Leaves Speak Healthcare

09/20/2025

🌟 Meet Our Fall MPH Intern 🌟

We’re excited to welcome Star-Lin’, a Master of Public Health student at the University of Missouri, to our team this semester. With a Bachelor of Science in Public Health from Saint Louis University and deep roots in St. Louis, she is contributing her skills and passion to our Business Health for Boomers project.

Star-Lin’ is dedicated to disease prevention, disease surveillance, and advancing health equity. After completing her MPH, she plans to apply her knowledge to strengthen health systems and promote innovative, equity-driven approaches that support healthier communities.

We’re grateful to have her perspective shaping Business Health for Boomers this fall!

09/14/2025

About the Event
The Leaves Speak Innovation Lab is a hands-on session where your voice helps shape new tools for aging, legacy, and connection. Together we will explore resources designed to spark reflection, guide planning, and strengthen conversations across generations.

What We’ll Explore
* Scenario Planning Guide: Aging in 2040 – Imagine what aging could look like in 2040 and prepare for the future with hope and realism.
* Facilitator’s Guide for a Reflective Journey – A resource to lead meaningful conversations on aging and elderhood.
* Intergenerational Conversation Starter Prompts – Card prompts to spark dialogue and bridge wisdom across generations.

Why Your Feedback Matters
Your insights will help refine these tools so they are practical, easy to use, and meaningful for families, students, and communities.

What to Expect
* Introduction to each tool
* Time to interact and try them out
* Open discussion where all voices are welcome
* The chance to shape resources that will serve others

Who Should Attend
Older adults, caregivers, educators, students, and community leaders who care about reflection, planning, and connection.

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08/03/2025

“Sweetie.” “Okay, boomer.” “We need to take our medicine.”
They might sound harmless, but these are examples of elderspeak and ageist language that quietly take away dignity and independence.

In our latest Learning with Leaves Speak session, we break down the four main types of elderspeak: diminutives, tag questions, reflection statements, and collective pronouns. We also look at why terms like elderly, boomer, and adult daycare can do more harm than good.

Respect starts with language. Let’s choose words that honor autonomy and dignity.

07/15/2025

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07/15/2025

We’re excited to invite you to a virtual event hosted by Leaves Speak Healthcare, our consulting company focused on grief, end-of-life readiness, aging, and the social determinants of health.

This summer, we partnered with Mizzou as an internship site for Master of Public Health students, and our interns will be sharing projects we think will really resonate with this community:

✨ Grief-informed workplace practices
✨ Aging in 2040
✨ Intergenerational dialogue
✨ End-of-life readiness

Join us on Tuesday, July 22 at 6:30 PM CT via Zoom.

RSVP here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/n8WOJ9FoQIaaGRcRM0Yedw

We’d love for you to be part of the conversation.

07/15/2025

We’re excited to invite you to a virtual event hosted by Leaves Speak Healthcare, our consulting company focused on grief, end-of-life readiness, aging, and the social determinants of health.

This summer, we partnered with Mizzou as an internship site for Master of Public Health students, and our interns will be sharing projects we think will really resonate with this community:
✨ Grief-informed workplace practices
✨ Aging in 2040
✨ Intergenerational dialogue
✨ End-of-life readiness

Join us on Tuesday, July 22 at 6:30 PM CT via Zoom.
RSVP here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/n8WOJ9FoQIaaGRcRM0Yedw

We’d love for you to be part of the conversation.

07/11/2025

Leaves Speak® Healthcare is a grief-aware, aging-affirming platform that provides tools and spaces to honor life’s transitions with dignity and depth.Learn a little bit more about us! ✨Email info@leavesspeak.com to learn more about our Memories and Milestones program ✨

06/17/2025

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06/17/2025

They can’t be here anymore, but you can carry them forward.
Be their laughter when a room feels too quiet.
Be their kindness when someone needs grace.
Be their strength on the days you want to fall apart.
You are their legacy — in every small, beautiful way.

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06/17/2025

06/11/2025

Join us as we welcome Dr. Maurya Dominica Cockrell to the team! Be sure to say hi and give her a follow on Instagram, X and LinkedIn!