There probably isn’t anyone who knows you better than your family. In the family therapy community there’s a joke, “Why does your family push your buttons? Because they installed them!” Funny but also very true. The connections you have with loved ones can save your life when you’re in the hospital. A Wall Street Journal [...]
Archive for September, 2009
Family Are the Best Protectors
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged coaching illness, Death from Medical Errors, Greg Katz, illness coaching, medical errors, mothers against medical errors, patient empowerment, Wall Street Journal on September 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Fly Like a Bird
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged Christina Feldman, coaching illness, compassion, Greg Katz, illness coaching, Leonard da Vinci, patient empowerment, spiritual wellness on September 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ever watch a bird soar through the sky? It looks effortless and majestic. Leonardo da Vinci studies birds in flight and eventually came up with plans for gliders, parachutes and other machines related to flight…just by watching. When we watch birds we see the two wings twist and turn, be raised and lowered and move [...]
True or False Self?
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged "Who You Are When No One's Looking", Bill Hybels, coaching illness, false self, Greg Katz, illness coaching, patient empowerment, spiritual stamina, spiritual wellness, Spirituality and Health, Thomas Merton, True Self on September 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We all have many roles that we take on in our daily lives. Each role taps into a specific part of our being and requires us to present to the world in specific ways, the ways people expect us to act. The problem is that when you get into putting on a persona for the world how [...]
