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Paths of Heart Audiobook!
Paths of Heart is now available in audiobook format. The book has been narrated, edited, and post-processed and has been uploaded to the national Library of Congress’ Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. Books in that library are available nation-wide through the mail FOR FREE to those who are blind or who have a […]
Beyond Listening
With more than 40 million copies in print, Stephen Covey’s book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People should be on everyone’s reading list. But in writing another’s story, one of the habits is particularly important: Seek first to understand, then to be understood. With just a little windage this becomes understand first, then write. Unlike […]
Beyond Interviewing
Here is a published list of helpful tips for interviewing. The credit is: Jacqui Banaszynski, Nieman Conference on Narrative Journalism, March, 2008, Boston, MA 1. Know and state your purpose (for THIS interview) 2. Try to interview in their native habitat 3. Envision the ideal interview beforehand 4. Establish guidelines and negotiate terms early 5. […]
Coping with Grief at the Holidays
The holidays are doubly difficult for those grieving a loss. First, there is the loss itself. And that is no better at any particular season. But at the holidays, there is added grief — loss of sharing the joy of the holidays: the rituals that cannot be the same; the loss of sharing seasonal emotion; […]
Palliative Care
The times they are a changing… So sang Bob Dylan four decades ago and so it still goes. The word “hospice” is slowly being replaced in the popular lexicon by a more general, and (unlike “hospice”) not yet misunderstood, term: palliative care. The dictionary defines “palliative” as: (of a medicine or medical care) relieving pain […]
More Than Just a Camp…
Helping children work through their grief issues can head off or mitigate more serious psychological problems associated with the loss of someone close. Children who are grieving need a safe, caring environment to consider their emotions while surrounded by others who understand what they’re going through—and that’s why there’s Camp Erin. In 2017 Camp Erins […]
The Plot(s) Thicken)s(
Time for a little confusion, lest you begin to think that writing another’s story is as simple as any other writing you may do. Not that many would think about it, but writing another’s story will have at least two, separate plot lines. That has a straightforward reason, but it can create a problem that […]
How do You Know When?
One of the most frequent questions any hospice worker gets asked is: “How near to death do you think [my loved one] is?” This is, of course, a very difficult question to answer. Symptoms will vary greatly from person to person as they decline. So there is just no way of knowing for sure. Period. […]
Paths of Heart
[These thoughts are taken from the book Living Revision: A Writer’s Craft as Spiritual Practice, by Elizabeth Jarrett Andrews.] Before starting a new project: Does the path you are considering expand you–stretch you beyond your comfort zone–and invite you to grow? Does the path you are considering increase your sense of connection with […]
Journaling as Therapy
For centuries, journaling has been a tool for self-discovery. With reflective writing, your words do not have to be carefully arranged. It’s your private world and your private thoughts. You can ramble. Mention the unthinkable. Explore ideas with no worry about the consequences. Writing as personal therapy Journaling can help us turn a jumbled set […]

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