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Mo and Jay met at an Ali Brown Blueprint for Success
Workshop; they agree it was one of the best investments
for their time and money. "Meeting Jay at the
OSBW was "icing on the cake! Jay is one of
those incredible people who puts you instantly
at ease. He has a touching, and authentic way
of acknowledging your value. It's very
soothing for your soul!" - Mo
Workshop; they agree it was one of the best investments
for their time and money. "Meeting Jay at the
OSBW was "icing on the cake! Jay is one of
those incredible people who puts you instantly
at ease. He has a touching, and authentic way
of acknowledging your value. It's very
soothing for your soul!" - Mo
"Expert-TEASE": A short, yet expert nugget of value...
Evolving Stages of Changing Ages does include the last stage of life for some,
and a new stage of evolvement for others. You are dealing with an intense
issue.
Knowing what to do, how to do it, or where to do it, whether it is an illness of
your own, someone else or beyond illness and in preparation for an inevitable
death, it is important to know that if you are feeling alone, unheard, frustrated,
and overwhelmed, you are experiencing normal feelings for the situation.
Perhaps you feel…
If you are a patient or family struggling and overwhelmed with pain, out-of-
control symptoms, grief, care giving responsibilities, trying to balance quality-of-
life and quantity-of-life, and the necessity of making some of the toughest end-
of-life decisions, you are entitled to positive support. Surround yourself with
people who can be supportive; a family member or friend who has gone
through a similar situation might be a way to nurture yourself. Just remember,
you are not alone.
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Impressive Bio: Jay Westbrook
Jay Westbrook is a multiple award-winning clinician, and 2005 Faculty Scholar at
Harvard Medical School’s Palliative Care Department. He helped found and
served as Chair of American Society on Aging’s (ASA) End-of-Life Issues
Committee. Westbrook has a Master of Science degree in Gerontology from
USC’s Andrus Gerontology Center, is a certified Grief Recovery Specialist, a
Registered Nurse, and a Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse. He is nationally
recognized as an expert on the constellation of issues surrounding End-of-Life,
and is highly skilled in working with the spiritual, emotional, physical, and
intellectual suffering of people approaching the end of their lives, and their
families and caregivers.
Today, he splits his time between serving as Clinical Director of the Palliative
Care & Bereavement Service at Valley Presbyterian Hospital in Van Nuys, CA,
and as Clinical Director of his own company, Compassionate Journey: An End-of-
Life Education & Consulting Service. He continues to lecture nationally, at both
the keynote and breakout levels, on Emotional and Spiritual Suffering,
Compassion Fatigue and Burnout, Pain Management, Quality-of-Life at the End-
of-Life, Clinical Gerontology, Palliative Care, Nutrition and Hydration at the End-
of-Life, Working With Dying Patients & Grieving Families, and the powerful Grief
Recovery technique. Westbrook is an informative, entertaining, and inspiring
speaker who presents powerfully on the transformative aspects of suffering
and on using suffering to awaken compassion.
Evolving Stages of Changing Ages does include the last stage of life for some,
and a new stage of evolvement for others. You are dealing with an intense
issue.
Knowing what to do, how to do it, or where to do it, whether it is an illness of
your own, someone else or beyond illness and in preparation for an inevitable
death, it is important to know that if you are feeling alone, unheard, frustrated,
and overwhelmed, you are experiencing normal feelings for the situation.
Perhaps you feel…
- angry about being or seeing your loved one in pain, and/or afraid of the
powerful pain medications being employed
baffled about when to choose hospice
filled with questions you can’t quite articulate, and embarrassed about
“bothering” the really busy doctors & nurses
confused and conflicted, frightened and guilty, over having to decide
about nutrition and hydration
overwhelmed with a sense of separation and disconnectedness from your
loved one
If you are a patient or family struggling and overwhelmed with pain, out-of-
control symptoms, grief, care giving responsibilities, trying to balance quality-of-
life and quantity-of-life, and the necessity of making some of the toughest end-
of-life decisions, you are entitled to positive support. Surround yourself with
people who can be supportive; a family member or friend who has gone
through a similar situation might be a way to nurture yourself. Just remember,
you are not alone.
***************************************************************
Impressive Bio: Jay Westbrook
Jay Westbrook is a multiple award-winning clinician, and 2005 Faculty Scholar at
Harvard Medical School’s Palliative Care Department. He helped found and
served as Chair of American Society on Aging’s (ASA) End-of-Life Issues
Committee. Westbrook has a Master of Science degree in Gerontology from
USC’s Andrus Gerontology Center, is a certified Grief Recovery Specialist, a
Registered Nurse, and a Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse. He is nationally
recognized as an expert on the constellation of issues surrounding End-of-Life,
and is highly skilled in working with the spiritual, emotional, physical, and
intellectual suffering of people approaching the end of their lives, and their
families and caregivers.
Today, he splits his time between serving as Clinical Director of the Palliative
Care & Bereavement Service at Valley Presbyterian Hospital in Van Nuys, CA,
and as Clinical Director of his own company, Compassionate Journey: An End-of-
Life Education & Consulting Service. He continues to lecture nationally, at both
the keynote and breakout levels, on Emotional and Spiritual Suffering,
Compassion Fatigue and Burnout, Pain Management, Quality-of-Life at the End-
of-Life, Clinical Gerontology, Palliative Care, Nutrition and Hydration at the End-
of-Life, Working With Dying Patients & Grieving Families, and the powerful Grief
Recovery technique. Westbrook is an informative, entertaining, and inspiring
speaker who presents powerfully on the transformative aspects of suffering
and on using suffering to awaken compassion.
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