by admin | Oct 23, 2009 | chronic illness, empowerment, healing, health, Mind-Body Medicine, tools for healing
“Getting Fit” I find it so irritating when people tell me I have to exercise. Sometimes it can feel like climbing a mountain just to climb onto my little elliptical machine. As a teenager, I was lucky to take a few years of dance class with famed modern dancer Bella...
by admin | Oct 18, 2009 | chronic illness, empowerment, healing, Mind-Body Medicine, tools for healing
How to approach this delicate topic? I’ve met lots of people who have trouble with the idea of going to see a movie alone. If you fall into this category, believing you should only see a movie with someone else, then you are really denying yourself an important...
by admin | Oct 13, 2009 | empowerment, healing, inspiration
This poem, “The Journey,” by Mary Oliver is a wonderful reminder about self-care. I offer it to you for your own understanding, resource and inspiration. “The Journey” by Mary Oliver One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began,...
by admin | Oct 9, 2009 | chronic illness, healing, inspiration
I’m good at giving advice, telling people to get outside, but I need to be more out in nature myself. I’ve got a good few spots here in San Francisco, though, where I can sit under a tree and be with my own thoughts. I can write, read, listen to the...
by admin | Oct 8, 2009 | chronic illness, healing, tools for healing
OK, so here’s the deal. Get yourself a “trashy” novel. What is a trashy novel? Well, you get to decide this one. But in my book, it must be something easy to read, fun and hard to put down. If it’s hard to put down, the chances are you’ll...
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