I have a confession to make. Even with all my years of patient empowerment work I hate when I have to confront a medical/dental professional. I get the entire conversation written in my head like a bad Broadway play, full of villains, twists and turns, and someone coming out of it worse off than when [...]
Archive for March, 2010
Lessons From Bhutan
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged A 1000 places to see, Bhutan, Buddhism, coaching illness, Greg Katz, Gross Domestic Happiness, health blogger, illness coaching, mind body connection, patient empowerment, science and medicine, spiritual wellness on March 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s amazing to think of the number of countries in this world that adhere to their roots. They maintain practices for centuries and whether due to choice or circumstance modernize but don’t abandon what anchors them in their beliefs and customs. There’s a book that was turned into a television show called A 1000 places [...]
If Meredith Grey Said It, It Must Be True
Posted in Caregiving, tagged care for the caregiver, caregiver burnout, caregiver empowerment, caregiver health, caregiver stress, caregiver support, coaching illness, Dr. Shepherd Grey's Anatomy, Ellen Pompeo, Greg Katz, Grey's Anatomy, health blogger, illness and relationships, McDreamy, patient-caregiver relationship on March 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Welcome to Caregiver Friday!! One of the things about television shows in syndication is the clips they show reminding you of those special moments. I saw a clip from an old Grey’s Anatomy where Meredith, played by Ellen Pompeo, is standing on a vacant piece of land with a floor plan of house lit with candles. Meredith [...]
What Would Your Tattoo Say?
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged advertising slogans, ALS, Cancer, coaching illness, Greg Katz, health blogger, illness coaching, Multiple Sclerosis, nonprofit organization tag lines, Parkinson's Disease, patient empowerment, positive reinforcement, power of positive thought on March 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
What? A tattoo? Have you gone mad? I can hear you thinking those thoughts, maybe even gasping out loud at the thought of getting a tattoo, but do you know what I’m referring to? The advertising age has brought us to the brink of slogans and tag lines. They have made these phrases part of [...]
Breaking Mental Habits for Health and Healing
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged coaching illness, complacency and health, emotional habits, feeling stuck, Greg Katz, habits and health, health blogger, illness coaching, mind body connection, patient empowerment on March 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We all do it. We get into a groove and we continue down the same path over and over because we know it and it feels comfortable. What’s the it? The it is everything and anything we think, feel, and do in our lives. We learn how to do something and it becomes a habit. [...]
Before and After
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with life threatening illness, Emotional Health, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged coaching illness, genealogy, Greg Katz, health and genealogy, health blogger, illness coaching, patient empowerment on March 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
There is a threshold that you cross when you’re diagnosed with a chronic or life-altering illness. It is a threshold no one wants to cross but as the population lives longer, environmental impact changes the air and water we breathe and drink, and the natural course of nature, there is an increase in the number [...]
Making Decisions
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged coaching illness, Decision making, Greg Katz, health blogger, healthcare decisions, illness coaching, informed decision making, patient empowerment on March 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Why is it that some people are seen as being good decision makers? What qualities do they possess that earns them this title? Can anyone be a good decision maker? Would it benefit you following your diagnosis to become a good decision maker? We could spend hours, days, months, probably even years discussing the biology [...]
National Security Levels Mirror the Body
Posted in Caregiving, tagged care for the caregiver, caregiver burnout, caregiver empowerment, caregiver health, caregiver needs, caregiver stress, caregiver support, coaching caregivers, cortisol, Greg Katz, health blogger, stress hormone on March 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Welcome to Caregiver Friday!! I’ve been doing a lot of traveling in the past few weeks so I couldn’t help but notice the announcements made every few minutes about the color of the security level at the airport. As travelers we never worried about the color of the security level until after the attacks of [...]
Business Practices Drive People Away
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged coaching illness, dental care, dental insurance, dental office business practices, doctor-patient relationship, Greg Katz, health blogger, illness coaching, patient empowerment on March 16, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Recently I started going to a new dentist. If you remember, in the last month I wrote a piece called, “The mouth as the gateway to wellness” so I’m following my own advice. I like the dentist not only because she knows what she’s doing, but she’s very clear on her mission for her patients, [...]
