Religion and spirituality are often a component in our journey to health and healing. There are those who make pilgrimages to sacred sites around the world, like Lourdes, hoping to be rid of their maladies. We’re told that God doesn’t give us more than we can handle, so looking for the meaning in our health [...]
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Believing in Faith
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, tagged coaching illness, Dr. Richard Besser, Faith and healing, Good Morning America, Greg Katz, healing ceremonies, health blogger, holistic health, mind body connection, Prayer and Healing, Spirituality and Health on January 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Are You Hoping to Get a Scholarship to Life?
Posted in Living with Illness, Emotional Health, living with chronic illness, after the diagnosis, tagged spiritual wellness, spiritual practice, coaching illness, Greg Katz, Stephen Covey, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, health blogger, Gregorian Chant on January 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Life is expensive, not only financially, but physically, mentally, and spiritually. It seems that everything we think and do has a price on some level. How do we keep coming up with the payment for life? Do you have the life resources you need to lead a good life? It may be that just like [...]
Do You Have a Rooster in Your Life?
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, health challenge, illness coaching, spiritual wake-up call, wake up and smell the coffee on January 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
We all know that the rooster gets things up and running on the farm. The rooster, for many, serves as the alarm clock for the farm. We know how important rest is for health and well-being, but what about rest for the our emotional or spiritual lives? How does this play into your plan for [...]
Is Your Life A Page Turner?
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged coaching illness, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, Greg Katz, health blogger, illness coaching, New York Times, New York Times Book Review, storytelling, storytelling and healing, storytelling and health on January 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
If you’ve read any of my more than 700 posts you know that I’m all about the story. I believe it’s our stories that allow us to connect to people and help us heal. Think about the importance of someone bearing witness to your life, and how that witness becomes part of your story. I’ve [...]
Oh the Weather Outside is Frightful
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, mind body connection, mother nature and healing, zen practice on December 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It’s the first day of winter and here in Denver we’re having a snow storm. The area where I live has received 11 inches of snow thus far and it’s still snowing. I look out and it’s beautiful, but then again, I look at the driveway and have this deep sense of dread. The snow [...]
I’m OK…Bird Not So Lucky
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged centering breath, coaching illness, Greg Katz, health blogger, holistic health, patient empowerment on December 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I left Nashville yesterday morning where I have been working for the past four months. I’m on my way home to Denver so I was on 70West last nite on the phone(I have a wireless, no hands…don’t worry not holding a phone) when something smashed into my windshield. The windshield shattered and a fair amount [...]
What If You Were A Balloon in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade?
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, holistic health, illness coaching, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, patient empowerment, Thanksgiving on November 24, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Happy Thanksgiving!! Growing up my father worked at a company whose offices faced 7th Avenue in New York, along the parade route. The families of the employees would come and watch the parade from the warmth of the offices. It was amazing to see the big balloons pass by, almost scary because of their enormity. [...]
From the Words of Mary Oliver
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, creativity and health, Emotional Health, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged "Evidence", coaching illness, Greg Katz, health blogger, illness coaching, Mary Oliver, mind body connection, patient empowerment, Poetry on November 23, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I got out of work early the other night and decided after my knitting ritual to head out to Barnes and Noble. I hadn’t been to the store in a long time and decided to venture out and see what they had in available. I went through the magazines, the usual categories of books that [...]
Something Caught My Eye
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, creativity and health, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged coaching illness, Greg Katz, health and healing, health blogger, holistic health, illness coaching, mind body connection, patient empowerment, Spirituality and Health on November 21, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I’m very fortunate that over the past few years since I returned to school I have met some incredible people. These individuals are not only smart (a given), but they are kind, growth oriented, and grounded in their place in the world. I’m friends with many of them on Facebook and fortunate that they pass [...]
Do You Have Spiritual ADD?
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, holistic health, illness coaching, patient empowerment, spiritual add, spiritual wellness, Spirituality and Health on November 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve worked with many clients over the years who are on a spiritual journey. The catalyst for this journey is usually some pivotal life experience that was in the words of St. John of the Cross, a “dark night of the soul”. Amazing how until we’re faced with a fork in the road or held out gun [...]
