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Embracing Impermanence – Monday Message

Change is hard. It disrupts comfortable routines and established ways of being in our world. Change prods us to explore uncharted territory where the path forward is uncertain and even scary. It’s natural to resist... Continue Reading

A Source of Grace and Understanding – Monday Message

The stories that we hear from our patients, clients and participants teach us over and over again that our life circumstances can change quickly, substantially, and without warning. Some of us have our own personal... Continue Reading

Extraordinary Stories of Empath Health – Music Therapist Jasmine Ridge, Social Worker Liberty Veedon, Community Resource Physician Dr. Richard Deibert, Clinical Director Penny Billings, RN Leokadia Sarason, CNA Nikki Dawes, Liaison Lisa Wright

Welcome to Extraordinary Stories of Empath Health. In this space we highlight our fantastic colleagues and the extraordinary work they do to make Empath Health’s Full Life Care a daily reality for the patients and... Continue Reading

Extraordinary Stories of Empath Health – April Perryman

Welcome to Extraordinary Stories of Empath Health. In this space we highlight our fantastic colleagues and the extraordinary work they do to make Empath Health’s Full Life Care a daily reality for the patients and... Continue Reading

Meet A Dynamic Duo of Empath Health Volunteers

Rita Giles and Madeleine “Maddy” Nason are a package deal. They have been best friends for 45 years. Thanks to their accidental matchmaking skills, they became stepsisters. Now they form a dynamic duo for Empath... Continue Reading

Grief Support for Alzheimer’s/Dementia Loss

Volunteers David Klain and Louise Gallagher suggested the Alzheimer’s Association create a grief support group to help those who have suffered the loss of someone to Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia. Klain... Continue Reading

Sense of Joy – Monday Message

Few emotions are more wonderful than joy. That incredible sense of well-being, happiness and contentment that sometimes surges through us in peak moments. It can leave us waiting and hoping for more! Author and... Continue Reading

The Journey Within – Monday Message

“I felt the need for a great pilgrimage. So, I sat still for three days.” – Kabir I love to travel. Going to a new place and immersing myself in the natural beauty of the landscape, the culture and... Continue Reading

Tidewell Hospice’s Patient’s Wish Granted to Reconnect with the Sea

It was as if the sea creatures at Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium knew Francisco Colon Jr. and Tanya Silva were coming. Hugh and Buffett, the Mote’s resident manatees, ambled to the front of their tank to munch... Continue Reading