Life more wonderful, not just less horrible
JSA contributor Marc Blesoff writes about self-compassion, ageism, and mortality. [Read more...]
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Mindfulness and Caregiving
A guest blog post by Alyssa Smith, MSW, LSW, a meditation instructor, leadership coach, and IJS-trained Wise Aging facilitator. [Read more...]
Sharing Loss, Sharing Compassion
This guest post to Rabbi Address’ blog is by Rabbi David Levin. How do you tell Dad that Mom has died? This challenging question confronted old friends this past [Read more...]
Guest Post: Everyone needs some sensitivity
Editor’s Note: Rabbi Mark Levin is the founding rabbi of Congregation Beth Torah in Overland Park, KS, and a contributor to Jewish Sacred Aging. People our age, my age, [Read more...]
The World of Hospice Through A Rabbi’s Eyes
I am a hospice chaplain. I am also a rabbi. After serving a congregation for 10 years I made a big change and entered the world of hospice. More than 20 years ago my [Read more...]
BGR 12/2/2014: End of life issues and palliative care discussed
Debra Dunn, MBA, MSN, RN, CNOR On the December 2, 2014 Boomer Generation Radio program, Rabbi Address interviews Debra Dunn, a registered nurse who works as a volunteer with [Read more...]
Guest Post from Sandy Taradash: Has the World Gone to Hell in a Hand Bag? Joan Rivers might say, “If it’s Gucci, that’s ok!”
A High Holiday Message… Sounds like a joke right out of Joan Rivers’ joke box. She always wanted us to laugh in spite of what we were dealing with, to show us we were not [Read more...]
Compassion: What is it? Why is it Powerful? What is its Threatened Role in Medicine?
Having compassion is a way of being, thinking, and acting that can be easily misunderstood and misidentified. To show compassion is a way to make the lives of people who [Read more...]
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