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Rabbi Address’ new book, Seekers of Meaning
Rabbi Richard Address has devoted his career to helping transform synagogues into caring communities. Now, in his most personal work to date, he explores how the notion of a caring community can be transformative for individuals, particularly baby boomers struggling with issues of aging and mortality.
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Category Archives: Health and Wellness Programs
Transition back into Routine
With the winter holidays behind us, it is time to get back into our routines. The transition back into routine takes some effort, which makes now a particularly important time to nurture ourselves. It is a challenge to prioritize ourselves … Continue reading
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Empathy: How Does It Help Us Relate To Others and What Is Its Role in Medicine?
Empathy is a frequently misunderstood term that refers to one’s ability to understand and identify with another person’s emotional experiences and feelings. The true empathic individual is aware and accepting of the other person’s thoughts, reactions, and feelings in a … Continue reading
Posted in Health and Wellness Programs, Thought Pieces
Tagged doctor, empathy, feelings, patient, reactions, relationships, spirituality, thoughts
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Staying “Present” while eating
Last month, Dr. Friedman spoke to us about the power of turning off our cell phones and being Present. This month, let’s consider bringing that “Presentness” to our meals. In the rush of the day, we do not always have … Continue reading
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Tagged affirmations, breathing, chewing, eating, health, meals, multitasking, prayer, simona wright, staying present, wellness
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To Your Health!
One of the most interesting developments in recent years has been the growing interest, on the part of baby boomers, in issues of health and wellness. Maybe it is part of our own understanding of our own aging and the … Continue reading
Posted in D'vrei Torah, Health and Wellness Programs
Tagged aging, baby boomers, health, judaism, mental health, spirituality, wellness
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Everybody’s on the Phone
A friend of mine recently sent me an interesting article from the Sports Section of the New York Times (“Rested and Ready” by Peter Thamel, Aug. 29, 2010, p.13) about Urban Meyer, the very successful head coach of the University … Continue reading
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Tagged blackberry, inner self, iphone, isolation, loneliness, meditation, stress
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Humor, Laughter, Illness, and Health
At first thought, one might wonder what humor and laughter have to do with illness; it doesn’t seem like a very likely mix. But on closer examination, humor and laughter have a large role to play in the ability to … Continue reading
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Tagged health, humor, laughter, norman cousins, voltaire
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Honoring Choices…Discussions on Health Care Directives and Advanced Care Planning
At dinner the other night, a friend asked if I had a list of all the things an adult child should discuss with their aging parent. As we delved deeper into the question, it turned out that my friend’s mother … Continue reading
Physician as Wounded Healer – Dr. Donald Friedman, MD
The concept of the physician as a wounded healer and how it can positively affect the practice of medicine has been around for a long time. In Greek mythology. Chiron was the first wounded healer. He was accidentally wounded by … Continue reading
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Tagged doctor, healing, Holocaust, medical care, patient, relationships, technology
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Spiritual Distress
Contributed by Donald Friedman, MD Spiritual distress can be a devastating experience. If it occurs during the course of an illness, a time when there is increased likelihood that it can happen, the effects on the patient’s course, outcome, and … Continue reading
Promoting older driver safety and mobility in your community
American Society on Aging has created a resource called DRIVEWELL: Promoting Older Driver safety and Mobility in Your Community. This is a toolkit which includes: information about older drive health and wellness repared scripts for presentations to community groups, older adults … Continue reading