I recently had an experience with conventional medicine excellence.
We tend to focus on how conventional medicine lets us down, but it can rise mightily when we are in urgent need.
I was hiking in a rainforest in Maui with my family when I noticed a floater appear in my right eye. Ugh. Annoying! I’ve gotten these on and off for years. They park themselves in the center of my vision, but with…
Yes, sadly, those were my own words.
Uttered as I caught a glimpse of myself in my husband’s photos of our magnificent hike in the Maui rainforest. We’d come upon a waterfall spilling into pristine waters below and couldn’t resist going in. But rather than seeing the magic of what was all around us or the completely relaxed posture I stood in (like no one was looking, like I really was…
Yikes.
Slow can feel dangerous.
I’ll give you a hint:
When we go slow we feel. When we feel we hurt. When we hurt we may not know what to do.
So instead we go fast. Bypassing the hurt. Staying busy, achieving, climbing the ladder, collecting evidence of our worthiness, numbing what we don’t want to feel.
But here’s the rub:
No pain, no joy. We have to go slow to feel. And we have to feel to…
Remember my mantra?
Show up.
Go slow.
Pay attention.
Going slow leads to Presence.
And Presence is the absolute, non-negotiable key to claiming a healing life.
Sounds easy, doesn’t it?
Not for me!
But I’ve got power tools to help me.
Journal writing. Yes, I’ve been keeping some kind of diary my entire life. But as a young ‘un in my early thirties I started serious journaling. Julia Cameron…
Show up.
Go slow.
Pay attention.
My mantra for healing.
The mantra that saved me.
I’m not a slow girl by nature, and I’m stubborn, so I’ve come about my mantra (and healing) the hard way.
Going fast helped me get a lot done and acquire the many attributes of what I thought was a successful life. For many years I worked hard to develop myself as a mom, a physician, and a person. This always…
A slogan boldly displayed on the entry wall of Evolve Juicery and Kitchen, our new healthy meal service and fresh smoothie/juice kitchen in Iowa City.
And I love it! It’s perfect.
“Eat like you love yourself.”
Because it ALL comes down to self-love, doesn’t it? Every single choice we make, at every moment in time, forever.
And it’s where all the rest begins.
Our clear, vibrant, resilient selves…
We just can’t help ourselves, can we?
We know we’re here for a purpose. We feel the fire in our bellies. We want better, more meaningful, more connected lives. We want to be our best and do our best in the world.
So in this cool, dark, quiet space of winter, standing at the precipice (and promise) of a new year, we take pause. We take stock. We consider our dreams. What can we do to make them…
You know what I’m talking about here, right?
Those words and sentences so carefully crafted. Precious containers for our deepest yearnings. Our hopes, dreams, and desires. Crafted and spoken (or written) with prayerful, reverent, earnest intention and energy.
So why don’t they work?
I’ve worked with affirmations and prayers my entire life. Organically, fueled by necessity and anguish at…
Not my words. These are the words of Stephen Cobert, host of The Late Show and creator of the iconic Stephen Cobert Show.
He was asked the question, “what do you do to stay hopeful?”
His reply was:
Despair is just hubris.
Because you think you know what’s going to happen.
As Gandalf says, “Not even the wise know all ends.”
I haven’t been able to get these words out of…
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