We live in a competitive world, but are there limits to where we should and shouldn’t be competitive? They say that misery loves company but I think we misunderstand what others are telling us and we react quickly thinking if we don’t say something we’re going to miss the opportunity. I tell you this because [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Restrain Yourself
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, Emotional Health, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, Relationships, tagged bad news, coaching illness, health and wellness, illness coaching, mindfulness, patient empowerment, spiritual wellness, Spirituality and Health on March 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Crossing the Barrier
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, Emotional Health, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged coaching illness, Greg Louganis, illness coaching, patient empowerment, Sacred Space, self-empowerment, spiritual stamina, spiritual wellness, Spirituality and Health on March 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have a habit but one of the most productive is keeping those things that inspire me in a notebook so I can refer to them frequently and easily. Sometimes I catch myself scrambling for a pen to write down the line from a TV show, commercial or interview, but whatever it is it speaks [...]
Do We All Need Dialysis?
Posted in art and healing, creativity and health, tagged care for the caregiver, caregiver burnout, caregiver empowerment, caregiver health, caregiver needs, caregiver stress, caregiver support, coaching caregivers, emotional toxins, spiritual stamina, spiritual toxins, Spirituality and Health on March 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Welcome to Caregiver Friday!! It’s common knowledge that dialysis is the process of mechanically cleaning the blood for those with kidney failure. The real question is how do we all get rid of the toxins in our body? I’m not talking about the impurities in our blood, in the physical body, I’m talking about the [...]
Expo World
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged American Diabetes Association, coaching illness, diabetes, health education, illness coaching, patient education, patient empowerment, self-empowerment on March 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
They came out in droves! I was shocked to see how many people were fleeting to the entrance of the convention center. If I didn’t know what was happening I’d have thought a rock concert may have been about to begin. The truth is that the enormous number of people entering the convention center were [...]
In the Blink of an Eye
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged coaching illness, coping with chronic and life threatening illness, fear and illness, illness coaching, overcoming adversity, patient empowerment, self-empowerment on March 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Anyone who has ever been diagnosed with a chronic or life-threatening illness deeply relates to the title of this post. It’s amazing to me how fast circumstances change in our lives and the world around us. I feel as if I’ve got a pretty good handle on this concept but the Universe for some reason [...]
Adaptation
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged Adapting to change, coaching illness, Exteme Makeover Home Edition, health and change, illness coaching, Mary Ann Riojas, patient empowerment, Ty Pennington on March 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Ever wonder how rigid or flexible you are to life’s challenges? Is it different when you are born with a challenge vs. being diagnosed with an illness later in your life? I ask these questions because when we’re rigid in our thinking we have limited opportunities to deal with life’s challenges. Last night I was [...]
Bystand or Stand By
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged care for the caregiver, caregiver burnout, caregiver empowerment, caregiver health, caregiver needs, caregiver stress, caregiver support, coaching caregivers, patient-caregiver relationship, politics and health, responsibility and caregiving on March 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Welcome to Caregiver Friday! I’ve been reading a lot of accounts of families providing care for a loved one with an illness or injury. The world is filled with unanswerable questions so it’s not uncommon to be stuck in the role of bystander. However, bystanders are usually those who see an event and choose to [...]
Lessons Learned and Wisdom
Posted in art and healing, creativity and health, tagged Buddhist Philosophy, coaching illness, illness coaching, patient empowerment, Pema Chodron, spiritual stamina, spiritual wellness, Spirituality and Health, The Places that Scare You, Wisdom on March 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Is there a difference between learning and wisdom? Just because you know something do you use it? What if it gets in the way of holding on tight to beliefs that aren’t serving you in a particular moment? What if you’d rather be right than better? It’s something we all have to face because we’re [...]
Lessons Learned
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Amber Augustin, art and healing, coaching illness, illness coaching, patient empowerment, personal fables, personal pilgrimage, Premature birth, spiritual stamina, spiritual wellness, Spirituality and Health on March 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ever wonder why fables are such an important aspect of cultures all over the world? Fables are cultural teachers because at the end of the story we are given the lesson we’re supposed to learn. It is a directive and we continue telling these stories to pass on these valuable lessons. In the corporate world [...]
Artist as Healer
Posted in art and healing, Emotional Health, Having a Voice, tagged Amber Augustin, coaching illness, Extreme Makeover Home Edition, grief, illness coaching, patient empowerment, photography and healing, spiritual stamina, spiritual wellness on March 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Like so many artists it was easy at first to believe that I create art for its beauty. Over time and based on the work I was creating I came to understand that, for me, the art was the process. The amazing thing about art is that it is truly a two step process, the [...]
