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Tag Archives: emotional pain
Love Heals
I’m sure you have read or heard it said that love is the greatest healer of all. But often when we need it the most, that healing love can be hard to find. In this post, I’m going to share … Continue reading
Posted in chronic illness
Tagged care, emotional pain, healing, love, peace, physical pain, sadness, wants and needs
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Are You Bitter Because of How Your Chronic Illness has Affected Your Life?
I recently received an unsettling email from a woman who has lived with Myalgic Encephalopathy / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome for 25 years. Kathleen, as I’ll call her, wanted to know if I could help her. The reason Kathleen’s email was … Continue reading
An Awful Christmas Present
Earlier this month, I was having a conversation with a woman who has lupus. The reason I’m writing about it is because I was greatly affected by one of the things she said. Linda, who is a cable TV installer, … Continue reading
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Tagged consultation, emotional pain, empathy, gift, gifts, gratitude, hopelessness, lupus, organs, physical pain, self compassion, struggle
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If you need help, reach out! And tell friends and family members who need help to do the same
I chose the subject for this post because of what a former classmate, whom I’ll call Bill, told me at my high school reunion last month. We shared with each other what we had done since we graduated several decades … Continue reading
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Tagged caring, emotional pain, Lyme disease, reaching out, suicide, suicide prevention, support
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Are you a people pleaser – or a YOU pleaser?
Recently, I gave a coaching session to a woman I’ll call Brenda. We were looking at things she could do to make her life with Crohn’s disease, arthritis, and several other difficult challenges a lot better. As we did, Brenda … Continue reading
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Tagged arthritis, blogging, coaching, commitment, Crohn's disease, emotional pain, feelings
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What’s so great about situation-specific self-compassion?
What’s so great about situation-specific self-compassion is that it is an extremely powerful tool for healing. In this post, I’m going to tell you what it is and how it differs from “normal” self-compassion. Over the past few months, I … Continue reading
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Tagged care, difficult challenges, emotional pain, healing, love, self compassion
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Do You Have a Hard Time Forgiving People? Here’s Why, and What You Can Do Instead
You have undoubtedly heard or read how good forgiving those that have hurt us is for our emotional and physical well-being. And it’s true: many studies have shown that forgiveness has a very positive effect on our health. However, forgiving … Continue reading
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Tagged emotional pain, emotional wounds, healing emotional wounds, religion, therapy
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The Healing Power of Self-Compassion
Of all the strategies I teach my clients to help them live well when they have a chronic illness, the one I teach the most is compassion. I teach it and reinforce it by having them wear their watch on … Continue reading
Another way to benefit if you’re in an online support group
In this post, I’m going to describe a very different way to benefit from participating in on online support group. But first I will say a few words about them for those who have never joined one. They are great … Continue reading
