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Archive for February, 2008

One of my favorite sayings referring to anger is “It makes my blood boil”.  I was attracted to this phrase because there was some research being done on elevating blood temperature to eradicate viruses, literally burning them out of the body.  Anger can have that effect, at least figuratively.  Ever see someone who is angry [...]

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How comfortable are you with your emotions?  Are you the type of person who knows they are there but sweeps them under the carpet?  What does it take for you to pay attention to how you’re feeling?  When coping with a chronic or life-altering diagnosis your emotions are not simply reactions; they are a barometer [...]

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I’ve talked about change in the past but today I’m focusing on our the fallacy related to our flexibility in the world.  I don’t mean being able to bend our bodies into contortionist poses, I’m talking about being open to a shift in perspective.  Cheri Huber has a book, “How you do anything is how [...]

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When taking on a life-altering diagnosis every article, interview, television show and family member will tell us to be optimistic.  They don’t always use that word.  They may tell us to “keep the faith” or “God doesn’t give us more than we can handle” or “what doesn’t kill us makes us stronger”, easy for them [...]

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There has been a dramatic increase in research linking lifestyle to health.  It’s not uncommon to see on the news most evenings some story about how our lifestyle interacts with our health.  As more and more stories rise in our consciousness, how can we ignore them?  Don’t we feel that we have some responsibility for [...]

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It’s Valentine’s Day and the stores are filled with flowers, candy and plenty of cards to send or give to others.  Why don’t we shoot Cupid’s arrow at ourselves to promote more self-love?   Isn’t this the holiday where one’s true love is honored?  I would hope that we are our own true love and yet [...]

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Our hands are very useful appendages.  Our hands have unique characteristics that differentiate us from everyone else on this planet.  It’s amazing how we don’t honor the power in our hands.  Think of commercials like Allstate Insurance “the good hands people”, doesn’t that not only provide a visual, but send a strong message about being [...]

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Advances in technology have had a huge impact on the medical field.  Technology has provided new treatments and pharmaceuticals that have lowered mortality and increased many patients quality of life.  It has given us access to up-t0-the minute consults 24 hours a day because we can send images across the world to a doctor in [...]

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Is it possible to enter every exchange and activity as if you were doing for the first time?  Obviously there are times when the first time experience is real, but what about times when situations are similar, or the theme resonates through your life.  How do we face a life-altering diagnosis with new eyes?  Is [...]

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I read lots of articles and listen to hundreds of interviews with people facing a life-altering illness.  Every so often I hear someone make a comment like this is an opportunity to “scale new heights”.  I’ve read about women with breast cancer making the trek to the top of a mountain.  I’ve seen the stories [...]

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