It seems that we continually talk about how we live which is a good thing because the alternative isn’t very appealing. However, there is a continuum and that is from birth to death and all the stages in between that create a life. We haven’t talked much about end of life issues in these postings [...]
Archive for November, 2009
How We Live
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged coaching illness, emotional bankruptcy, Greg Katz, illness coaching, Socrates, spiritual bankruptcy, spiritual stamina, the unlived life on November 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What I Know for Sure…
Posted in Caregiving, tagged care for the caregiver, caregiver burnout, caregiver empowerment, caregiver health, caregiver needs, caregiver stress, caregiver support, coaching caregivers, spiritual wellness on November 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Welcome to Caregiver Friday!! Doesn’t the phrase “know for sure” sound nice? Isn’t it the feeling you want when you are involved in the day-to-day care of someone facing a health challenge? Surety brings peace of mind. It gives you a sense of comfort and eases any doubts you may have about your role as a [...]
Is There a Cut-Off Point?
Posted in Having a Voice in Healthcare, tagged 60 Minutes, coaching illness, end-of-life care, Greg Katz, healtcare reform, healthcare debates, healthcare rationing, illness coaching, Ira Byock, National Public Radio on November 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Healthcare is being debated in Congress and one of the issues on the table is the rationing of healthcare. People are concerned that treatment they need won’t be available to them because there are parameters that prohibit you from receiving a particular treatment, medication, or even surgery. NPR had a journalist on discussing this matter [...]
Strength Training
Posted in Emotional Health, Spirituality and Health, tagged coaching illness, emotional endurance, emotional release, Emotions and Healing, emotions impact on health, Greg Katz, illness coaching, mind body connection, spiritual stamina, spiritual wellness on November 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
How strong are you? If you go to the gym you can measure your strength by using some of the apparatus in the gym. Aside from muscular strength in your arms and legs you hear trainers talk about core strength; the strength in the torso of the body, abdominal and back. It’s easy to measure [...]
Minimum Daily Requirements
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, Emotional Health, tagged building your immune system, coaching illness, Greg Katz, holistic health, illness coaching, mind body connection, patient empowerment, spiritual wellness, Spirituality and Health on November 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ever look at the list of vitamins and minerals on the side of any food product in the grocery store? Do you pay attention to what the minimum daily requirements are and how they impact your life? Are you conscious of what your body needs in order to function normally? One of the things to [...]
Anchors Away
Posted in Emotional Health, tagged coaching illness, Greg Katz, illness coaching, partnership with doctors, reframing experience, self-empowerment, shifting perspectives on November 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve only been on small sail boats a couple of times when I was a kid. As an adult my boat experiences have been on cruise ships, a very different experience. The thing both types of boats have in common is the anchor. The anchor keeps the boat stationary, keeps it from drifting with the current, [...]
Your Chief-of-Staff
Posted in Caregiving, tagged care for the caregiver, caregiver burnout, caregiver empowerment, caregiver health, caregiver needs, caregiver stress, caregiver support, Chief-of-Staff, coaching illness, Greg Katz, The West Wing on November 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Welcome to Caregiver Friday!! Wouldn’t it be great if we all had someone who would give us counsel, look out for our well-being, and protect us from everything in the world? That’s exactly what the President has in his Chief-of-Staff. I was thinking about how this interprets into real life after watching a rerun of [...]
When Will It End?
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged asking the big questions, asking the tough questions, coaching illness, Greg Katz, illness coaching, patient empowerment, sitting in the question on November 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As I wrote the title for this article it made me think about how many ways it can be interpreted. I guess the truth is that it all depends on what’s going on in your life at any particular time. I believe it’s a question we all ask ourselves at one point in our lives; [...]
Forces Greater Than Us!
Posted in Spirituality and Health, tagged Ft. Hood, Greg Katz, health and healing, health and wellness, Hurricane Ida, illness coaching, patient empowerment, self-empowerment, spiritual wellness, Tropical Storm Ida on November 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ever stand at the edge of a large expanse and yell at the top of your lungs waiting for the echo? It’s amazing how often in pop culture, television, movies, music, etc, we get the echo of what’s happening to many of us at the same exact time. Tropical storm Ida is causing quite a [...]
