by Kate | Jun 14, 2017 | chronic illness, Creativity
Creative journaling prompt: What did you learn about having a body from your family of origin? [A list*) Bodies are inconsequential vehicles to carry around what’s important: the brain/mind If you go out, wear lipstick. Eat three meals a day. Dinner should include...
by Kate | Jul 21, 2017 | Chronic healing, meditation, mindfulness
For all anxiety and fear, all sufferings in boundless measure, their source and wellspring is the mind itself. –Shantideva I am having trouble with my morning PCA staffing. These are the people I count on to help me get out of bed in the morning, get dressed,...
by Kate | Jul 11, 2017 | Love, meditation, mindfulness
I just cleared my calendar for 10 days of vacation. It was such a joyous task: looking at routine items on each day and deleting them. For 10 days I will be away from routine, seeing sites, hearing sounds and enjoying new experiences. Hope is such fun! I was expecting...
by Kate | Jul 6, 2017 | chronic illness, monsters
It seems my entire adult life has been a process of befriending my mind. It began in an EA 12 step group in Winston-Salem North Carolina with the Just For Today’s. (It’s interesting that, in this brave new connected world, I could find them most easily on an EA...
by Kate | Jun 8, 2017 | kind promises
I’m beginning an exploration into how I – how we – can increase our compassion for our bodies. The dominant culture doesn’t help. In her book, Beauty Sick, researcher Renée Engeln gives us the sad demographics: 34% of five-year-old girls engage in deliberate dietary...
