by admin | Jan 29, 2010 | chronic illness, empowerment, healing, healing hearts, inspiration, patient healing, Pets, tools for healing, wellbeing
Bambie, Kitzeleh, Kelly, Sheba, Ruth, Cleo, Maggie, Laila, Tzipi, Sarti, Houdini, Thea. What do these names have in common? These are the names of my pets, past and present. Can you tell which one was the dog, the cat, the goldfish, the rat, the hermit crab, or the...
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 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 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....
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