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  on our substack this month 🤖 how to stay human in this artificial era  🦋  Link in bio
05/03/2026

on our substack this month 🤖 how to stay human in this artificial era 🦋 Link in bio

23/01/2026

Meet Sally Mounir, a Licensed Psychotherapist and Registered Member of the International Council of Psychotherapists in the UK. Sally is passionate about creating a welcoming environment for individuals, families, and group sessions where everyone can freely express themselves without judgement or fear.

Sally has moved many times over the years and brings a deep understanding of culture, identity, and offers a welcoming presence of acceptance. Sally is a graduate of the Nurture training and an incredible group guide through our 12-week program. In addition to her psychotherapy practice, Sally specializes in dementia-awareness and care. She offers a breath-work class for elders in senior day care.

10/01/2026

Going LIVE on IG with TUESDAY, 13 January 12pm EST, to answer questions and talk about the upcoming 12-week course beginning 28 January.

* Link for course in bio

This Substack took me time to write, time to sit with it, edit it, and listen to feedback from friends who have spent ye...
05/01/2026

This Substack took me time to write, time to sit with it, edit it, and listen to feedback from friends who have spent years caring for their spouse.

In 30 years of serving families in elder care, I have witnessed many marriages quietly shift from partnership to caregiving contract.

While the attention rightly goes to the partner who needs care, the caregiving partner often begins to wither, caught in an unrelenting web of managing medications, coordinating doctor visits, listening through the night to a beloved’s breathing just to be sure they are still okay.

But who is checking in on the caregiver?

Are they okay?

And do we, collectively, understand that this kind of care was never meant to be carried by one spouse alone? It takes a village, not a marriage, to hold a life in decline.

The full essay is on Substack. Share with your caregiving friends 🌱

The Solstice marks a turning point: in the Northern hemisphere, the longest night, the deepest pause, the place where th...
20/12/2025

The Solstice marks a turning point: in the Northern hemisphere, the longest night, the deepest pause, the place where the light begins its quiet return.

This practice honors the wisdom of wintering. It invites you to slow down and step into the spaciousness that becomes available when we stop pushing forward and allow what is ready to end to do so with care.

Meditation on our substack (link in bio)

xx,
Sierra
This 20-minute meditation is set to a melodious backdrop at 432Hz to hold you as you enter inwardly into this solstice. Set aside 20 uninterrupted minutes. Find a comfortable place to sit or lie down. Let this be a Solstice pause: an opportunity to release what no longer needs to be carried and make space for what comes next.

Here, death is held as a metaphor: the ending of a cycle, the soft falling away of what has reached completion. Like the season itself, something rests, something releases, something enters the dark not as loss, but as nourishment.

5 Considerations When Speaking with Aging Loved OnesIn more than thirty years of providing elder care, I’ve seen a consi...
18/12/2025

5 Considerations When Speaking with Aging Loved Ones

In more than thirty years of providing elder care, I’ve seen a consistent pattern: unspoken fear does not disappear—it waits.
And waiting has a way of asserting itself through crisis.

That is why I’ll be writing more for Nurture on this subject, beginning with this series.

In family care-planning conversations, the phrase “We’ll deal with that when we get there” is often offered as polite resistance. It is neither a plan nor a neutral position.
I’ve come to understand it as something else entirely: a plea.

If you’re navigating aging, caregiving, or the conversations families avoid until they can’t…

You can find this series and ongoing reflections on our Substack, an invitation to speak sooner, with more honesty and care.

xx,
Sierra

Holidays can be tender and challenging, especially for families living with dementia. This Substack marks the beginning ...
17/12/2025

Holidays can be tender and challenging, especially for families living with dementia. This Substack marks the beginning of an ongoing series of posts and videos on caring for loved ones and supporting the caregivers who walk alongside them.

Join us on Nurture’s Substack and add your voice.
If you’re caring for an aging loved one, your stories and experiences matter and help build the supported village we all need.

Top Ten Tips on Nurturing the Nurturers in your life. Read the whole piece on our substack 💟
20/11/2025

Top Ten Tips on Nurturing the Nurturers in your life. Read the whole piece on our substack 💟

At Choose Nurture we gather the first Wednesday of the month in support of caregivers. This week we meet at 9am EST. Sub...
04/11/2025

At Choose Nurture we gather the first Wednesday of the month in support of caregivers. This week we meet at 9am EST. Substack 🔗 in bio*

We’re discussing why asking aging loved ones to create a Living Will or Dharma Will is the ultimate act of love: replacing guesswork with clarity.

https://www.choosenurture.com/monthlycircle

From Memento Mori to Memento Vivere! 🌿Our first in-person Choose Nurture Retreat in Ibiza, Spain was a dream. We spent 3...
17/10/2025

From Memento Mori to Memento Vivere! 🌿

Our first in-person Choose Nurture Retreat in Ibiza, Spain was a dream. We spent 3 days together in torrential downpours on the subject of Being with Dying.

At Nurture we believe these types of gatherings offer the most valuable education of a lifetime: how to die well and support others by coming alongside them on their journey home.

One participant called it “The Ultimate Closing.” The perfect way to mark the end of the season, as the island’s clubs, hotels, and summer adventures came to a close.

At Nurture, we believe it takes a village to have a good ending. It is by gathering around life’s harder subjects that we soften, stay connected, and remember how to fully LIVE 💛

Thank you to all who joined and contributed in a memorable weekend maureenji.music love




More on our substack: https://choosenurture.substack.com

Have you read our latest substack posts? Join in the conversations on caregiving, aging elders, family dynamics, and mor...
13/10/2025

Have you read our latest substack posts? Join in the conversations on caregiving, aging elders, family dynamics, and more Nurture notes. Audio meditations coming to substack 🔜

Substack link in bio ❣️

🕊️ “Death is a relational event, not a medical one.”At Choose Nurture, we believe that the end of life is not a problem ...
17/07/2025

🕊️ “Death is a relational event, not a medical one.”

At Choose Nurture, we believe that the end of life is not a problem to fix — it’s a sacred time to connect, reflect, and be present with one another.

As death doulas, we’re here to hold space for the emotional, spiritual, and human experience of dying — beyond charts and checklists.

Let’s reclaim death as a natural, meaningful part of life. 💜Join us 15 September for our next Elder & End of Life Doula training. Details in bio.

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