Changing the Experience of Serious Illness
Whether speaking to clinicians, family caregivers, healthcare leaders, or community organizations, every presentation is built around one central idea:
When we can't cure an illness, we can still change how people experience it.
Drawing on more than two decades of experience in family medicine, palliative medicine, integrative medicine, and medical education, Dr. Delia helps audiences rethink how we communicate, make decisions, support one another, and care for ourselves when serious illness hits the family.
Presentations are practical, evidence-informed, and tailored to the needs of each audience.
Why Dr. Delia?
Dr. Delia combines more than two decades of clinical experience with the warmth of a storyteller and the practicality of an educator.
Audiences leave with new ways of thinking, concrete strategies they can use immediately, and a renewed appreciation for the profound difference they can make in the lives of patients, families, and one another.
- Evidence-informed
- Practical and immediately applicable
- Engaging, story-driven presentations
Sample Topics
For Healthcare Professionals
Helping clinicians communicate more effectively, support families more skillfully, and provide care that is both evidence-based and deeply human.
- Changing the Experience of Serious Illness
- Mastering Courageous Conversations
- Clinician Wellbeing
- Human-Centered Healthcare Leadership
For Family Caregivers
Helping families navigate serious illness with greater clarity, confidence, and less regret.
- What Nobody Prepares You For
- Making Decisions You Can Live With
- Caring for Yourself While Caring for Someone Else
- Communication That Strengthens Families
For Organizations and Communities
Helping organizations better support people living through serious illness, aging, caregiving, and loss.
Topics are customized for associations, nonprofits, employers, faith communities, and community groups.
Every Presentation Includes...
- Practical strategies participants can use immediately
- A deeper understanding of the human side of serious illness
- Greater confidence navigating difficult conversations
- A renewed appreciation for the difference compassionate, skillful care can make
Presentation Formats
- Keynotes
- Conferences
- Grand Rounds
- Workshops
- Leadership Retreats
- Virtual Presentations
I've Worked With...
Audiences Leave With...
- A different way of thinking about serious illness
- Practical communication strategies they can use immediately
- Greater confidence navigating uncertainty
- New ideas for supporting patients, families, colleagues, and themselves
- A renewed sense of purpose in the work they do