‘Not enough are fearless to move forward’. So, here we are, people from all walks of life, different professional experience, different training, at different stages of our careers and life, different parts of the country (and Canada) brought together by a workshop/retreat called ‘Ecological Health Across The Lifespan’ sponsored by CHE, the Collaborative on Health [...]

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As it often happens in life, clues come in sequence. At our last AWGO Salon Dr. Guy Micco, Clinical Professor in the UCB/UCSF Joint Medical Program and Director of the UC Berkeley Academic Geriatric Resource Center, talked about what people associate with “old” and “aging,” and how finding a new language has the potential to [...]

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Hospitality: ” The friendly reception and treatment of guests or strangers; an act or show of welcome.” Hospitality emerged as a common thread in the last two AHWGO salons. In March Rabbi Elliot Kukla and Beth MacLoed talked about the art of giving and receiving care. In April, Susan Edwards, Executive Director at a Bay [...]

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