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Reflections for the New Year

Reflections for the New Year

2016 Stretches Out Before Us For millennium, humans have observed the passage of time, the cycle of the seasons, the waxing and waning of the moon, the rise and fall of the tides; and we have recognized that we too are a part of this march of time.  We know that, like...

Honoring Our Veterans

Serving in the military is an ultimate honor to many veterans. It’s an experience many will remember and hold close for a lifetime. The Empath Health Veterans Program is committed to honoring and supporting the veterans in our care and in our community. One special...

Don’t Forget to Celebrate

Celebrations are important. How many times have we found ourselves less than enthusiastic about attending a party with friends or a service at your place of worship only to leave feeling so glad that you went?  Celebrations break up the monotony of our routines and...

Teen Volunteers Support Resale Shoppes

Giving Back, Socializing & Joy As a young person, Paula Parra realized the meaning and value of hospice care. Suncoast Hospice cared for her grandmother and supported the family, too. Touched by that beautiful experience, Paula chose to get involved and carry...

The Spirit of Hope

There is something that we are all celebrating.  During this holiday season, there is something that joins all of us in a common bond.  Something that is underneath and beyond the tinsel and the candles and the presents and the tables brimming with delectable...

Working Caregivers Need Extra Support

Caring for Mom For 11 years, Kelly Siegel and her family came together providing loving care to her mom at home. As the family members were also in the workforce, they brought in and used some outside organizations to help with her care, including physician, nursing,...

Open Yourself To Joy

I remember a day many years ago, about this time of year, coming home after a rough day.  Work had been hectic, my mother was feeling down and missing my father who had died, we had just been hit with an expensive car repair, and I was nursing a headache that wouldn’t...

A Conscious Freedom

A spiritual sage once said, “Don’t do what you want.  Then, do whatever you like.”  This maxim, like many spiritual truths, is paradoxical.  It appears at first glance to be contradictory.  But this quizzical phrase illuminates a very important principle.  Our freedom...

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