I am sitting here in Schiphol International, on a five hour layover heading back home to Los Angeles. My team and I just spent a fast-paced week in Trieste – reconnecting with old friends and forging new connections. We were here to do the advance planning for a study visit that Heart Forward is planning for 20 people in October of this year.

Soon I will be recording a podcast interview with a delightful couple who have operated a board and care home in the San Fernando Valley for the past 22 years. I visited the home last week and met the residents who would be impacted if this husband-wife team elect to close the facility. The human cost of losing of a stable, family-style living arrangement . . .

Thank you to Mary Schleicher who responded to my invitation to provide a “guest blog” for Accoglienza. She, too, is deeply interested in the history and application of Radical Hospitality.

This will be a four-part blog. First, I will define Radical Hospitality. Second, I will describe places where Radical Hospitality is evident . . .

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