by admin | Jun 16, 2010 | chronic illness, Crohn's disease, empowerment, healing, health, Mind-Body Medicine, patient empowerment, patient healing, wellbeing
Last week a concerned father called me about his son, a college freshman, now dealing with Crohn’s disease, an illness that commonly presents in 20 and 30 year olds. Crohn’s disease affects the intestine, causing abdominal pain and weight loss. Because the son was...
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 | 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 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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