Compassion and Cancer: Part III-Putting “Meat” on Compassionate Behaviors Stan Goldberg February 27, 2015 Cancer, Thoughts of the Day4 CommentsWe want to be helpful to whose living with cancer, but often we don’t know how to transform compassionate intent into helpful behaviors. I...
Aging: In Praise of Adaptation Stan Goldberg November 19, 2014 Aging, Thoughts of the Day06/09/14 As I age and read books on how I can recreate the body I had when I was 20 by just buying a jar of this newly developed elixer that...
Aging and Identity Part III: We’re Not Dead Yet Stan Goldberg May 12, 2014 Aging24 CommentsWe may be changing, but we’re not dead yet. I think people who are younger than us—like our adult children—are often confused about how to react to our diminishing abilities.
Want Enlightenment? Think Less, Do more Stan Goldberg March 30, 2012 Grieving and Recovery, Life12 CommentsWhen I gave a workshop on change at a well-known retreat center, one participant told me that this was the tenth week-long workshop he attended in...
10 Suggestions for Living: Advice from a Tibetan Hermit and My Mother Stan Goldberg November 1, 2010 Grieving and Recovery, Life20 CommentsIn the 19th century, the hermit Patrul Rinpoche wrote, Be like a cow. Eat, defecate, and sleep. Everything else is none of your business. After...
Helping Our Loved Ones Die-6: Don’t Rely Just on Words Stan Goldberg December 25, 2009 End of Life, Helping Our Loved Ones Die VideosHelping Our Loved Ones Die: 6-Don't Rely Just on Words. There are many emotions that can't be conveyed to loved ones just by...
Helping Our Loved Ones Die-7: Talk About Death Stan Goldberg December 24, 2009 End of Life, Helping Our Loved Ones Die VideosHelping Our Loved Ones Die: 7-Talk About Death. People who are dying usually know it and if given permission to talk about it, will want...
Helping Our Loved Ones Die-8: Forgive and Ask For Forgiveness Stan Goldberg December 23, 2009 End of Life, Helping Our Loved Ones Die VideosHelping Our Loved Ones Die:8-Forgive and Ask For Forgiveness. Two things that make dying more difficult is not being forgiven for unskillful acts...
Helping Our Loved Ones Die-9: Give Thanks Stan Goldberg December 22, 2009 End of Life, Helping Our Loved Ones Die VideosHelping Our Loved Ones Die: 9-GiveThanks. People who are dying want to know they've made a difference in the lives of their loved ones and...
Helping Our Loved Ones Die-10: Private Experiences Stan Goldberg December 21, 2009 End of Life, Helping Our Loved Ones Die VideosHelping Our Loved Ones Die:10-Private Experiences. People close to death may relate visits by loved ones who have died. Whether or not you think...
Helping Our Loved Ones Die-11: Giving Permission to Leave Stan Goldberg December 20, 2009 End of Life, Helping Our Loved Ones Die VideosHelping Our Loved Ones Die:11-Giving Permission to Leave. One of the hardest things you may have to do is give permission to a loved one to...
Helping Our Loved Ones Die-12: Final Thoughts Stan Goldberg December 19, 2009 End of Life, Helping Our Loved Ones Die Videos2 CommentsHelping Our Loved Ones Die:12-Final Thoughts. Some final things to think...
View From the Bay-KGO (ABC), Janelle Wang/Spenser Christian (video) Stan Goldberg December 2, 2009 InterviewsKGO (ABC) View From the Bay Janelle Wang and Spenser Christian Stan talks about his book, Lessons for the Living: Stories of Forgiveness,...
Njideka-The Wellness Experience (audio) Stan Goldberg November 19, 2009 InterviewsThe Wellness Experience Njideka Stan and Njideka discuss ways to approach life positively, regardless of the physical and emotional problems one...
Faces of Grief Stan Goldberg November 13, 2009 Grieving and RecoveryAlthough there are many approaches to grief counseling, most focus directly on the grief we experience over the death of a loved one. But what about the unexplainable, and often embarrassing grief experienced over the death of someone we never knew?
The Hard Work of Dying Stan Goldberg November 1, 2009 End of Life2 CommentsImagine that you’re preparing for a thirty-day trip to a foreign country and you’re limited to taking only what can be carried in a backpack. Your decisions on what to take or leave behind will determine the quality of your experience. Too many items and the weight will be burdensome. Not enough of the right ones and you might be forced to neglect some basic needs. We make decisions of this type daily. Take what’s important, leave behind what isn’t. But we tend to oblivious to the importance of these decisions for possibly the most momentous journey of our lives—our death.
Cyrus Webb (audio) Stan Goldberg September 28, 2009 InterviewsCyrus Webb How Stan's book Lessons for the Living can be used throughout one's life. September 28,...
Bottomless Holes Stan Goldberg September 15, 2009 End of LifeMore than 10 years ago, I saw a black and white photograph by Richard Avedon that I still vividly remember. It was taken of a young boy in 1947 in Sicily. He was in the foreground smiling broadly and wearing a suit that was too short in the arms and too tight in the waist. In the background—softly out of focus—was a tree with a symmetrical oval canopy and a fence that defined the boundary between sky and water. A seemingly bucolic scene unless you looked carefully at the boy.
David McMillian-Strategies for Living (audio) Stan Goldberg September 7, 2009 InterviewsStrategies for Living David McMillian An insightful review of Lessons for the Living. Blog Radio September 7,...
Jacqueline Marcell-Coping With Caregiving (audio) Stan Goldberg August 22, 2009 InterviewsCoping with Caregiving Jacqueline Marcell An insightful discussion about the effects of long-term caregiving Blog Radio August 22,...