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Comedy Improv and the Health Journey

I've written before about music improv and the health journey. Today I'm inspired by Tina…

DannyNovember 2, 2014

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Journaling – Experimenting

Journaling came up several times this week. Nurse leaders in a Leadership Academy spoke about…

DannyOctober 26, 2014

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Advocacy

I went to my primary care doc last week for some blood work. The best…

DannyOctober 19, 2014

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Managing Pain

Several blog posts these past weeks on pain management. Read one here from Engage the Patient. Everyone has pain.…

DannyOctober 12, 2014

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Vacation

I'm on vacation visiting a friend who I first met when I was 8 years…

DannyOctober 5, 2014

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Get to here from there – lessons from a teenager

I was 17, hitchhiking through Europe, found myself lost, hiking alone through the Rondane Mountain…

DannySeptember 28, 2014

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Tell me the damn cost up front!!

Did you read the Sunday New York Times' article about the $117,000 surprise medical bill?…

DannySeptember 22, 2014

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Expanding Engagement and Capabilities of People at the Center

Some people want someone else to be the leader in their health care journey. Others…

DannySeptember 14, 2014

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Caregivers Have Other Lives Too

I'm amazed at what people are capable of. This week I met a nurse leader…

DannySeptember 8, 2014

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People at the Center -> Person at the Center = Gaps

A dear friend, Vern Schmaltz, died this week of ALS. He had so looked forward…

DannyAugust 31, 2014