Journal of Sacred Work
Caregivers have superpowers! Radical Loving Care illuminates the divine truth that caregiving is not just a job. It is Sacred Work.
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Music is a beautiful alternative to noise. Silence is another – especially when disease overwhelms us. The quieter we can make hospital environments the more healing those settings will become.
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On July 1, 1983, the day I became president of Riverside Methodist Hospital, we planted the seeds of Radical Loving Care. In 1984 I became founding president of OhioHealth. Success came through one core achievement: creating a culture where the human experience was dominated by high competence & deep compassion.
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While FaceTiming with my daughter she demonstrated how modern day portrait photography is lifted to fine art when the photographer has trained their eye so well that they create as artists. She made this image of me with a simple screenshot (notice the keys on her laptop.) She just aimed her cell phone at…
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One hundred thirteen years ago this visiting nurse wore The Golden Thread of Radical Loving Care. The same thread now illuminates your hands.
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Who personifies light for you? Invite them to your Imagi-Nation. The real world has no power there. No police can arrest you. Let love rule & you will be free.
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Alive Hospice is known for its culture of kindness. When we asked CEO Kimberly Goessele for nominations she had several. But when we asked her who she would pick she said, “Shannon Ripani. Hands down.”
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“,,,To live in this world you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it go.” Mary Oliver
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Too many older people describe each day as being “closer to the grave.” What if that idea was rejiggered to suggest that each day we are further from the womb?
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Can art turn loss into Joy? I created a one minute “cinema poem” for Isabella & share it hoping it may introduce healing into your life.