Embracing Life After Loss shows readers how to smile through the difficult times - how to take a break from the pain of your loss and find joy in life again. This book is a steadfast compass that offers hope and resilience to anyone trying to navigate through dark times. Here is the link to the BOOK
After years of caring for people with serious illness as a physician, Jennifer’s husband, Bob Lehmberg, was diagnosed with a stage IV, metastatic cancer. But caregiving for the man who had made a 40-year career of caregiving as a physician was not easy. When Jennifer’s husband was diagnosed and later after he died, she turned to what had brought her comfort for years—art journaling. She documented and depicted the raw, honest, beautiful and exhausting reality of caregiving through collage, table...
Paul’s Publications That’s great! You can tell us how you are feeling’ – Mark, a recently severely physically disabled 11-year-old boy with a brain tumor in G. Fitchett and S. Nolan (eds), Case Studies in spiritual care. (with Liz Bryson and Sally Nash). JKP, 2018 Chapter Holding the whispers in the dark in Skills for children’s work SCM 2019. What do pediatric chaplains do? Developing a taxonomy of chaplaincy with children and young people. (With Emma Roberts et al) Journal for Healthcare Chapl...
Prior to her 2019 move to Columbia, she served as Associate Director of the Program for Biomedical Ethics at Yale School of Medicine. She edited Dying in the Twenty-First Century (MIT Press, 2015) and is author of The Lost Art of Dying (HarperOne, 2020), a popular press book on the preparation for death. Books 1. The Lost Art of Dying: Reviving Forgotten Wisdom. 2. Dying in the Twenty-First Century: Toward a New Ethical Framework for the Art of Dying Well....
She published a collection of essays, Violation , in 2015. Her incredible work has appeared in Harper’s, Antioch Review, Conjunctions, Threepenny Review, The New Yorker, and Tricycle, among other journals. Tisdale also teaches at Dharma Rain Zen Center in Portland, Oregon.
Alexandra has taught for California Poets in the Schools, Stillpoint Center for Spiritual Direction, Motherless Daughters of the San Gabriel Valley, and for a number of churches, community centers, and other organizations. She has had poetry and prose published in Ruminate, Gyroscope Review, Pirene's Fountain, Selfish Magazine, Presence Journal, Poets Reading the News , and others. Alexandra received the Summer 2018 Denver Lighthouse Writers Workshop Fort Lyon Fellowship, an incredible opportuni...
Terence Youk began work in film and television production in1986, first as a composer and later writing, producing, directing, and editing independent documentaries, crafting promotional media and producing news spots for a variety of broadcast clients. Under the auspices of the production company, Brook Hollow Productions, Inc., he has collaborated with carefully selected creative and technical associates according to the unique requirements of each production. His programs for broadcast have a...
In this interview, Cathy Siebold who has witnessed firsthand the evolution of hospice care since its modern incarnation in the 1960s, presents a balanced and objective analysis of the movement’s accomplishments and failings. You can also read more about that in her book “The Hospice Movement: Easing Death’s Pains.” She uses social movement theory to frame her discussion. Siebold traces the bell curve of growth, maturity, and decline that, to a point, has characterized the hospice movement. Found...
Paul is the Chaplaincy manager and Spiritual Care Lead at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospit al in England. He is co-founder of the Paediatric Chaplaincy Network , Centre for Paediatric Spiritual Care and Convenor of the Grove Youth Series . Here’s a link for the videos of the books narrated by Bear Grylls. https://paediatric-chaplaincy-network.org/resources/pcn-videos/...
She is ordained and ecclesiastically endorsed by the Assemblies of God. Kimberly graduated with a Master of Divinity degree from Assemblies of God Theological Seminary in Springfield, Missouri. Prior to graduate school, Kimberly received her Bachelor of Science in Religion from Liberty University, Lynchburg, Virginia. Before joining Lighthouse, Kimberly completed her Clinical Pastoral Education at Advocate Good Samaritan in Downers Grove, Illinois and at Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libert...
On October 8th, it will be 4 years since Elly Sheykhet’s daughter Alina was killed by her ex-boyfriend, Saul and Joe spoke with Elly Sheykhet to see how she is coping and continuing to keep Alina’s memory alive. Alina Sheykhet was a student at the University of Pittsburgh and was killed by Matthew Darby at her off-campus apartment Oct. 8, 2017. She was 20 years old. Darby was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in October. Elly Sheykhet, said Alina will always shine thr...
Becoming a hospice nurse opened her eyes and changed how she saw her world. She discusses some of the wonderful people she cared for until they passed, and the lessons she learned about life through death. https://www.thehospiceheart.net
You can find a list of Neumann's writings here
Saul Ebema : Florence Wald received a Bachelor of Arts degree in physiology and sociology from Mount Holyoke College in 1938 and immediately enrolled in the 30-month nursing program at Yale University. However, by the time Florence went to Yale University School of Nursing, there was beginning to be a shift in philosophy of care where the primary focus was on the disease, and not on the patient. This disease orientation was a result of the rapidly growing knowledge in medical science that was ov...
Saul Ebema : In Latin, the word hospice means to host a guest or stranger; Florence Wald, centered her life on hosting a dignified end of life process that honored the patient’s personhood. Her ideas around death and dying led to the formation of the first modern hospice in the United States in 1974. Because of her, there are thousands of hospice programs around the country- serving millions of patients and families. Florence’s pioneering efforts have forever changed the heart of the American so...
A Vice President of Hospice UK, David is also a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and has been a board member of the European Association for Palliative Care. In 2015 he served the Scottish Government as Consulting Editor to its Strategic Framework for Action in Palliative and End of Life Care and assisted the Scottish Parliament in its enquiry We Need to Talk about Palliative Care . David founded the International Observatory on End-of-Life Care at Lancaster University in 2003, and has w...
RELATED LINKS: Suzanne's Website: https://www.sworthley.com/ Suzanne's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/suzworthley/ Suzanne's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/suzanneworthley/ Suzanne's Twitter: https://twitter.com/suzanneworthley...
In Today’s follow up episode, Joe and Saul once again talk remotely with Dr. Phillip D. Williams about his incredible life’s journey. Dr. Phil is currently a chaplain at the VA Healthcare Center in Temple Texas. He has also authored many books and is passionate about end-of-life care. In this episode, you will learn a little bit about his life’s journey
Biographical Sketch - Dr. Phillip D. Williams, BCC-HPC | Present Position | Chaplain, Southeast Texas, VA Healthcare Center, Temple, TX VA National Chaplain Chairman Hospice Specialty Certification Board, Hampton, VA Consultant, Williams Church Consulting Group, Temple, Texas Adjunct Professor/Board of Governors, Rockbridge Seminary, Springfield, Missouri | | | Work History | Chaplain, Polytrauma/Spinal Cord Care, VA Medical Center, Palo Alto, California Lead-Chaplain/Bereavement Coordinator, CH...
The Role of Symbols in End of Life Care Symbols are objects that take on a deeper meaning for the person grasping them. Every symbol points beyond itself to a reality for which it stands. Symbols can be both corporate and private, easily recognized but contextualized in the individual experience. Rituals in End of Life Care Symbols are often (though not always) tangible, representational, and passive; rituals, on the other hand, are active, responsive, and collective. Rituals, for the sake of th...
Glenn is a graduate of University of Maine and the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg. He has a passion for incarnation-based ministry which is why he fell in love with Hospice Chaplaincy...which he did NOT see coming i.e. never considered Hospice Chaplaincy until service on the CCU unit during the VA. His military awards include Bronze Star and Combat Action Badge for coming under direct fire.
This episode is designed to help adults have the needed conversation with a child when death happens in a family. It involves tips on what to say and what not to say.
Kristina Jansz in her article, “The importance of pausing” writes. Imagine reading a book in which there are no commas or periods. Page after page, all the words run together making it near impossible to decipher the intended meaning. Imagine listening to a piece of music that doesn't have any rests in it. What you'd experience is a collection of meaningless noise. Imagine getting into a car and driving it from point A to point B. At your start point you press the accelerator and, without stoppi...
In the final stages of life, sexuality is often regarded as not important by health care providers. It is often assumed that when life nears its end, individuals and couples are not concerned about sexual issues and so this is not talked about. Although the need or ability to participate in sexual activity may wane, the need for touch, intimacy, and how one views oneself do not necessarily wane in tandem. Individuals may in fact suffer from the absence of loving and intimate touch in the final m...
Susan Pinker TED Talk Face-to-face communication matters Book: The Village Effect by Susan Pinker Humans are social beings When we feel connected with others, we feel better Robert Waldinger & the Harvard Study of Adult Development TED Talk Quality relationships are key Practice compassion Social media and connectedness Social relationships are so much more than just hearing people’s voices. The best way to direct your energy towards a meaningful life is through compassion, love, laughter, a...
Since 2016, he has worked with Frome Medical Practice in Somerset, UK to develop a new model of primary care combined with compassionate communities, one of the most effective therapeutic tools we have in improving length of life and well-being. The health outcomes of this model have been dramatic, with this being the first intervention that has been effective in reducing population emergency admissions. Along with Professor Allan Kellehear, Dr. Abel formed Compassionate Communities UK, which he...
Honors and Awards SLU Scholarly Works Award (for the book The Crisis of US Hospice Care) Emerald Literati Award for Excellence (for the article “Putting the ‘Right to Die’ in its Place: Disability Rights and Physician-Assisted Suicide in the Context of US End-of-Life Care”) 2019 Bicentennial Fellowship, Saint Louis University 2017 Graduate Student Essay Prize, University of Chicago Program in Medicine and Religion 2013 Irving K. Zola Prize for Emerging Scholars in Disability Studies, Society for...
Daniel is passionate about helping people deal with what’s going on in their lives. Depending on the setting that means embracing their mortality, coping with hospitalization or maintaining combat readiness.
Joe Newton has been the co-host of the Hospice Chaplaincy show from the very beginning but he has never shared his journey to hospice chaplaincy work. We thought this would be a great opportunity for our listeners to get to know Joe Newton a little more.
