by Kate | Oct 15, 2025 | Chronic healing, Gratitude
Both spiritual traditions that nourish me remind us to practice gratitude always. They recognize that it’s not always easy, but it’s good for us, body, mind, and soul. The Bible says, “Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all...
by Kate | Sep 24, 2025 | Chronic healing, chronic illness, compassion, kind promises
Living with chronic illness is a challenge. In addition to physical sensations, like pain and fatigue, we feel the emotional uproar of fear and anger. Sometimes we also feel embarrassment and/or guilt. It’s easy to think “I should be handling this better!” We add...
by Kate | Jul 22, 2025 | Chronic healing, chronic illness, Delight of the day, joy
When I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, a friend sent me Norman Cousins’ Anatomy of an Illness as Perceived by the Patient: Reflections on Healing and Regeneration.” It’s a personal account of Cousins’ recovery from a debilitating illness. It...
by Kate | Feb 12, 2025 | Chronic healing, EQUANIMITY, kind promises
Often, when you are not feeling well, the way you think can make things feel worse. We can train our minds to respond to the events of our lives more skillfully. The Buddha described two arrows of suffering. The first arrow does the wounding. That is an uncontrollable...
by Kate | Jan 15, 2025 | Chronic healing, savoring
Savoring is the capacity to attend to, appreciate, and enhance the positive experiences in one’s life. How can savoring help those of us who live with chronic pain, illness, and/or disability? Remember that you HAVE positive experiences. Sometimes when you are feeling...
by Kate | Nov 20, 2024 | Chronic healing, Love
Because I live with chronic illness (MS) and have been so affected by it (gradual quadriplegia), it has been one of my greatest teachers. I share those lessons with others. It’s the music I’ve been given to sing so I offer it. Each month, I think about our theme and...
