We LOVE a good story, especially when it’s a heartwarming one. Below, you’ll hear some amazing stories from incredible business owners, practitioners, and creatives and artists.

Karen Sholander

In my job as a hospice music therapist, there are many, many heartwarming stories that I can recall. One in particular was when I worked with a patient who had advanced Alzheimer’s disease. She had been a honky tonk guitar/singer back in the day and music had been a huge part of her life. She now lived at in a nursing home where she was always parked in her wheelchair in front of a TV with a trashy talk show. She was depressed and quiet. She was able to say yes or no, but little else. She knew she used to be able to do so many things on her own, and now she couldn’t. Read more>>

Sarynelly Rojas

Each and every one of my client’s story warms my heart. Getting to know them, where they come from, the struggles they have overcome, and their resilience during their own healing journey is always inspiring. Each one of my clients has an amazing story to tell and to have them trust me with it fills my heart with joy. Read more>>

Mira Masukawa

There was a time when I was working at a hospice, working there to get my license, collecting hours, and there was a woman who would come and sit with her mother off and on for several days. One day, she was with her mother, and I was sitting in the back of the room because I didn’t want to be in the story, just supporting the story. It was then that her mother took her last breath. The daughter cried and put her head on her mother’s chest. A few minutes later, she turned to me and said, I know I can’t take her with me, but I don’t know how to leave her behind. Read more>>

Robert Macauley

The story that I usually come back to is about Grace. She was about 14 years old when I first met her, already many years into her journey with cancer. She was a truly remarkable person intent on savoring each moment of life despite the pain the cancer caused and the frequent hospital admissions that were required to keep the pain under control and to administer chemotherapy. Finally, when she was about to enter her senior year of high school, there were no more treatments left to try. Recognizing that time was short, she continued to express her greatest dreams, especially seeing Broadway. She had been an amazing actress in high school drama productions, several of which I had the good fortune to see. But she always wanted to see the big stage. Read more>>

Caitlin Diamond

One of my most heartwarming moments early in my career occurred during my internship. I was in supervision with a fellow intern and our shared supervisor, and we were expressing feeling stuck around not “doing therapy correctly” or not feeling adequately adept and skilled yet. Our supervisor then shared a video with us about what it means to trust your clients’ timing, their intuition, and their system in order to facilitate healing in a way that works best for them. I actually cried while watching the video because it was so beautiful. That supervision session completely changed my outlook on how to show up as a therapist – it taught me that my job is to support clients on their own path, rather than showing up with an agenda of how to “fix” their “problems.” Read more>>