by Peggy Flynn | Mar 28, 2023 | All, Resources
Some weeks ago, spiritual direction colleagues and I were talking about the use and value of personality assessment tools in the spiritual direction encounter. Thinking about it since then—I can see the use and the value. Crucial to note that the person coming...
by Peggy Flynn | Apr 29, 2022 | Aging, All, Books, Caregiving, Dying and Dealth, Resources
In my opinion, this book is poised to be a game-changer in the lived experience of dementia and dementia care. The author, Amy Bloom, describes navigating the realities of her husband’s Alzheimer’s as it impacted the various domains of his life and her life, up to and...
by Peggy Flynn | Sep 24, 2021 | Aging, All, Dying and Dealth, Resources
Okay, here’s my conundrum. So far this year 6 people have brought up the matter of pre-arranging their funerals. I described the process and gave my two main incentives for doing this ASAP. For one, the price of these arrangements is going up each year so essentially,...
by Peggy Flynn | Jun 4, 2021 | Aging, All, Dying and Dealth, Resources
Years ago when I worked in project management one of the essential if sometimes less than delightful activities was an after-action report that asked and hopefully answered these questions: What did we intend to accomplish? What actually happened? What were the...
by Peggy Flynn | Apr 2, 2021 | All, Resources
Recently I was clearing out my browser history and noticed that there are some sites I return to again and again sometimes for information and sometimes for inspiration and sometimes for both. Next Avenue: News and Information for People Over 50 Better Health While...