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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The moral test for caregivers is not only how they treat the hardest diagnoses but how they treat the meanest patients
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Tom's Mandala ~liz In the summer of 1996, mom and I frequented a used bookstore in town. It was a magical place for me as I often came away with a special book to guide my spiritual path. I toured the narrow aisles to browse books set upon dusty…
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Caregivers offer some of their best healing through silent presence.
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God can only enter us through the door of humility.
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A miraculous friendship between a crow and a kitten.
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Ultimate healing comes through love.
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Love, if we are tuned to her voice, always offers the right answer.
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Polyprint Watercolor, ~liz Wessel In Henri Nouwen’s book, The Wounded Healer he suggests that to communicate with another we need hold back and allow space. He shared these wonderful insights of counselor James Hillman. “This withdrawal, rather than going-out-to meet the other, is an intense act of concentration, a model for which can be…
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The language we use in referring to patients is crucial to Radical Loving Care
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"When they finally saw him, why he hadn't done any of those things … Atticus, he was real nice," to which he responded, "Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them." The above quote is the last line in Harper Lee's novel, “To Kill A Mockingbird” as young Scout experiences an epiphany. I could…