I'm in Malaysia, limited resources and training here. Lots of opportunities and accompanying challenges 🫠😄 Do you have any spiritual competency trainings you'd recommend? I've heard of IPCSE but it'd cost a kidney for me 🤔

A wonderful summary! All the best, can't wait to see your reflection posts!

Bluesky doesn't seem to bad so far, came here before it gets muddled and I can just read #hapc stuff. Pluto hasn't gotten to me just yet

Amazing work! I've not heard enough work done for siblings in specifics, usually family as a general (if at all) or the parents. Congrats!

Thanks for the work you do! I'm newer to PC, and as a counsellor I was baffled at the amount of things I had to know in multimorbidity! Neuro diagnosis, heart failure and more? Ho boy. I'd love to hear what got you into this area of research! Everyone in pc has unique origin stories :D

Congrats! Must be a very exciting and also validate your passionate attendance all these years ✨️ Has it been intimidating though preparing to be in those shoes? Always wonder how experts like yourself handle the early imposter syndrome (if any)!

Thanks for sharing! In my country's healthcare system there's been a push for spiritual support over mental health (not equal emphasis). The concern is they appear to want MDs to do it, and not other HCPs. Have no idea how that'd work seeing as most MDs don't have 15 mins to spare 🫠 Much to do T.T

I mean, there's also grief stuff but if we're talking incorporating some aspects of coping with illness then I fall back on those two!

Hi Lauren! Great Q, which aspects of mental health in palliative care interest you the most? There's quite a few takes on it. I think a humanising approach is the Dignity Model in the Terminally by Harvey Chochinov. Alternatively if we're talking practical psychotherapy it's usually psycho-oncology

Very true! Where I'm from there's a lot of stigma, but mostly because of misunderstanding of services. I work as a counsellor in palliative so double stigma, haha! But I suppose educating and connecting is a continuous process I can appreciate. Can't take the trust for granted!