So what does a “senior advocate” really mean? Advocacy means someone who recommends or supports something or someone.
To speak in favor of something, giving support, helper, somebody who acts or intercedes on the behalf of another,
“lawyer” (lit. or fig.) someone who pleads another’s case. 

Wow! I’ve been doing that my whole life and didn’t know what I was until this very minute! No seriously,
a huge part of what I do (and always have been) is being the “Esther” on someone else’s behalf.
Some of you may be familiar with Esther, she was the Diva in the Bible that went to the King on other’s behalf
(at the risk of losing her own neck for speaking up) and had the attitude “I’m going to say it…and if I die I die!”

Perhaps the one thing you should know about me is: If I see something that needs to be dealt with, I’ll deal with it.
I can’t stand seeing people mistreated and I can’t stand it when people pretend the “Purple Elephant” in the room doesn’t exist. 
Some people are just flat out “speechless” when something happens to them and they fall into “victim” mode whether they mean to or not.

Perhaps they ARE the client, but they have a need…and they need it to be met. Hum…does that make sense?
Like if you’re in a Doctor’s office and the Dr or the staff “get nasty” --- You have a need they should meet. They were referred
by another Dr. and you don’t feel you have choices. But the price you end up paying is more than a deductible or co-pay,
its them lording over you or being rude, abusive verbally or playing control games (like they are the ones behind the counter
and can hold you up for hours, stretch your appointment out for months, keep you on hold FOREVER and a day or even having you
wandering around the hospital or office vs. give you a simple map of directions). My favorite is the ignore game; they’ll punish
you by not looking at you or act to busy to answer a question for the patient. Urrr.

Come back in a few days and Read Part 2 of 2 of this blog!

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