Welcome to Caregiver Friday! Why does it take catastrophe to get our attention? We live in a crazy world and for some reason we believe everything should be smooth sailing. We live with a false sense of security that can be breached at any moment, as you know so well. The day your loved one was diagnosed with an [...]
Archive for January, 2010
Angels in Training
Posted in Caregiving, tagged angels, angels on earth, care for the caregiver, caregiver burnout, caregiver empowerment, caregiver health, caregiver needs, caregiver stress, caregiver support, coaching caregivers, compassion, earthquake in haiti, Greg Katz, Haiti, health blogger, patient-caregiver relationship on January 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Are You a Track Star?
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged coaching illness, fear and illness, fighting illness, fright or flight response, goal setting, Greg Katz, health blogger, illness coaching, patient empowerment, running away from disaster on January 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’m not the physical activity kind of guy which is why I’m asking you the question about being a track star. Truth be told I’m not interested in your literal ability to run like a track star, but your emotional and spiritual ability to be the fastest runner on the planet. When runners run they run toward the finish [...]
Job One: Overcoming Adversity
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged coaching illness, earthquake, Greg Katz, Haiti, health blogger, illness coaching, overcoming adversity, patient empowerment, perseverance, recovery from earthquake, tenacity on January 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The world can change in an instant and if you’ve been diagnosed with a chronic or life-threatening illness you know this is very true. We get so comfortable in the status quo that when something earth shattering happens, either figuratively or literally, we’re not sure how to cope. The news is wide spread about the 7.0 [...]
Aspects of Change
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged Change, Change and health, coaching illness, Greg Katz, health blogger, illness coaching, medication side effects, morbid obesity, NBC, obesity, patient empowerment, self-empowerment, The Biggest Loser, The West Wing, weight loss on January 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Change is tough, there’s no denying it; but is it impossible? Do we only make changes in our lives when we’re challenged or put to a test? What is it about change that’s so difficult? Culturally many of us have been taught not to upset the apple cart, so to speak. We’re taught to go [...]
Become a Recruiter
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, Emotional Health, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, Spirituality and Health, tagged coaching illness, doctor-patient relationship, Greg Katz, health blogger, illness coaching, military recruiting, overcoming adversity, patient empowerment, Pentagon, spiritual directors, spiritual wellness on January 11, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Ever wonder why the military sends personnel in uniform to high school and college campuses? Ever wonder why the military opens storefronts in strip malls? Ever wonder why there are television commercials, print ads, and radio? The reason is that these are recruiting methods and they work. If they didn’t work the Pentagon wouldn’t spend its [...]
Are You Working Toward Sainthood?
Posted in Caregiving, tagged care for the caregiver, caregiver burnout, caregiver empowerment, caregiver health, caregiver needs, caregiver stress, caregiver support, coaching caregivers, Greg Katz, health blogger on January 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Welcome to 2010! and Welcome to Caregiver Friday! New years are great because we celebrate. We try to stay up till midnight, but if you’re like my mother you may tape it and see the festivities in the morning. I don’t have to tell you how stressful the holiday season is and trying to balance the festivities with [...]
A Fierce Belief
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged coaching illness, community support and illness, Greg Katz, health and community, health blogger, illness coaching, patient empowerment, self-empowerment on January 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Why are we asked what we believe in ? Is it to see if we actually believe in anything much less anything in particular? Events happen in our lives and our beliefs are challenged. I’m not sure if that’s comforting, but it’s a fact. How can our beliefs help us when facing a chronic or [...]
Thresholds
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged coaching illness, Crossing Thresholds, Greg Katz, health blogger, illness coaching, New Year's Resolutions, overcoming adversity, patient empowerment, spiritual stamina on January 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Happy New Year and Welcome to 2010! This time of year is filled with a couple of thresholds. First there is the winter solstice, for me a really important day because I know from then on the daylight will be getting longer. For many it’s a religious day, but certainly for all a threshold. Then [...]
