by Kate | Feb 23, 2023 | Well-being
Last night I went dancingspoke to my smart speakerplayed some Mindi Abairclosed my eyes and beganswaying and stepping tothose long smoky soundsit felt like I was movingI know my head was boppingif you had been there to watchthe rest of me was stillI was lying in...
by Kate | Feb 15, 2023 | Chronic healing, Well-being
Here is a collection of quotes about well-being. After reading each one, pause and take three deep and gentle breaths. Notice the sensations in your body. Does it feel tight? Heavy? Light? Energized?* “Well-being cannot exist just in your own head. Well-being is...
by Kate | Feb 8, 2023 | Well-being
The US administration has announced that the national and public health emergencies will be ending in May. Covid-19 has become similar to the flu, they tell us. More places are becoming “masks optional” and more people are opting out. I get it....
by Kate | Oct 20, 2021 | Advocacy, Chronic healing, chronic illness, Well-being
A friend was behind in her book club reading. “I have to read four chapters,” she sighed. Editing herself, she amended “I choose to read four chapters.” I suggested “you get to read four chapters.” She was re-ordering her thinking as we listened. Living with chronic...
by Kate | Oct 14, 2021 | Well-being
I am contemplating the Buddhist paramita of discipline this month. Another facet of meaning of the word in this context is ethics and morality. Traditionally, there are three categories of ethics: refraining from negative actionsdoing what is positivehelping others...
by Kate | Sep 18, 2021 | Well-being
When I’m feeling uncertain, I reach for structure. (Twenty years ago, in the days immediately following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, I cleaned my house. I realized after the fact that I was imposing order where I could on a disordered world.) Recent health challenges...
