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Welcome to Talking Matters, a blog featuring updates, stories, and interviews from The Conversation Project. Check back each week for a new post!

Times to Have “The Conversation”
By Karen Purze, 10/06/2022

My father had cancer but didn’t want to talk about his health. Or his health care. Or his health care wishes. None of it. He wanted to know how his grandsons were doing. And how…

Crossing Abbey Road
By David White, 09/07/2022

When we are no longer able to change the situation, we are challenged to change ourselves. —Victor Frankel, Man’s Search for Meaning Malcolm was sitting up in bed, his hospital door ajar. He had on…

4 Steps that Helped Me Start the Conversation
By Christine Osterwalder, 08/02/2022

“What does a good day look like?” “What matters to me through the end of my life is…” To me, open-ended questions like these seemed challenging at first because the answers can change significantly, due…