Welcome to Caregiver Friday!! I’m not unlike many people around the world who have been spending their evenings in front of the television watching the Winter Olympics. It’s amazing that we’re coming to the end of the games, but I have to say I’ve seen some amazing sites that I want to speak about at this [...]
Archive for February, 2010
The Action on the Sidelines
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, patient-caregiver relationship, winter olympics on February 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
When It’s Out of Your Hands
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 blogger, illness coaching, Julia Mancuso, Lindsey Vonn, patient empowerment, winter olympics on February 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Olympics are definitely in full force and since it’s the Winter Olympics we have Mother Nature to contend with throughout the events. At the beginning of the games the big news story was how warm it was in Vancouver, then yesterday things changed and unfortunately some athletes got caught in a bad situation. In [...]
You Too Are an Olympian
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged cancer retreat center, coaching illness, commonweal, Greg Katz, health blogger, illness coaching, mind body connection, olympic athletes, overcoming adversity, patient empowerment, self-empowerment, winter olympics on February 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Winter Olympics have been going for eleven days and obviously the competition is fierce. These athletes have trained for years, if not their entire lives to try to achieve this one goal…the gold medal. They make sacrifices by their own choice and reap the rewards of hard training. You on the other hand were [...]
Something Out of Nothing
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged Bohmian Dialogue, coaching illness, Greg Katz, health blogger, illness coaching, intentional silence, patient empowerment, Sacred Silence, self-empowerment, Silence and Healing on February 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Is silence nothing? What happens when we engage in silence? What happens when we sit in silence? Do you feel a change in your energy when you sit in silence? Is silence tangible? I’m asking these questions upon returning from a week-long class on consciousness. During the week we had the opportunity to explore Bohmian Dialogue, [...]
A Personal Valentine for Caregivers
Posted in Caregiving, tagged care for the caregiver, caregiver burnout, caregiver empowerment, caregiver health, caregiver needs, caregiver stress, caregiver support, coaching illness, Derek Walcott, patient-caregiver relationship, Valentine's Day on February 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Welcome to Caregiver Friday!! I know that holidays like Valentine’s Day may not be the most comforting for those of you who are caring for someone who is sick or injured. I could give you the “be grateful” that the person is still alive, but I’m not. I don’t think that cuts the mustard. I [...]
Yesterday the Owner’s Manual, Today the Pink Slip
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 blogger, illness coaching, Lisa Ling, Oprah, patient empowerment, personal commitments, self-empowerment, texting while driving on February 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Let’s say that you indeed have found or created an owner’s manual for your body, now what? It’s like the difference between renting an apartment and owning a home, can you make any changes or do they have to be pre-approved by a third party? That’s where the pink slip comes in, who has the pink [...]
Where’s the Owner’s Manual?
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged Cancer Centers of America, coaching illness, Dr. Oz, Dr. Roizen, Greg Katz, health blogger, holistic health, illness coaching, integrative medicine, mind body connection, patient empowerment, self-empowerment on February 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
You get one with your car; you even get one for your toaster, but you don’t get one for your body. Yes, that’s right, I’m talking about an owner’s manual. I think Drs. Roizen and Oz are trying to turn that around, but it’s something we all needed prior to becoming adults and now the New York [...]
Are You Having Relations?
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, Emotional Health, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged coaching illness, friendship, Greg Katz, health blogger, illness and friendship, illness and relationships, illness coaching, patient empowerment on February 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Do you remember a time in history when they called sex “relations”? A quaint word and at the time a taboo topic. I’m not here today to talk about your sex life (although we can discuss it in the future). I’m asking you if you’re in relationship with others. Are you continuing your relationships with [...]
Are You Convicted?
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged coaching illness, Gandhi, Greg Katz, health blogger, health proclamation, illness coaching, overcoming adversity, patient empowerment, Personal Conviction, self-empowerment on February 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
You may be wondering why I’m writing about being convicted on a site that discusses living life beyond illness, well I’ll tell you. I am not referring to being convicted as in a court of law, but having conviction toward achieving a goal or reaching an inner destination. It’s important when facing a chronic or [...]
