“With the rare
perspective of someone
who has lived long years
with debilitating disease
and has twice edged up
to the life/death
transition, Tiffany now
offers her insight,
knowledge and
experience...”

-Glen Tig,
Psychotherapist,   
Chapel Hill, NC



  •         Healing vs. Medicating
  •       The difficult patient: Who are they and what do they want?
  •       Time crunch: Ways to be a good caregiver when you don’t feel like you have enough time to
spend
  •       Patient communication: How listening can make your job easier down the road
  •       In your back pocket: Having at your fingertips the  different people and organizations to support
a patient in crisis
  •        What is an effective patient advocate? How you and proactive patients/family members can
work well together
  •        The lost patient: Techniques to pass along to reduce the overwhelming job of being a patient
  •        Death and Western medicine: Death is not a failure
  •        More than just a body—The mind/body/soul differentiation
  •        Meditation coping techniques for you and your patients
  •        Illness and God: Are we being punished? A patient’s struggle with the meaning of illness
  •        What is it like to be sick or dying? A window into a day in the life of the dying
  •        Understanding how illness can dis-empower a person and suggestions on helping to “re-
empower” a patient
  •        The importance of peace for patients and how to create it
  •        The Death Bed Myth and how it can impact the dying process
  •        The Illness Identity Crisis
  •        Complementary: A patient perspective on alternative care for symptoms without adding
medications (ex. Massage, acupuncture)
  •        Strategizing to optimize physical comfort (ex. Ways to adjust the surroundings to accommodate
limitations and needs , handicap stickers)
  •        Techniques for coping with pain and discomfort
  •        The delicate nature of relationships when facing illness
  •        The Opportunities of Illness
Tiffany Christensen provides a rare insight into the patient's world
She also offers her perspective on how caregivers can become more
compassionate and effective

Please contact Tiffany to schedule talks or workshops for:

  • Hospice Workers
  • Medical Students
  • Nursing Students
  • Chaplains
  • Psychiatrists and Psychologists
  • Seminary Students
  • Practicing Physicians
Below are some of the common topics Tiffany touches on when addressing professionals.

Please note that each talk or workshop is customized for the specific audience and venue.  
"Panaceas and magical
solutions are eschewed,
clinicians are presented
as fallible but not
necessarily villains, and
a version of patient
empowerment is
promoted that is
predicated on
pragmatism rather than
political principles.

I believe this material
could prove helpful to
patients. I'm certain,
however, that clinicians
could benefit from
considering such a point
of view."        

-Allan Showalter, MD,  
AlignMap.com
Tiffany Christensen is
  Sick Girl Speaks!
Imagine a lifetime of being poked, prodded and examined.
Through her talks, her book and the way she lives her life...this sick girl is ready to speak!