by admin | Dec 29, 2009 | chronic illness, chronic illness and doctors, doctors, empowerment, healing, health, inspiration, Mind-Body Medicine, patient empowerment, patient healing, patient/doctor interactions, tools for healing, wellbeing, writing, writing for health
About three times a year, I conduct a “Mind-Body Health Writing” workshop series. We meet in a bookstore in San Francisco, California. I find it interesting that, with one exception, only women have chosen to attend. I’m not sure why. But I always believe that the...
by admin | Dec 22, 2009 | chronic illness, healing, healing hearts, health, heart notecards, inspiration, Page Hodel, patient healing, tools for healing
I have a secret. Every Monday for the past several months I’ve been getting a gift from a woman I have never met. Her name is Page Hodel. She creates beautiful hearts out of unbelievably beautiful materials, sending them out via email. She has been sending them to her...
by admin | Dec 16, 2009 | healing
“But you look so good!” If you type in these words into any search engine, you will find that this frequent exclamation makes people with chronic illness positively simmer! It all starts with the word “But.” Here’s an example: You’ve just told your friend that you...
by admin | Dec 10, 2009 | chronic illness, empowerment, healing, health, inner critic, Mind-Body Medicine, the pusher, voice dialogue
My mother always used to tell me: “The cemeteries are filled with indispensable people.” She’d tell me this when I took myself too seriously, when I thought I needed do everything (perfectly, of course) by myself. I thought she meant that the cemeteries were filled...
by admin | Nov 30, 2009 | chronic illness, empowerment, healing, inspiration, patient empowerment, patient healing, wellbeing
I love Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen’s teachings in her book Kitchen Table Wisdom. Here is one of them: “The life in us is diminished by judgment far more frequently than by disease.” Do you worry about what other people are thinking when you tell them you are living with...
by admin | Nov 24, 2009 | chronic illness, healing, health, Mind-Body Medicine, tools for healing, wellbeing
For help with Thanksgiving, please follow the detailed instructions below: Breathe in. Breathe out. Breathe in. Breathe out. Breathe in. Breathe out. Breathe in. Breathe out. Good job!
Recent Comments