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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘patient empowerment’
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 »
Whatever You’re Holding In…Time to Let It Out
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged coaching illness, Finding your tribe, Greg Katz, health blogger, illness coaching, Kristel Nani, mind body connection, patient empowerment, Sacred Choices, Spirituality and Health on November 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I had the pleasure of going out to dinner with a friend of mine last night. We had a great meal and during dinner we began a conversation about a topic he’s passionate about. We spent the next hour discussing our views, the possibilities, and just added to the questions we both held about this [...]
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 [...]
Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark
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, patient empowerment, reality tv, revenge fantasy, shadow side, so you think you can dance on July 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Last night I indulged in one of the best reality shows on television, “So You Think You Can Dance”. The show is up to the top 10 dancers and now these dancers, who were dancing with each other, are now dancing with an all-star from a previous season. The stakes are higher as they begin [...]
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 [...]
Words of Wisdom From Sex and the City and Carrie Bradshaw
Posted in after the diagnosis, coping with chronic illness, coping with life threatening illness, living with chronic illness, Living with Illness, tagged Carrie Bradshaw, coaching illness, Confucius, Greg Katz, health blogger, illness coaching, patient empowerment, Sex and the City, words of wisdom on July 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
If you have cable television you can’t help but see the listings for “Sex and the City” about 20 times a day. It has become a cult-like show filled with little quips that are fun and funny. Even more surprising are the little bits of wisdom that pop up when Carrie Bradshaw sits in her [...]
