pilgrim Pathway

Issues


  • Can’t We Turn Off Our Feelings?

    There are definitely those days when it would be great if our feelings were like a faucet and with the turn of the handle they stop flowing.  On the other hand, is that really the case?   Would we be better off if we could regulate our emotions so systematically?  I hear hundreds of stories a…

  • Wishing Doesn’t Heal

    You can’t wish away a hill or a mountain, so why do some people think they can wish away their illness?  I believe the “wish” mode kicks in when the individual is following one of two paths.   Either they are too lazy to do the necessary healing work, or their belief system in “wishing” is…

  • Illness and Anxiety

    Waiting can be the most anxiety producing element of any diagnostic process.  Most who are having surgery are scheduling the surgery and that gives you too much time to think.  There is something to be said for the emergency surgery where your brain doesn’t get in the way by throwing all these life scenarios in…

  • Care for the Caregiver

    Too many organizations, books and nonprofit organizations focus on the person with the illness, but one person is seldom the only one impacted by the diagnosis.  We assume that people in our lives are obliged to care for us during our times of need, but is it done willfully and without resentment?  In most cases…