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. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘holistic health’
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 »
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 [...]
Was Karen Carpenter Correct?
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged Greg Katz, health and healing, health blogger, holistic health, illness coaching, Karen Carpenter, mind body connection, patient empowerment, Rainy Days and Mondays, Spirituality and Health on November 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I woke up this morning to the sound of a tremendous rainstorm down here in Nashville. I love the sound of the rain when it hits the roof; although driving in it is a pain. I’m one of these people who free associates and when I heard the rain, the thought of it made me [...]
Awakenings
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, Greg Katz, health blogger, Henry David Thoreau, holistic health, illness coaching, lives of quiet desperation, patient empowerment, The Doctor, William Hurt on November 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I often wonder if Henry David Thoreau was correct when he said, “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation”. We live in a culture where repression is a way of life. We’re afraid of “being who we really are” or concerned about being shunned for following the path decorated with our gifts and [...]
A Snapshot of Life
Posted in 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, making memories, patient empowerment on October 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It has been a while since my last post and since then I had the good fortune to take a fabulous vacation to Europe. I went with a group of family and friends on a cruise in the Mediterranean. The ship stopped in 10 ports along the way and each one was more fabulous than [...]
Crack Open a Fortune Cookie
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, mind body connection, patient empowerment on August 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I love Asian food. I have a Chinese restaurant by my house that I frequent; the food is good and the owners terrific. Of course, at the end of the meal, they bring out the check and the famous fortune cookies. It’s always fun to play games with the fortune, but this day the fortune [...]
Puzzled
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, problem solving and health, puzzles, sudoku on July 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
From a very young age we’re given puzzles to play with. When we first start out the pieces are large and there are only a few needed to complete the puzzle. As we get older, the puzzles become more complex. There are lots of types of puzzles and they are for all ages. Think of [...]
What’s Your Sign?
Posted in art and healing, creativity and health, tagged Angeles Arrien, coaching illness, Greg Katz, health blogger, holistic health, illness coaching, Isamu Noguchi, patient empowerment, Signs of Life, The nine muses on July 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Welcome to Art and Healing Wednesday!! When I first went back to school a few years ago, the first class I took was “The Nine Muses” with Angeles Arrien. If you don’t know Angeles Arrien, she is one of the most inspirational cultural anthropologists and teachers in the country if not the world. She’s insightful, [...]
This is My Life…Now
Posted in coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, Living with Illness, newly diagnosed illness, overcoming adversity, tagged coaching illness, Greg Katz, health blogger, holistic health, illness coaching, paradigm shift, patient empowerment, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, rheumatologist on July 11, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Being diagnosed with a chronic or life-threatening illness is all about transition. It entails shattered assumptions about what you believed your life was supposed to be moving forward. It entails a shift in thinking, not to a bad place, but to a new place. Making the shift may take some time, but anything worth having [...]
