When I was in college I had friends who went to college in the Boston area and would discuss the happenings at Filene’s Basement. What happenings? The pulling, tugging, and screaming to get the item they wanted at a rock bottom price. Now we’re a couple of days past Christmas and all the stores are [...]
Archive for December, 2009
After Christmas Sales
Posted in Living with Illness, after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, tagged coaching illness, patient empowerment, illness coaching, Greg Katz, health blogger, Christmas sales, pharmaceutical sales, pharmaceutical advertising on December 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Christmas Experience
Posted in Caregiving, tagged care for the caregiver, caregiver burnout, caregiver empowerment, caregiver health, caregiver needs, caregiver stress, caregiver support, Christmas, Christmas wishes, coaching illness, Greg Katz, health blogger, Kwanza, norad, Santa Claus on December 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Merry Christmas and Welcome to Caregiver Friday!!
I personally don’t celebrate Christmas, but there is something extraordinary about the time and effort put into the holiday season. I was watching a program about Christmas in New York and there’s a restaurant (I think it was called Rolf’s) where four men take six weeks to decorate every [...]
It’s All About How You Frame the Experience
Posted in Living with Illness, after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, tagged ABC World News, Always Looking Up, coaching illness, Diane Sawyer, Greg Katz, health blogger, illness coaching, life choices, Lt. Colonel Tim Karcher, Michael J. Fox, patient empowerment on December 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As usual I was watching ABC World News, now with Diane Sawyer, when a story came up about a soldier, Lt. Colonel Tim Karcher, who had been injured in Iraq. He had lost both his legs and by the time he returned to Walter Reid Medical Center he was dying of an infection throughout his body. [...]
Is There a Middle Ground?
Posted in Living with Illness, after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, tagged Christmas lists, Christmas wishes, coaching illness, Greg Katz, healing and curing, health blogger, health for the holidays, illness coaching, overcoming adversity, patient empowerment, Wishing for Health on December 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you’re a procrastinator you only have about thirty-six hours left to shop before Christmas Eve arrives. We’ve all had plenty of time to go out to the stores or make something, but what this season is about are hopes and dreams. When a kid makes that list to Santa they’re world is full of possibility. [...]
Flash But No Picture
Posted in Emotional Health, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, tagged anger and health, coaching illness, emotional release, Emotions and Healing, Greg Katz, health blogger, illness coaching, patient empowerment, releasing bad emotions on December 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last night I was watching the new Star Trek movie that came out on DVD in the last week. It was good to return to the familiar space of the Starship Enterprise. At one point they had to destroy a super nova by having it basically implode into a black hole. Why is this relevant? [...]
The Last Big Push
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged coaching illness, patient empowerment, illness coaching, Greg Katz, health blogger, Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol, Julia Cameron, Prayers of a Nonbeliever, faith and health on December 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s the Monday before Christmas and everyone is rushing like their lives depended on getting the exact gift. You and I know that you can’t go to the store to buy the best gift of the year which is your health. So what is your perfect gift? What will bring you joy this holiday season now [...]
What’s On Your List for Christmas?
Posted in Caregiving, tagged caregiver health, caregiver needs, care for the caregiver, caregiver stress, caregiver support, caregiver burnout, coaching caregivers, caregiver empowerment, Greg Katz, health blogger, Santa Claus, Christmas List, Wishing for Health on December 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Welcome to Caregiver Friday!!
We’re at that time of year when children around the world have been writing letters to Santa Claus expressing what they want for Christmas. It’s their one time during the year when they are excited over the idea that what they wish for can come true. They don’t understand that their expression [...]
How Much Weight Do You Carry?
Posted in Emotional Health, Living with Illness, Spirituality and Health, after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, tagged coaching illness, draining negative emotions, Emotions and Health, emotions impact on health, Greg Katz, health blogger, illness coaching, mind body connection, patient empowerment, spiritual balance, spiritual wellness on December 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s holiday time and as we all know we indulge a bit more than usual and that leads to a couple of extra pounds. Those are physical, tangible pounds; the ones we can see when we get on the scale. What about the pounds or the weight we carry that can’t be seen? How much [...]
Incoming
Posted in Living with Illness, after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, tagged coaching illness, CT scans and cancer, Greg Katz, health blogger, health information, illness coaching, music and the brain, patient empowerment, Wall Street Journal on December 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Life has become more complicated and simultaneously easier as a result of technology. In addition to magazines, radio, and television we have the internet and mobile devices that not only give access to information, but give it on demand. So what’s the problem? The problem for many is that if you read or research voraciously, [...]
As Good As It Gets
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, living with chronic illness, tagged chronic illness, coaching illness, depression and health, Greg Katz, health blogger, illness coaching, patient empowerment on December 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In many cases, when diagnosed with a chronic illness it’s because you’ve had symptoms and they were probably escalating. Aside from illnesses like asthma and diabetes that are more easily assessed; many of the illnesses may resemble one another making a definitive diagnosis more difficult. You may have disregarded the beginning symptoms believing they weren’t [...]
