Tag: open-ended questions
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The Importance of Being Jeli – Love Who You Are
Jeli walked on the scene as an official name just after my father passed away in 2011. During his funeral the priest asked me why I was still going by my “American” name, Elizabeth. I looked over at my mom with a shocked sense of wonder and asked, “Yeah mom, why am I?” She said,…
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The Inadvertent Arrogance in Offering Advice – How to Talk to Someone with an Illness
Everyone wants to be helpful. I mean, don’t you? We’ve all heard that if you’re not helpful then you’re just taking up space. This drive to be a solutions oriented society has shaped the way we think and speak. We used to accept uncertainty and we used to listen to stories about the unknown with…