“How are you?” “How was your day?” “What did you do today?” “What’s up?” These are the most common questions we ask another person. I have asked them of Phillip countless times. Common questions prompt quick, one-word, top level answers that don’t create connection. I had read this Huffington Post…
As part of our series on positive thinking, last week we asked the question, “Can the mind heal the body?” The answer was twofold. The last post discussed the studies that affirm the “no” response. This week we’ll look at the “yes” side of the equation and discover the ways…
You’ve probably seen the headlines: Power of a Super Attitude (USA Today, 2004) A Positive Attitude Might Improve Your Health, Longevity (U.S. News & World Report, 2009) Heal thyself: Think positive (New Scientist, 2011) And there is more…much more from Oprah show episodes, to PBS specials and the cover of…
Do you have the “somedays”? Someday I will be healthy… Someday I will find my purpose… Someday I will get my finances in order… Someday I will reduce my stress… Someday I will live happily ever after. Much of the time we do this unconsciously. Days are just days, they…
Back in the spring of 2011, I was having lunch with a friend and discussing my intention to write Chronic Resilience: 10 Sanity-Saving Strategies for Women Coping with the Stress of Illness. She asked me, “Do you really want to be known as ‘the chronic illness girl’?” At the time,…
2013 has been one whirlwind of a year. My book, Chronic Resilience, was released, and, oh yes, I had a kidney transplant. These were two things I had anticipated for years and seeing them come to fruition was unspeakably joyful. This December, I find myself healing up, cooking, nesting and…
Last spring, I became an ambassador for the Donate Life California campaign. Needing an organ transplant quickly heightens your awareness of how important, and generous, it is for someone to decide to become an organ donor. One person can save eight lives and impact the lives of fifty people by…
I recently had the pleasure of talking with the insightful Joan Friedlander, author of Business from Bed: The 6 Step Plan to Get Yourself Working Again After a Health Crisis. She has written a wonderful guide to creating a business or career that is in alignment with your values and…
My kidney transplant date is set and it is just a little more than a week away on October 1st! My donor? Well, that is my gorgeous, generous, loving, amazing husband Phillip! And now I’m crying… I am a huge puddle of gratitude for the way all of this is…
I met a woman a few months ago who’d had knee replacement surgery. She said that she tried everything under the sun to avoid surgery – all of the woo-woo and not-so-woo-woo stuff. She finally relented to the operation when she could not longer walk. Before she spoke they showed…