Listen "Mediation & End-of-Life Planning: Living in the Now - with Kimberly Best"
Episode Synopsis
Kimberly Best is a registered nurse who spent over two decades working in various intensive care units, trauma centers, and emergency departments. She pursued graduate school in clinical community psychology but found it unfulfilling and returned to nursing. After her brother introduced her to transformative mediation, she went on to study conflict management and currently specializes in mediation, facilitation, and restorative practices for peace building.Kimberly highlights that end-of-life care should be focused on the patient's quality of life and ability to do what matters to them, rather than on painful treatments that can be cruel and rob patients of a peaceful and dignified ending. She highlights the importance of addressing conflicts sooner rather than later and embracing mediation as an alternative to the legal process to avoid a long, drawn-out and acrimonious situation.Kimberly also touches on the important theme of estrangement and how it can impact end-of-life conversations. She emphasizes the importance of identifying what is important to all parties involved and notes that reflecting on how we dealt with conflict growing up can affect the way we deal with it now.Please connect with Kimberly wherever you find her:Website: https://www.bestconflictsolutions.com/LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kimberlybestmediatorFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/bestconflictsolutionsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimberly_a_best/Twitter: https://twitter.com/kimberly_a_bestAlignable: https://www.alignable.com/franklin-tn/best-conflict-solutions
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