Archive for the ‘Healthcare’ Category
Friday, January 1st, 2010
2010 – Happy New Year!
Well, here we are. Ten years into the New Millenium. Post 9/11. Post Economic meltdown. Post Bush-Cheney. Several degrees into Global Warming. Several setbacks into Global Cooperation. The backside of the Great Recession. The end of a decade of decadence. Folks, straighten your chair backs, fasten your seatbelts and prepare for landing; somehow or another, we made it!
So – as we come to the end of this bumpy ride—what’s next for us?
I have no crystal ball to foretell the future, but my hunch is that, like so many generations of God’s people on planet Earth, we are about discover the consequences of having to collectively learn things the hard way!
Here are just a few of the tough lessons in store for us: (more…)
Posted in Consilience, Best Self, Nature, Greater Good Thinking, World, Celebration, Compassion, Holidays, Courage, Commitment, Collaboration, Economy, Community, Science, Politics of Possibility, Healthcare, Peacework, Environment, Creativity, Anne McCrady, InSpiritry, Greater Good, Personal Health, Social Issues | No Comments »
Saturday, September 12th, 2009
You Lie!
Representative Joe Wilson to President Obama
I have been thinking a lot the past few days about free speech. I have also been reeling from our abuse of it.
In 2007, long before the current controversies over the economy recovery and healthcare reform, a friend of mine, Donna Bowling, co-authored an insightful book called, Reclaiming Civility in the Public Square - 101 Rules that Work. While I have often recommended it to those I know in leadership, I must admit that in the past two weeks I have been tempted to send it out en masse. (more…)
Posted in Greater Good Thinking, U.S., Consilience, Wisdom, Problem Solving, America, Events & News, Greater Good, Politics of Possibility, InSpiritry, Anne McCrady, Economy, Healthcare | 4 Comments »
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
We all profit if our healthcare system is transformed…
and that profit will not be just financial!
This week in Washington, the hot topic is healthcare. Those with an eye on the cost and scope of expanding healthcare are calling for reform. Those with a heart for medical care as a humanitarian mission are calling for healthcare to be transformed. Most of us, confused and concerned with how to provide healthcare for our own family and others, are somewhere in between. (more…)
Posted in Questions for the Day, Greater Good Thinking, U.S., Events & News, Compassion, Problem Solving, Change, Courage, Commitment, Mission, Aging, Creativity, Politics of Possibility, Marketplace, Healthcare, Personal Health, InSpiritry, Economy, Community, Anne McCrady, Social Issues | 5 Comments »
Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
Today, October 24, is United Nations Day. It is the anniversary of the charter in 1945 of the world’s first organization aimed at global governmental peace and cooperation. This year, the United Nation’s Day theme is:
Global Health - A Critical Component to Development.
While it is a timely and admirable theme for this visionary international organization, as an American, it seems to me that irony abounds! (more…)
Posted in Anne McCrady, InSpiritry, Greater Good, Healthcare, Social Issues | No Comments »
Saturday, August 11th, 2007
Imagine that the world had invented a new “dream product” to feed and immunize everyone born on Earth. Imagine also that it was available everywhere, required no storage or delivery — and helped mothers to plan their families and reduce the risk of cancer.
Then imagine that the world refused to use it.
Towards the end of this century of unprecedented discovery and invention, even as scientists discover the origins of life itself, this scenario is not, alas, a fiction. The “dream product” is human breast milk, available to us all at birth, and yet we are not using it.– UNICEF
With that thought in mind, this past week, there was a happy bit of medical news : (more…)
Posted in Greater Good, InSpiritry, Anne McCrady, Personal Health, Marketplace, Healthcare, Women, Children | 4 Comments »
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007
Around the world, there are thousands of people making InSpiritry a reality — they are working for the Greater Good in ways that inspire others to do the same. Their stories can empower us! Today’s InSpiritry story is about Dr. Victoria Hale, a social entrepreneur who is challenging the paradigm of the pharmaceutical world. (more…)
Posted in InSpiration, Science, Marketplace, Organizations, Healthcare, Women, Peacework | 2 Comments »
