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The counter-intuitiveness of staying home.For those who are in the helping or healing professions, staying home during an emergency is counter-intuitive. I am having to come to terms with the acknowledgement that as an adult with asthma, I…

Pushing the river: Boundaries, choices, and life as an academicA very wise clinical mentor of mine once told me: “You can’t push the river.” At the time, I was trying to work with a family to make change that they needed and recognized, but weren’t ready to ma…

MentorshipI’ve had the privilege of having both amazing and anti-mentors (yes, it’s a word- ask around!), so it’s both my responsibility and great pleasure to pass on the great mentorship t…

Building relationships with overseas colleaguesI was invited by my friend and colleague, Dr. Fei Sun, to work with a university in Wuhan, China, in June. I gave a short course (8 lectures) on aging, geriatric clinical skills, and dementia at Hu…

Building relationshipsGood research is not very useful unless it manages to get out into the world. The best way for that to happen is through building relationships with community partners and colleagues in the field. …

Reposting a Compassion Fatigue blog that I wrote for caregivers…I wrote this blog back in 2012 for Homebound Resources, an online resource for caregivers. I thought I’d repost it here, since the topic is still so relevant. Some of the links may need updat…

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