Person-Directed Care Fundamentals

Visiting Bill & Jude Thomas: Connecting the Past, Present, and Future

Visiting Bill & Jude Thomas: Connecting the Past, Present, and Future

By Kathy Hagen, Interim CEO, The Eden Alternative Recently, along with some of the Eden Alternative team and our Board Chair, Angie McAllister, I had the good fortune to spend time with Eden Alternative founders, Dr. Bill and Jude Thomas, at their home on Cayuga Lake, NY. The adventure began by traveling a dirt road…

The Groundwork and The Framework Bundle

The Groundwork and The Framework Bundle

By Kristi Doan, Community Builder The Eden Alternative® I am excited to introduce our newest course bundle that includes The Framework: Reveal the Possibilities and The Groundwork: Rethink Your Paradigm. Growing and adjusting as an organization, as our world became highly virtual starting in 2020, pushed us to develop two courses that cover the basics…

Change Agents as Wayfinders

Change Agents as Wayfinders

By Laura Beck, The Eden Alternative Life coach Martha Beck’s book, Finding Your Way in a Wild New World, captures the key qualities of what she calls a “Wayfinder.”  (No, Martha is not my kin, by the way.) Wayfinders, by her definition, look a lot like changemakers to me.  Beck describes Wayfinders as individuals driven by…

Is Your Cup Too Full?

Is Your Cup Too Full?

By Denise Hyde, The Eden Alternative Our minister began a sermon recently telling the story of the Zen master. The story goes that a university professor traveled to visit a famous Zen master to learn from him. They sat down and the Zen master served the professor some tea. While the Zen master was pouring…

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