by Kate | Aug 12, 2022 | Chronic healing
Last month’s blog posts and newsletter were about dealing with change. A reader suggested that I missed one important tactic: finding humor in the situation. Just this morning, participants in a Creative Journaling class agreed that one sign that they are...
by Kate | Jun 21, 2022 | Chronic healing, Strength
I start my day with a loving kindness meditation. “May you be safe. May you be strong. May you live with joy. May you be peaceful and it at ease.” I wish these things for myself, my loved ones, strangers, enemies, and all beings. I learned this meditation technique...
by Kate | May 18, 2022 | Chronic healing, Weakness
Recently, a nurse practitioner told me I should spend more time in bed. Last July, I received a pressure wound because of an emergency surgery. Almost a year later, that wound has yet heal properly. The best “medicine” would be for me to lie in bed, taking the...
by Kate | Apr 13, 2022 | Chronic healing, connectedness
Last Saturday, my husband and I got together with my two brothers and their wives. It’s the first time in about two years because of pandemic separations. There is something wonderful about being in the same room, breathing the same air. Yet, I immediately started to...
by Kate | Mar 23, 2022 | Chronic healing
Each month, I try to look at the intersection of illness with my current blog subject. Lately, I’ve been writing about the Buddhist paramita of wisdom. At its core, wisdom is about seeing and understanding the truth. When I was diagnosed (at age 20) with an incurable,...
by Kate | Feb 24, 2022 | Chronic healing
I am sitting meditationin this bodydamaged from yearsof neural degradationhere I sittorso pocked with scarsfrom surgeries designedto keep it all runningto keep me aliveand mostly functioningwho knew it would bea revolutionary actto sit with this bodywith kind...
