by admin | Jan 16, 2010 | chronic illness, empowerment, healing, health, the pusher, tools for healing
Every day I wake up with different amounts of energy. The range varies, and often reflects my activity level in prior days. For many years I functioned in a deficit range, despite illness and exhaustion. I thought it was normal to push myself beyond capacity. I’d done...
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 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 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!
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,...
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