Author: Linda

What a Life! Choices and Chances in My First 93 Years

Dick Nelson was born in 1929, grew up in Brockton Massachusetts, 6th of 8 children, and began life during the Depression. He graduated from Boston University, which he attended on the GI Bill after military service in the mop-up phase of WWII. He taught two years stateside before adding three in overseas schools with the children of service personnel. He was encouraged to think about becoming a counselor and sought education at Ohio University where he completed a master’s degree, then decided to stay on for a doctorate. At Ohio U, he met and married the love of his life and his partner for over sixty years, Betty Mitchell Nelson. After three other stops he accepted a position at Purdue University from which he retired as a full professor, having offered leadership in elementary school counseling for over thirty years. Among his other ventures, he has been a traveler, a singer, a swimmer, and a “pasteller,” Count him as a lover of his fellow human beings to whom he is pleased to be able to contribute, especially for the benefit of children in the Greater Lafayette area, at present, and, through endowments, long into the future.

Hardcover, 600 pages, $44.00. Available from all online booksellers.

The Making of an Old Soul: Aging as the Fulfillment of Life’s Promise, by Carol Orsborn, Ph.D.

The Making of an Old Soul: Aging as the Fulfillment of Life’s Promise is the healing vision of a woman who is a scholar in the fields of adult and spiritual development as well as a lifelong seeker. Based on a mystical experience that sheds light on the entire arc of life, Orsborn’s latest work revisions age not as diminishment but as the fulfillment of life’s promise. Bursting through the stereotypes into a world of old souls, Orsborn shows you how to embrace the luminous spirit within that beats steadily beyond the wounds of childhood, beyond the unintended consequences of your best intentions, beyond the twists and turns of fate over which even at the peak of the developmental pyramid you have no control. This gem of a book affirms that hope is merited and that seekers of all ages and circumstances have what it takes to grow not just old, but old souls.

$18.00 paperback. Available from all online booksellers.

Revenue Cycle Performance: Achieving Breakthrough Metrics in the Healthcare Industry

 In the transformative style of Eliyahu Goldratt’s blockbuster novel The Goal, Michael Duke offers the healthcare industry approachable, cutting-edge strategies that unlock the key to maximum Revenue Cycle Performance.

 The McPherson Principle is an engaging business novel about a hospital system in big financial trouble. Written through the eyes of Bill Matthews, a VP of Revenue Cycle Management whose career-and the careers of his team-are on the line, the story follows his challenge to come up with workable solutions to radically improve performance, and improve it fast. Early on, Matthews recognizes he must bypass traditional, “acceptable” methods, stick his corporate neck out, and plow into uncharted metrics territory in order to succeed in today’s competitive field. And thus, The McPherson Principle is born.

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