Intro Mostly the Gupta program has been good and positive, but sometimes I feel like he reaches conclusions that haven’t been researched enough. I also feel that he ignores some aspects of ME, fibromyalgia, and related health problems. positive The Gupta program that I’m doing has interesting ideas, including mindfulness, gratitude, and acceptance. He uses …
I read a book called “How Healing Happens: Brain Retraining, Nervous System Somatic Healing and True Self-Discovery” by Cathleen King, DPT. It’s the introductory book to primaltrust.org. It’s an interesting mix of false tradition and good tradition. Science and ignoring illness-specific science. I found that it set off traumas that I have suffered in the …
One June night, I started shaking so badly that my teeth chattered. I could barely walk, and my heart raced. At the emergency room, they ran some general tests, but then the doctor guessed that it was anxiety. That summer, my energy and health declined gradually. One July night, I woke up with my heart …
Often my life has not gone as planned. Having a chronic illness dissipated my hopes and dreams. Then when I dared hope again, new health problems crushed me. But once I worked through the grief and anger, I found times of renewal. A greater appreciation for what I had grew, new life rose from the …
Tamara K. Anderson interviewed me for her podcast “Stories of Hope in Hard Times.” Come hear how God has helped me cope with seasonal affective disorder, ME/CFS and orthostatic intolerance. Read or listen to “Finding Peace and Hope with Chronic Illness” on Tamara’s website here. The YouTube version is below.
This is an excerpt from Chapter 15 of my book. The other day, I was stressed out. How could I get up and try again, when so many rejections from others and losses in my life had left me feeling like there was no right way to continue? I picked up a book my husband …
On June 13, 1988, I went with my grandparents to a meeting of the Sons of the Utah Pioneers. Artist Al Rounds spoke of his testimony as he demonstrated how he paints. From a demonstration by Al Rounds With quick, sure strokes of the brush, the master artist talks as a painting takes place before …
https://pixabay.com/en/vintage-boy-accordion-music-sing-1418517/ by ArtsyBee
“Why did I get this illness?” I asked. When Esther long ago was faced with a choice: Should she endanger her own life to ask the king to save her people? Said Mordecai[i] to her, “and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” “But it’s not fair, …
https://pixabay.com/en/rose-red-sheet-music-old-vintage-1437023/ by Kate Cox
