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Today Is Your Opportunity – Monday Message

Routines can help us accomplish mundane tasks, but life is meant to be lived! If we aren’t careful, we can find ourselves just going through the motions. So, take a different route to work. Go see some live music....

Making an Impact On Care – Ryan Rodriguez

Congratulations to our Impact Award winner, Ryan Rodriguez, PTA, physical therapist assistant for Suncoast Hospice, a member of Empath Health. Rodriguez has been with the organization for about a year. In his role he...

Courage and Healing – Monday Message

There is no one among us who has gone through their lives without experiencing pain, disappointment, disillusionment and trauma. The hard work we do to heal from and integrate those experiences has a far-reaching...

What Fills Your Cup – Monday Message

You are holding a cup of coffee when someone comes along and bumps into you or shakes your arm, making you spill your coffee everywhere. Why did you spill the coffee? “Well because someone bumped into me, of...

What the World Needs Now is Love – Monday Message

This one goes way back. The song, “What the World Needs Now” was first recorded in 1965 by Jackie DeShannon. The lyrics were written by Hal David and the music was composed by Burt Bacharach. Even if none of...

Healthy Ways to Cope with Anxiety

The last year and a half has been filled with challenges, including grief and anxiety for many of us. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to stretch on, people are becoming increasingly tired, overwhelmed and consumed...

2021 Volunteers are Foundation of Hospice Awards – National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization

Congratulations to volunteer Jim Blincoe for being named We Honor Veterans Volunteer Service Award recipient at this year’s National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s Volunteers are the...

Connect with Something Beautiful – Monday Message

There is a stretch of beach at Ft. Desoto State Park that is typically pretty deserted – especially towards the end of the day. You can stroll along listening to the surf roll in and watching the sandpipers scurry...

Recognizing the Good and Beautiful – Monday Message

One of the challenges of living through difficult times is that the difficulties often fill our whole awareness. It is so important to ensure that even in the midst of challenging times we continue to recognize the...