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Brain Cancer: Five Suggestions for Compassionate Caregiving

Stan Goldberg
June 1, 2015
Cancer, Thoughts of the Day
The death of Beau Biden resurrected memories of caring for my brother-in-law who had a form of brain cancer called Glioblastoma. My wife, two adult...
Don't travel after having chemotherapy

Chemotherapy, Expectations and Heavy Machinery: Warnings and Suggestions

Stan Goldberg
May 21, 2015
Cancer, Thoughts of the Day
11 Comments
  It’s not a good idea to have meaningful discussions, work with heavy machinery, or travel to Europe shortly after chemotherapy. I managed...
We can control stability in our lives

The Need for Stability: Part III-Five Ways To Introduce It

Stan Goldberg
May 8, 2015
Aging, Life, Thoughts of the Day
4 Comments
Stability, as we age, is more important than excitement. In Part I of this three-part series, I explained the role of stability in aging. In Part II...
Stability in chronic and progressive illnesses

The Need for Stability: Part II-Its Role in Chronic and Progressive Illnesses

Stan Goldberg
May 6, 2015
Aging, Chronic illness, Life, Thoughts of the Day
We often underestimate the need for introducing stability in the lives of people living with chronic and progressive illnesses. In Part I of this...
Senseless conflict

Run Away: Part III-Five Conflict-Related Questions to Ask

Stan Goldberg
April 24, 2015
Life, Thoughts of the Day
We often try to isolate events in our lives from everything that precedes and follows it. The practice is delusional at best, destructive at it’s...
Men arguing

Run Away: Part II—The Emotional Cost of Conflict

Stan Goldberg
April 22, 2015
Life, Thoughts of the Day
2 Comments
Maybe it’s because I recently turned 70 and finally acquired the wisdom gained from numerous failures. Or possibly I realize that winning isn’t...
Memories

Squishy Memories: Part III-Corralling The Mind

Stan Goldberg
March 27, 2015
Life, Thoughts of the Day
In some ways, our memories are like a herd of cattle on an open range; trying to go in whatever direction they choose. Unless they can be controlled...
We never look back on the past objectively

Squishy Memories: Part II-Why Does the Mind Change the Past?

Stan Goldberg
March 25, 2015
Life, Thoughts of the Day
In Part I of this series, I wrote our mind’s creation of memories is unreliable since it has a hidden agenda.  In Part II I’ll offer reasons why...
destructive thoughts

Our Insane and Destructive Thoughts: Part III-What to Do About Them

Stan Goldberg
March 13, 2015
Life, Thoughts of the Day
5 Comments
Knowing what destructive thoughts are is one thing. Knowing how to stop them is another. In Part I of this three-part series, I maintained one form...

Our Insane and Destructive Thoughts: Part II-Their Purpose

Stan Goldberg
March 12, 2015
Life
Sometimes answers to questions come from the strangest places. For example; who would think to look at films to identify the purpose of our insane...
Our insane thoughts

Our Internal Insane Thoughts: Part I-What Are They?

Stan Goldberg
March 9, 2015
Life, Thoughts of the Day
4 Comments
How many days has it been since you replayed a scene in your mind where you said hurtful, revealing or politically incorrect words you wish could...
Putting meat on compassion

Compassion and Cancer: Part III-Putting “Meat” on Compassionate Behaviors

Stan Goldberg
February 27, 2015
Cancer, Thoughts of the Day
4 Comments
We want to be helpful to whose living with cancer, but often we don’t know how to transform compassionate intent into helpful behaviors. I...
improvisation and dementia

Alzheimer’s/Dementia Part III: How to Speak Dementia-Thought of the Day

Stan Goldberg
February 6, 2015
Alzheimer’s/dementia, Thoughts of the Day
Who would think there is anything humorous about Dementia? Most people who experience it or their caregivers wouldn't. But humor and improvisation...
older couple cooking

Alzheimer’s and Dementia (Part II): 5 Strategies for Recreating the Rules for Living. Thought of the Day

Stan Goldberg
February 4, 2015
Alzheimer’s/dementia, Thoughts of the Day
3 Comments
In part one of this weekly series, I discussed some myths and facts about Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia. I stressed the most alarming...
Woman with Alzheimer's

Alzheimer’s and Dementia (Part I): What It Is and What It Isn’t. Thought of the Day

Stan Goldberg
February 2, 2015
Alzheimer’s/dementia, Thoughts of the Day
8 Comments
Alzheimer's: it's becoming a less distant illness and something directly touching us. If a friend or relative doesn't have it or had it, it's just a...
Angry conversation

Thought of the Day. Family Conflict (Part III) Preventing Family Conflict

Stan Goldberg
January 30, 2015
Grieving and Recovery, Life, Thoughts of the Day
1 Comment
In Part I of Family Conflict, I presented the idea conflicts often involve looking at the present through our history. In Part II I wrote that...
Passover at the wailing wall

Thought of the Day. Family Conflict (Part I): How the Past Affects The Present

Stan Goldberg
January 26, 2015
Grieving and Recovery, Life, Thoughts of the Day
Passover was a dreaded holiday for me as a teenager growing up in Allentown, Pennsylvania. It was a time when my uncle, who thought of himself as a...
A goodbye kiss

Thought of the Day: Part 3 Grief Hierarchy- Reducing Grief

Stan Goldberg
January 22, 2015
Grieving and Recovery, Thoughts of the Day
2 Comments
In Part 1 of Grief Hierarchy, I presented the idea grief shouldn't be evaluated in terms of whose is greater. In Part 2, I introduced the notion...
old man thought to be useless

Elder Abuse: What They Don’t Show on TV

Stan Goldberg
January 15, 2015
Aging, Thoughts of the Day
Thought of the Day. A number of years ago I witnessed elder abuse as I walked behind a twenty-something-year-old couple in downtown San Francisco. My...
Man dying

Let Go: Why You Should Prepare Today for Your Eventual Death

Stan Goldberg
January 13, 2015
End of Life, Thoughts of the Day
4 Comments
Thought of the Day. Maybe it's the senseless violence of the last few days. Maybe it's realizing my dance with cancer will end. Maybe it's becoming...
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