Teaching Tip: Using reflective writing to learn about beliefs and baggage
We often think of writing as a way to present our ideas to others, to answer questions, and to illustrate what we know. However, Laurel Richardson suggests that she writes in order to LEARN! I write because I want to find something out. I write in order to learn something that I didn’t know before […]
What’s in a name? Why conceptual clarity about “a palliative approach” is important
Guest post by authors Pat Porterfield, Kelli Stajduhar, Rick Sawatzky, and Cara Pearson of iPANEL. A recently published article by the iPANEL team is the focus of this blog post. The goal of this research was to clarify the meaning of a “palliative approach” to healthcare for people who have chronic advancing life-limiting conditions. Read […]
“I don’t have time for this!” – A Compassionate Guide to Caring for Your Parents and Yourself
Guest blog post by Katherine Arnup – life coach, speaker, and a retired Carleton University professor. Author of the award-winning book Education for Motherhood, a history of advice for mothers, she has pioneered studies on the diversity of family life. In her latest book, “I don’t have time for this!” A Compassionate Guide to Caring for […]
Thoughts on Physician Assisted Dying
It has been an incredible month. We attended conferences in Texas, Ontario and California. We are home now, absorbing the learning, and trying to integrate what we learned into our beings. Most profound for me was the opportunity to attend sessions addressing Physician Assisted Dying. The debate is over. Physician Assisted Dying has been legalized […]
