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A New Beginning – Monday Message

What if on this Monday morning, we approached our day and our week with a clean slate, a fresh start, a new beginning? What if we saw it as a new opportunity to be and do all that we feel most inspired to be and do?...

Empath Legacy Corps Coordinator Speaks from Experience about AmeriCorps Benefits

Lifelong learning and community service intersect for Atul Garg. It’s hardly a surprise he found his way to Empath Health and AmeriCorps. Since college, Garg has spent two years in business school, one year in law...

Be A Lamp Or A Lifeboat Or A Ladder – Monday Message

Focusing on the needs of others and how we can be of support fills our daily lives with meaning and has tremendous spiritual and psychological benefits. As we begin our day on this marvelous Monday morning, let’s...

Bread Ties, Batteries and Paper Clips – A Father’s Day Grief Story

By Dwight Douglass, LCSW During a spouse loss group many years ago, a conversation about upcoming holidays was taking place. One of the group members shared that her six adult children and dozen grandchildren were...

All You Need Is Love – Monday Message

There are more songs written about love than any other topic. Love seems to provide a virtually endless source of inspiration not only for music but for art and literature as well. Moreover, romantic love is only one...

Counting Your Blessings – Monday Message

I have some wonderful childhood memories of conversations with my mom when I was feeling sad or discouraged. She would listen closely and empathize as I shared what was upsetting me. Then after It was all out, she...

7 Rules of Life – Monday Message

I saw this poster on Amazon recently that listed the “7 Rules Of Life”. They were: 1. Smile – It always works out in the end! 2. Be Kind – You have the power to make people feel good! 3. Don’t Give Up –...

Mother and Daughter Find Support With Suncoast PACE

Rena Massey heard about the benefits of Suncoast PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly) from a friend and decided it could help her 99-year-old mother. The more she learned about the program, the more...

Quiet Our Busy Thoughts – Monday Message

A recent survey found that 96% of people consider themselves to be good listeners. Yet, studies show that even immediately after hearing what someone has to say to us, we retain only around half of the content. We...