Category: Advocate For The Aging
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Life|H&W|🌻 When Compassion Collides with Policy
🌻 When Compassion Collides with Policy It’s hard enough for a patient to call a specialty clinic. They sit on hold longer than they should. When they finally reach a person, it’s often not the one who can help them. And by the time they get to someone who can, they’re told: “Your insurance no longer…
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H&W|The Distance Between Health and Home
💛 The Distance Between Health and Home It’s one thing to talk about access to care — it’s another to witness what that really means. After another conversation with Kirstin today, I found myself thinking again about the patients who travel hours — sometimes even fly from Alaska — just to receive the care they…
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Life|🚣♀️ Practicing or Praying?
🚣♀️ Practicing or Praying? I meant to say the crew rowers were practicing — but honestly, from where I was sitting, it looked a whole lot like praying. 🙏🏽 Maybe that’s what practice really is — a quiet rhythm, a steady breath, and a kind of faith that if you keep showing up, you’ll find your…
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Life|Saturday Stillness by the Lake
☕ Saturday Stillness by the Lake It’s Saturday morning, and I just dropped Kiki off at her class. The air feels cool and calm — that kind of quiet only Fall seems to know. I’ve got my Pecan Crunch Oatmilk Latte in hand and a book I’ve been meaning to read — “Perfect Is Boring (And…
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Life|H&W|What Medicare’s New Telehealth Rules Really Mean
Why Patients Are Frustrated — and What Medicare’s New Telehealth Rules Really Mean By Lady Flava | Simply Flava Reflections on Healthcare TL;DR: COVID made virtual visits a lifeline. Now, as Medicare rolls back many of those telehealth flexibilities, patients—and the staff who care for them—are feeling the strain. 🌎 Who We Serve At Swedish Neuroscience,…
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🌻 100 Days of Flava — A Journey Through Words and Life
🌻 100 Days of Flava — A Journey Through Words and Life Fifteen years ago, I started my blog as a space to share the things I loved — mostly about independent artists, musicians, and creatives. In those early years, I wrote from time to time, whenever inspiration struck. Back then, my words were more about…
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H&W|Calling Off: Workplace Culture & Policy (Part 2)
🌻 Seasoned SoulZ Health & Wellness Reflection Calling Off: Workplace Culture & Policy 🌻 (Part 2) In Part 1, I shared how I’ve learned to honor my health and stay home when I’m sick. It’s taken me years—and a little wisdom from the younger generation—to understand that calling off isn’t weakness, it’s responsibility. But this…
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H&W|🌻 Flava Wellness: Pain, Breath, and Balance
🌻 Flava Wellness: Pain, Breath, and Balance Living with radiculopathy and arthritis has taught me more than I expected — not just about pain, but about myself. Early on, I noticed something: my anxiety and anticipation of the pain often made it worse than the pain itself. I would tense up, worry, and expect the…
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Welcome, Seasoned SoulZ ~Lady Flava~🌻
🌻 Welcome, Seasoned SoulZ Now that I fully embrace being a Seasoned Soul, I would love to connect with others who embrace the Flava of their own seasoned soul. What matters to you? 🌻That your body doesn’t work like it used to 🌻Retirement and the changes it brings 🌻Health and wellness in this season of…
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Life|65|69 Days of Blogging
69 Days of Blogging & Asking Why 🌻✨ When I saw the announcement on my site that I have blogged for 69 days in a row, I paused and thought about my Why. I’ve always been big on the Why—why people think a certain way, why they do things that make sense or don’t, and…
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