by Kate | Apr 28, 2016 | Chronic healing, connectedness
Believe me, I get it: you don’t want to connect with anybody when you’re not feeling well. You are spending so much energy dealing with your body it’s hard to have any left even to make a phone call. Besides, what if you hear “how are you?” An honest answer seems out...
by Kate | Mar 29, 2016 | Chronic healing, chronic illness, kind promises, mindfulness
These days, it’s easy to find evidence that mindfulness meditation is good for what ails us. There are studies and meta- studies lining up to tell us that folks with chronic illness who participate in mindfulness-based stress reduction programs (MBSR): deal...
by Kate | Mar 1, 2016 | Chronic healing, chronic illness, Surrender
This morning I asked my 18-year-old daughter to turn on some lights as she was leaving the apartment. She turned on my desk lamp and a hallway light near my desk and stopped with her hand on the door. “Do you need me to turn on the other light?” she asked, looking...
by Kate | Feb 2, 2016 | Chronic healing, chronic illness, Disability, joy, kind promises
The other day I was painting an experiment: “Make marks in joyful colors with joyful motion; combine them into one piece of art.” Before I started painting, I imagined the motions I used to make with my paintbrush when I was happy. I could envision the swoop and...
