News and Press Releases
The Middle Path of Joy
There are those among us who are drawn to the thrill. Roller coaster rides and bungee jumping and extreme sports and relationship drama. But even for those of us who like to keep our feet on the ground, it is easy to get pulled in to the inevitable ups and downs of...
Make This Your Year To Volunteer
There’s nothing like the fresh start of a new year. It’s a great time to plan new paths and experiences. Why not become an Empath Health volunteer this year? Feel Good Volunteering Studies have shown that volunteering can be good for you, boosting your health, mind...
Create Balance. Find Happiness.
The Huffington Post put out an article recently outlining “7 Habits of Chronically Unhappy People.” An interesting twist on all of the articles circulating these days about how to be happy. The unhappy habit that stood out most to me was #5 “You strive to control...
Giving Back: A Tribute to Daddy
By Brenda Moore Loving daughter and Riviera Day School VPK Teacher My family and I lost our beloved husband, Daddy and "Popo" (grandfather) - William F. McDonald - to prostate cancer on January 30, 1999. He was a man devoted to his family; his wife, Dianne; three...
Suncoast PACE Enriches Life for Seniors
Beautiful Ball Much like a school dance, the floor laid empty at the start of the Suncoast PACE Harvest Ball. Soon the program participants, elegantly dressed for this special occasion, warmed up to the familiar, old-time tunes and hit the floor swaying with each...
We Are Enough
Tara Brach, a clinical psychologist and meditation teacher, tells the story of a client whose mother was in the dying process. While her daughter sat quietly at her bedside, her mother opened her eyes and said to her in a clear voice “All my life I thought something...
Specialist Connects with African-American Community
Empath Health is committed to serving everyone in our community who needs us. Karen Davis-Pritchett joined Empath Health as the new community outreach specialist last summer. In this Q&A, Karen discusses her education background, insights of the African-American...
Self Care For The Soul
Hand hygiene is such a focus in health care because we know that bacteria is so frequently passed from one person to another with our hands. All those microscopic germs which we can’t even see cause all kinds of sickness and misery. Talk to a nurse sometime – they...
Healing After Sudden Deaths of Loved Ones
Traumatic Loss Hearing your loved one has died in an accident or other sudden death can throw you into despair and darkness. You didn’t see it coming and you weren’t prepared. Your whole world changed. You wonder…why? Every day people die unexpectedly. These types of...
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...