Can the title of a Beatles’ song really be the key to happiness? Is the least common denominator in life really love? Is it possible to overcoming daunting challenges if you have the love of your family and friends? It may seem simple but once again the words of a child are so simple and [...]
Archive for February, 2009
All You Need is Love
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged coaching illness, illness coaching, Oprah, patient empowerment, spiritual stamina, spiritual wellness, Spirituality and Health on February 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Dating Game
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged Bob Eubanks, coaching illness, doctor selection, doctor-patient relationship, illness coaching, partnership with doctors, patient empowerment, self-empowerment, The Dating Game on February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Do you remember the television show, “The Dating Game” with Bob Eubanks? If you’re too young or don’t remember let me refresh or infuse your memory. A bachelor or bachelorette would sit on one side of a screen and three potential, anonymous, dates would be on the other side of the screen. Each potential date [...]
What Makes You Come to Life?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged coaching illness, holistic health, illness coaching, patient empowerment, self-empowerment, spiritual stamina, spiritual wellness on February 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There is a difference between being alive and living. Being alive means that the blood is pumping, the heart is beating and the brain is functioning. Living is about what you do in the world that allows you to make your mark on the world. The difference is crucial because there are many who aren’t [...]
The Blob
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, Emotional Health, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged anxiety and illness, coaching illness, illness coaching, patient empowerment, self-empowerment, The Blob on February 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Do you remember the movie “The Blob”? I remember watching this movie for the first time and loving all the oozing stuff overtaking the world. The problem is that for many facing a chronic or life-threatening illness, the blob is confusion, overwhelm and certainly anxiety. It can take over and leave you at its mercy. [...]
And the Oscar Goes to….
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged "The Holiday", art and healing, coaching illness, Eli Wallach, illness coaching, Kate Winslet, patient empowerment, Slumdog Millionaire, The Academy Awards on February 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Did you watch the Academy Awards last night? It was a long awards show with lots of time to nap. Just a warning I often come up with thoughts based on associations. Fortunately, for me, I can link all the parts of the association so I’m going to do that for you now so I [...]
Nature vs. Nurture
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged care for the caregiver, caregiver burnout, caregiver empowerment, caregiver health, caregiver needs, caregiver stress, caregiver support, coaching caregivers, family culture, responsibility and caregiving on February 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Welcome to Caregiver Friday! Can we be taught to care? Aside from parenting is caregiving something we know or something we’re taught? If we think about nature, we know that animals pick their mates for different reasons. The females pick males they think will be good protectors and providers. Males pick females they think will [...]
Germination
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged building relationships, coaching illness, friendship and health, illness coaching, patient empowerment, self-empowerment, spiritual wellness, Spirituality and Health on February 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When you were in school did you ever take an egg carton and plant seeds? I can recall going to the egg carton, sitting on the window sill, everyday waiting for that small bit of green to peak through the surface of the soil. The day germination was visible was always an exciting time because [...]
Meaning Making
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged "When Bad Things Happen to Good People:, coaching illness, Harold Kushner, illness coaching, patient empowerment, spiritual stamina, spiritual wellness, Spirituality and Health on February 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve sat in enough support group meetings that the phrase, “everything happens for a reason” must be tattooed on my forehead. The big part of the phrase is to make meaning of a difficult situation. It’s too easy to take a cliche and try and apply it to our lives. How many times have you [...]
Can Life be Finite and Infinite Simultaneously?
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged coaching illness, illness coaching, mind body connection, mindfulness, self-empowerment, spiritual stamina, spiritual wellness, Spirituality and Health on February 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Life is full of dualities, I guess that’s what makes it so interesting. We go through various stages throughout our lives that come with its own set of questions about life and longevity. Adolescents believe they’ll live forever causing some very bad decisions. Adults reach a point where they have fewer years to live than [...]
Out of the Mouths of Babes
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, Emotional Health, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged anorexia, coaching illness, eating disorders, family challenges, food issues, illness coaching, mind body connection, patient empowerment, spiritual stamina, spiritual wellness, Spirituality and Health on February 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
How is it that children have so much wisdom and yet we often discount their insight? Does it really takes years of experience to come up with conclusions that probably seem simple to the child and yet we as adult painstakingly need to churn the ideas before reaching the same conclusion? I had one of [...]
