Why Apologies May Not Work Stan Goldberg May 16, 2018 Aging, Life 2 Comments There was a time when apologies were made in person, where you looked someone in the eyes, admitted what you did was wrong, cruel, unintentional, or just stupid, and listened to their reactions, as difficult as they were to hear.
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...
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...
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...
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...
Why Motivation Alone Stinks: Part II: Change-You Didn’t Fail; The Guru Did Stan Goldberg April 8, 2015 Life, Thoughts of the Day We place our trust in experts to instruct us how to change. With failure, we rarely blame the expert or her program. Most of the time, that’s where...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
Thought of the Day. Family Conflict (Part II) Why Truth is Relative Stan Goldberg January 28, 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. There is an amazing...
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...
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...
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...
Charlie Hebdo Tragedy: Bad Guys Who Were Willing to Act Stan Goldberg January 8, 2015 Grieving and Recovery, Thoughts of the Day 4 Comments THOUGHT OF THE DAY. I wrote an article on January 6, 2015 how thoughts are theoretical unless there is a conviction to act (Selma: Why I Write About...
Hospice: What Country Will Provide the Best Services For Your Loved One? Stan Goldberg December 29, 2014 End of Life, Thoughts of the Day THOUGHT OF THE DAY. A few years ago I was the keynote speaker at Calgary Hospice and also conducted a workshop where I presented a unique model for...
Why World Violence and Family Conflicts are More Connected Than You Think Stan Goldberg December 16, 2014 Caregiving, Thoughts of the Day 2 Comments THOUGHT OF THE DAY. Yesterday we saw three seemingly unconnected events that shocked the world. The murder of Australians by an extremist in...
La Bohème: A Old Lesson in Living and Dying Stan Goldberg December 3, 2014 End of Life, Thoughts of the Day 7 Comments Last night with my wife I attended La Boheme, an opera by Puccini showing how little attitudes about dying changed since 1896 when the opera was...