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Happy Wednesday! 🤝 Are you concerned about those last moments with your loved one? Let us help you ease into Death with Dignity-a natural process of end of life. Here are some quick tips to help! ☎ 361-333-5730

Happy Wednesday! 🤝 Are you concerned about those last moments with your loved one? Let us help you ease into Death with Dignity-a natural process of end of life. Here are some quick tips to help! ☎ 956-413-8742

Emotional intelligence is key..!

And so fast, here we are again, and it's this time of the year, midway from #XMas to #NewYear, where - at least for me - all slows down, allowing us to take a break and reflect, while the energy for a fresh start into 2024 already can be felt (or at least the calories, aquired). 🍪🎂 Looking back, for me, 2023 can be characterized by one word: Unpredictably.🚪‼️ Certainly, this has an element of exhaustion to accommodate various changes in both professional as well as personal life - so, the resting now is very much appreciated 🎄🎅🙏 However, on the other hand, this meant for me, that there were various and numerous positive surprises, I wouldn't have imagined to happen during 2023 such fast or not at all. To highlight one in particular: Meeting and working with new people and/or more closely both within #LYB as well on advisory side. 🤝🎁🔥 Aside from these factual items & changes, what (continues to) amaze(s) me is HOW these changes and challenges have been positively taken on by my #Family and my #Team, likewise. Turning challenges into chances, taking backlashes as learing opportunities, or additional projects as a mean to reflect on priorities and re-think the current state and way of approaching an ever-changing to-do-list 🤩🤩🤩 Therefore, when I can wish for "one" thing for the #NewYear, it is the continuation of this energy, health and positivity to be able to encounter new challenges also in the next year - as the only constant is change itself #PantaRhei ! 💪💪💪 Wish you all a peaceful start into #NewYear2024!

Dr. Jones, or Indiana as his friends referred to him, was correct: we are going to die. It is an universal and natural part of life, so the earlier and deeper we can engage and accept Death, the better prepared we’ll be when that moment arrives. How are you exploring a relationship with death in your own life? Do you have any daily rituals or practices that help you accept your own mortality? What does death mean to you? What are your afterlife beliefs? Do you get curious about any death anxiety you might experience? Do you work with your dreams or visions that are death related, including end of life dreams and visions? How do you navigate grief and loss? What are your end of life plans or wishes? As a Thanatologist, these are some of the areas that we co-create and co-curate for people who are proactively exploring a deeper relationship with death and grief in their lives.

Check out my latest guest spot on living your best life with Todd Cheek. We talk in depth about the science and the struggle of autoimmune and chronic illness. https://lnkd.in/em3aaJE4...

Even the most faithful, grounded Christians sometimes need more than prayer alone—we need to heal emotional wounds so that spiritual growth can flourish. Many of us try to shoulder our burdens quietly, believing that steady prayer and a well-ordered life should be enough. But God never intended us to face every challenge in isolation. Faith-respecting counseling can guide us through the tangles of anxiety, doubt, or hidden sorrow. By learning healthy coping strategies and gaining deeper self-awareness, we free ourselves to follow Christ more wholeheartedly, unencumbered by unaddressed pain. In embracing this partnership of faith and counseling, we honor both our spiritual calling and the psychological help God makes available.

I don't shy away from talking about death, do you? How else would you know what your loved ones want when the time comes? Death can teach us to be aware of the choices we have and how to be respectful of those who leave too soon! Read a short reflection here: https://lnkd.in/gB9gdajt

Your actions today can protect your loved ones tomorrow.