by Kate | Sep 13, 2019 | Advocacy, kind promises
it was the news that the Amazon rain forest is burning that put me over the top. Until then, I was aware of feeling low grade, back-of-the-mind grief about what we humans have done to the planet. When I heard that, through greed and carelessness, we were losing our...
by Kate | Aug 28, 2019 | Creativity, kind promises
Awareness and imagination can be powerful partners in finding relief from pain. Becoming aware and present in this moment lifts me out of the fear and grief (and other Big Emotions) that accompany discomfort. When I bring compassion and imagination to the moment, I...
by Kate | Aug 22, 2019 | chronic illness, Creativity, kind promises
You have, inside your skull, an engine of almost infinite possibility. It’s your imagination. With them, we can travel to faraway lands, relive memories, conjure fantasies and even affect our physiologies. After 131 college students were taken through an exercise...
by Kate | Aug 6, 2019 | Chronic healing, kind promises, Transformation
In Buddhist thought, there is an idea called “impermanence.” It’s a recognition that life is always changing. Just when you think you have things sorted, something shifts and you need to adapt. During these times of change, I use the kind promise “I will reinvent...
by Kate | Jul 24, 2019 | kind promises, monsters
I was 20 – an ambitious, hard-charging-perfectionist – when I was given a multiple sclerosis diagnosis. MS is a neurological disease whose symptoms may include fatigue, tingling, and paralysis. My initial response was to try to be “more perfect” in order to “beat” the...
by Kate | Jul 19, 2019 | Chronic healing, chronic illness, kind promises, Well-being
Are you sick and tired of feeling sick and tired? If you, like me, live with chronic illness and disability, the answer is probably “yes!” (If you, like me, live in Minnesota, your answer might be “you betcha!”) Sometimes the “chronic” part of the journey drags us...
