The Unavoidable Dilemmas of the Last Phase of Life
Dilemmas are messy, confusing, threatening, no-win situations where choices have to be made.
Dilemmas dominate the last phase of life and extract a heavy toll on the entire family.
The link below offers a short summary of the important differences…
What’s Really Going On Here?
Adult children and aging parents view the same situation from very different perspectives. And both are absolutely sure their interpretation of its meaning as well as their ideas about how to deal with it are correct. Not surprising, each party…
Shades of Dementia
It’s easy to dismiss early slips of aging parents when a name, conversation or place simply goes missing. They’re just getting old we tell ourselves. Just getting old.
But it persists, expands and grows worrisome. When denial is no…
Mind The Gap
Aging parents have a different psychological agenda from their adult children. The agenda of the last phase of life has a laser like focus on preserving control and creating a legacy. It’s all about Lasting and Leaving.
Adult children need…
Ancestors Celebrate The Full Moon
Ancestors Celebrate The Full Moon by David Solie
5.0 out of 5 stars THIS IS A GREAT BOOK!
By Another working mom on August 2, 2017
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I wish my parent’s doctors would read this book!…
Strategic Collaboration Calls with David Solie™
If you are getting the same results using the same strategies over and over again with an aging parent, it may be time for a collaboration call to gain both a new perspective on your situation and new communication…
Last Stories…
Life review is a relational process that mobilizes stories to uncover and identify values, lessons and dreams that become part of legacy.
Create safe and inspiring venues for the telling of these stories, settings that facilitate conversations, insights and continuity.…
When the last parent is gone…
When The Last Parent Is Gone
By David Solie
When the last parent is gone,
Your heart cannot right itself,
Things that should help,
Heeding warning signs
Repairing loose ends
Bracing for impact
All…
Moving In…
When an aging parent moves in, no one can predict how it will work out. What looks good in the beginning can come undone in sudden and distressing ways.
Adult children need to frame moving in as “one step” in…