In a two-part blog series, Kelly McCutcheon Adams, LICSW, discusses the issue of preserving rituals and honoring grief in the unprecedented  COVID-19. In both pieces, she explores how we can adhere to normalcy as much…

There is a flood of targeted COVID-related resources circulating right now. Many healthcare and community-based organizations are posting resources to help their constituents (whether healthcare professionals or community leaders). In addition to our list of…

There’s a saying we often use on The Conversation Project team: “never worry alone.” This idiom is meant to encourage one another to express our concerns, if any, and to let our peers know how…

Alternate Ways to Host and Amp up Community Connections These are not ordinary times, and Nathan Kottkamp, founder of National Healthcare Decisions Day (NHDD), reminds us that “the importance of advance care planning is VERY…

How remarkable and hard it is to hear Americans being urged into “social distancing.” As if we had not been too distant already, as if we were all not subject to the centrifuge of modern American…

During the shortest month of the year, we took a long pause to reflect on what matters most to us: ensuring that everyone’s end-of-life values and wishes are expressed and respected. We produced resources and…