by Bruce McIntyre | Apr 10, 2020 | Resilience
Making Adjustments During Corona Season #3 I often share with patients and caregivers that it’s not “laugh OR cry,” but rather “laugh AND cry.” During this season of Corona, you have probably been able to pinpoint some ways in which you...
by Bruce McIntyre | Apr 3, 2020 | Resilience
Making Adjustments During Corona Season #2 Disorientation. Normal has been upended. Everything seems to have changed. And it changes daily. You have probably experienced changes to your routines, habits, and people interactions. Whether you are highly organized or...
by Bruce McIntyre | Mar 27, 2020 | Resilience
Common Experiences During Corona Season Normal has been upended. You may have noticed yourself grappling with some of these dynamics in the past few weeks: Disorientation. Everything seems to have changed. And it changes daily. Grief. You may have a sense of loss of...
by Bruce McIntyre | Mar 23, 2020 | Serendipity
Snapshots of Self-Differentiation Pepe peered outside through the curtains onto the streets of Luarca, a fishing town in Spain. He was four years old. The year was 1918. In 2018, Pepe (Jose Ameal) was believed to be the oldest survivor of what later became known as...
by Bruce McIntyre | Mar 14, 2020 | Serendipity
Snapshots of Self-Differentiation Some of the most poignant lessons I have learned seemed to occur on my Meals on Wheels route in Abilene, Texas twenty years ago. For almost a year, the route had remained relatively unchanged. Same people, same faces, same routine....
by Bruce McIntyre | Mar 6, 2020 | Serendipity
Snapshots of Self-Differentiation We caught a mere 10-second glimpse of his life. But it left us rejuvenated by his display of beautiful, uninhibited freedom. Around 10am, we were enjoying the Paseo Arts Festival in OKC a few years ago. As my son and I made our way to...
by Bruce McIntyre | Feb 28, 2020 | Resilience
Profiles in Resilience #3 Midge and John are two of the most resilient people I know. John has been living with Parkinson’s disease for over twenty years. He has done Deep Brain Stimulation, all kinds of meds, and he keeps going…and well at that. John has...
by Bruce McIntyre | Feb 21, 2020 | Resilience
Profiles in Resilience #2 Limping and waddling his way toward me, his cheek-to-cheek smile greets me long before his aching body arrives. Wayne is one of my heroes. Disease and life experience have sabotaged his health, but he continues to expose his jumbled...
by Bruce McIntyre | Feb 14, 2020 | Resilience
Profiles in Resilience #1 Service to others. This is the life they have known and lived. He worked for 33 years as a public official. For more than a decade, he continued to work through the inconveniences of Parkinson’s disease. Always quick with a joke or a...
by Bruce McIntyre | Feb 8, 2020 | Caregiving
Good Habits for Caregivers & Patients #3 The list of potential self-care measures is seemingly endless. So much so, that you may be overwhelmed or think you have to do too much. You don’t. Remember, a little bit of something is better than a whole lot of...
