A New Ritual, Many Find Solace Online
A profound insight in the New York Times story A New Ritual, Many Find Solace Online about how we use Facebook and social media to help us mourn ...
Parting Ways
CHAPCA Award for Outstanding Program Achievement
Congratulations to Hospice Care of the West for winning the Outstanding Program Achievement Award given by the California Hospice and Palliative ...
Light of Love Burns On
In my Parting Ways Column in the Orange County Register, I share the story of a community grieving together. As the holidays draw near, lighting ...
At 105, She soars on dream ballon flight
Shortly after her 105th birthday, hospice patient Bessie Anderson prepares to go up for a balloon ride at the Great Park in Irvine. The big ...
Living Funeral: The Grandest Life Celebration
Your 15 minutes have arrived. Roll out the red carpet. A living funeral is the grandest celebration of your life with a twist—you, the honoree, ...
Final Farewells to Envy
In the Orange County Register, I reflected on some of the people who exemplify living richly in life’s final frontier. Read my Parting Ways ...
Last holiday with Mom underscores tradition
As the holidays approached, I opened the kitchen cupboard and pulled out the green box holding all my mother’s holiday recipes. I carried ...
Granddaughter proud of her grandmother’s legacy
The life review of Pat White, patient at Hospice Care of the West, hits top story at the OC Register inspiring a Part II. Pat White’s ...
Writing Your End-of-Life Plan and Advance Directive
Recently, I was teaching a class on end of life conversations and creating an end-of-life plan. As I read stories from my book Parting Ways, some ...
Dignity Therapy values leaving your spoken legacy to loved ones
I want to congratulate the researchers of the recent Dignity Therapy study published in the Lancet Oncology. The study demonstrates the value of ...