the “lab” […]
Dr. Bernard Lapointe – Euthanasia and Physician Assisted Suicide
Dr Bernard Lapointe spoke at the CHPCA conference on advocacy. He used the Quebec experience with Bill C384 An Act to amend the Criminal Code (right to die with dignity) regarding Euthanasia and Physician Assisted Suicide. His presentation was followed by Sharon Baxter, ED for CHPCA. Sharon summarized her key concerns: Before legalizing either procedure, […]
