by admin | Nov 21, 2009 | chronic illness, chronic illness and doctors, doctors, empowerment, finding the best doctor, healing, health, patient empowerment, patient healing, patient/doctor interactions
When I give talks to groups of people dealing with chronic illness, I suggest to the audience that some doctors might be a better “fit” for some people than for others. This way I don’t offend anyone. But most understand through experience that some doctors are,...
by admin | Nov 12, 2009 | chronic illness, healing, Humor, tools for healing, wellbeing
Even with all of the horror and sadness in the world, we must still make time to laugh. We need to laugh often, daily, like taking a dose of medicine. It’s something so basic to healing. We all know this. Why don’t we consciously use this tool? Of course, your sense...
by admin | Nov 7, 2009 | healing, Mind-Body Medicine, tools for healing, wellbeing
This week I went to a conference where Sylvia Boorstein spoke. She asked the audience about our “practices”—-not where we worked, but about which daily “mindfulness” routines we were using. People raised their hands. One woman practiced yoga, another Tai Chi....
by admin | Nov 1, 2009 | chronic illness, empowerment, healing, Mind-Body Medicine, tools for healing, writing for health
As I was redesigning my medical practice, a teacher advised, “Abby, beware of the brain drain.” What is brain drain? As I journal, I become more aware of it. Is it that form I haven’t filled out yet? The aunt I need to call? The last time I thought I put my foot in...
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...
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