A friend sent me this blog and apologized that it dealt with organizations and not individuals. I am still convinced that both are “systems” and have many of the same issues. I haven’t read the book described but I love the blog. Key phrase: “Perhaps the problem is less about resistance to change and more […]
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close is an absolutely incredible movie filled with life transitions and how people approach them. The movie was named Best Movie of the Year and, frankly, I can understand why. The story is told through the eyes of an 11 year old boy whose father died in the 9/11 World Trade […]
Campbell, P & McMahon, E (1985). Bio-spirituality: Focusing as a way to grow. Chicago: Loyola Press. Bio-Spiritual Focusing is a way to approach the wisdom of your body in ways that helps one be present, in the Christian tradition, to the full Body of Christ. The process helps one connect with the physically felt places […]
Went with a friend to see the movie Blue Like Jazz based upon Donald Miller’s best selling book. I liked it! In fact, I think the movie helped me make sense out of the book. In a later book (A Million Miles in a Thousand Years) Miller uses the term inciting incident to describe what […]
I love this piece about music and dementia for two reasons: 1) It shows that the individual is still alive, still responsive and still who he or she is. We most times fail to remember that this person is still an indiviual with thoughts, hopes, dreams and desires. Music helps us express who we are. 2) I […]