Hi everyone, Yvonne Heath here back in the LYLTD studio after a whirlwind trip to Ottawa. Wow, it was amazing, Compassionate Ottawa held an event, and they had the incredible Dr. Allan Kellehear as their guest speaker, speaking about compassionate communities and compassionate cities. It is, in my opinion, the movement to create social change, where we learn how to just show up for one another in life, grief, illness, at end of life, in whatever we may be facing. It is everyone's responsibility to care for each other during times of crisis and loss, and not simply the task of health care professionals. The wonderful thing is that we can make a difference in illness in grief, we don't always need professionals, they are part of the journey . Please visit the Pallium Canada website and you will see that they have graphs and information that will help you to truly understand that in illness in the dying process, our health care professionals will be a part of our journey less than 20%. Dr. Kellehear has another quote that I just have to share. He states: When we are dying, or grieving 95% of our time will be spent with family, friends, colleagues, neighbors, including our pets and online communities. So in doing the math... it feels like an aha moment, as we realize that those who are dying, are spending only about 5% of their time in front of health care professionals. What are we doing with that 95%? We need to increase community's capacity to just show up throughout life, grief, illness and end of life. Thank you Compassionate Ottawa with all my heart for hosting this incredible event! The honorable Sharon Carstairs also shared her words of wisdom, and be an advocate for palliative care and help us to truly understand that is also our community's responsibility. And my dear friend, Bonnie Tompkins, thank you for Just Showing Up and reconnecting. It was great to see you in person and to introduce us to Allan... I now say Alan, because he's my new best friend!! If you wanted to learn more, and I invite you to go to pallium.ca to learn about compassionate communities because we can do this differently. Together.  To learn more about our
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 Hi everyone, Yvonne Heath here with Love Your Life to Death.
As we continue to navigate uncertain times and changing rules, I wanted to take a moment and let you know how excited I was to have just presented in Bracebridge. This was my first in-person community keynote event since 2020! I was nervous and a bit emotional, but the audience was amazing and the discussion afterward was heartfelt and wonderful. Earlier in the week, I had a wonderful opportunity to have a conversation with Jennifer George on her podcast, "Healthcare Provider Happy Hour." It feels so great to be "back in the saddle" so I wanted to share it with you. I have included a link below. As we continue to move forward in life, let's keep supporting one another and Just Showing Up for each other. - No. Matter. What. - Link to Podcast To learn more about our Get Ready for Grief online program click here Purchase your copy of Love Your Life to Death, or audiobook here. Click here to see Yvonne's TEDx Talk #GetReadyForGrief #IJustShowedUp |
Yvonne Heath is Canada's Proactive Living Consultant. She is a Speaker, Television Host, Award Winning Author 
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