Welcome to Caregiver Friday!! This week Apple came out with the iPad, another mobile device for all to marvel. There are more smart phones and social networks than one can count and just as you learn to use your phone they add a bunch of buttons and services. We’ve become obsessed with social networks like [...]
Archive for January, 2010
Nothing Beats the Real Thing!
Posted in Caregiving, tagged apple, care for the caregiver, caregiver burnout, caregiver empowerment, caregiver health, caregiver needs, caregiver stress, caregiver support, coaching caregivers, Facebook, Greg Katz, health blogger, iPad, MySpace, skype, support groups on January 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Does the Smithosonian Know About You?
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged coping with chronic and life threatening illness, Greg Katz, health blogger, illness coaching, mind body connection, patient empowerment, Smithsonian, The West Wing on January 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Smithsonian is one of the most celebrated and prestigious museums in the world. It archives history of the United States like no other museum could ever accomplish. Those who are in the Smithsonian, represented in some way for their accomplishments, achievements, and contributions have a special place in our history. There’s a bumper sticker/refrigerator magnet [...]
I Swear to Tell the Truth, The Whole Truth…
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged "The Doctors", Being honest with your doctor, coaching illness, doctor-patient relationship, Dr. Travis Stork, Greg Katz, health blogger, illness coaching, Medical truth telling, patient empowerment on January 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Every courtroom drama shows a witness getting on the witness stand and swearing to tell the truth. Even though the person swears to tell the truth there is no guarantee other than threat of a perjury charge. Isn’t it interesting that when we go to the doctor we’re not sworn in to tell the truth? We’re [...]
Internal Tug-O-War
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged "The Road Not Taken", coaching illness, Greg Katz, health blogger, healthcare decisions, illness and victimization, illness coaching, overcoming adversity, patient empowerment, Robert Frost, victims of illness on January 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The poem by Robert Frost speaks about “The Road Not Taken”. The poem starts, “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and sorry I could not travel both…” It’s common to feel that way in your life, two roads before you and you can only choose one. How do you know which one will be [...]
Stop Using a Soup Can and String
Posted in Caregiving, tagged care for the caregiver, caregiver burnout, caregiver empowerment, caregiver health, caregiver needs, caregiver stress, caregiver support, coaching caregivers, communicative caregivers, Courageous Caregiver, patient-caregiver relationship on January 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Welcome to Caregiver Friday!! Years ago the phone company had a campaign that said, “Reach out and touch someone.” They were promoting using the telephone to speak with loved ones; keeping the lines of communication open. Now Progresso Soup has commercials where people use a soup can and string as their telephone to signify the [...]
What Kind of Plan?
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged chaos theory, coaching illness, divine life plan, doctor-patient relationship, Greg Katz, health and healing, health and wellness, health blogger, illness coaching, patient empowerment, planning for health on January 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Many people believe that there is an order to our lives and the Universe. If that were true then there Chaos Theory would never have been discovered. One must consider what Chaos Theory actually reveals, the idea that within chaos there is order. Can you think of anything more fitting than chaos theory to describe [...]
Identity Theft
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged coaching illness, Greg Katz, health and resiliency, health blogger, identity theft, illness coaching, optimism and health, patient empowerment, personal power, power of positive thought on January 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
You get a diagnosis and instantly you feel like you’ve been the victim of identity theft. You’re no longer an individual, but a constituent of the disease. Your ever evolving personal profile is compromised as if a hacker entered your personal system and is not at the controls. It’s disconcerting, but it happens every day and when [...]
Containing Complaining
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged attitude and health, coaching illness, Greg Katz, health blogger, illness coaching, patient empowerment, words have meaning on January 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’m a textile artist and I belong to an art guild for textile artists. Last night was our monthly meeting and I got to see my friend and mentor. One of the amazing things about her is that she has had debilitating rheumatoid arthritis for years among other health issues and she continues to create [...]
Gravitational Pull
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged Acupuncture, alternative therapies, Ayurvedic Medicine, coaching illness, Complementary Therapies, Greg Katz, health blogger, holistic health, illness coaching, mind body connection, patient empowerment, raw food vegan on January 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s Monday morning and the week starts again. That’s a good thing. There are things you may have dreaded in the past that take on a new experience as you view the world through a different set of glasses. Trust me, I’m not saying that Monday morning doesn’t suck, but it does so in a new [...]
