Archive for October, 2008
Following my Hart
A Life Worth Living
There is a perception that many people share about nursing homes: It’s a place people go to die. Granted, a nursing home is often the last residence many people have before their transition to what lies beyond, however it does not have to be all gloom and doom and avoided by the family members whose [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Changing Our Minds
Today I read two accounts of people whose parents passed away and left them a legacy of guilt. Linda Kriger writes of the lifelong effects parenting has on a soul as David Solie concurs in his blog. After several years of reading research related to the subconscious mind, selective memory and the unique perceptions we [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Synchronicity
Joan Anderson’s books were suggested to me by two different people, two days in a row. I take things like that as a sign that I being guided towards something. Today I stopped by my town library and picked up her first two publications, A Year by the Sea and An Unfinished Marriage. Immediately, I [...]
Read the rest of this entry »AARP Bulletin
Having “the talk” with elders. http://bulletin.aarp.org/yourworld/family/articles/rules_of_engagement_boomers_prepare_for_the_talk_.html Share on Facebook
Read the rest of this entry »The Gift of Dementia
Ah, the freedom I see in the faces of my friends at the nursing home when they have no other choice but to be in the present moment. In fact, it’s only when this capacity dimishes and more, what we’d call lucidy, comes forth do I notice a shift in the peace and happiness they [...]
Read the rest of this entry »A Request For Your Memories
When I was a little girl I had a great aunt who kinda freaked me out. Although there was something I really liked about her (jovial, warm, inviting), her body emitted an unpleasant odor and her skin had a vaporous quality. I recall that she was close to 100 years old, which in and of [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Words and Health
As those of us the coaching profession already know (why else would we enter the profession?), happiness = better health . And one of the ways to happiness is becoming aware of your less than positive habits, particularly your thoughts and speaking traits. Why am I bringing this up at Ageless-Sages? Because if you make [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Mom, is that you?
After spending several days hanging out with my 89 yr. old mother, she was quite pooped and in a deep sleep when I arrived at the nursing home the next morning. My sister, Sharon and I checked in on her periodically. Later in the morning, Sharon announced that mom was awake, and hadn’t any idea [...]
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