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 past traumas that I have suffered in …
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. You can also listen to it on other podcasting apps and …
by Naomi Whittingham What is the meaning of Christmas when every moment of it is a struggle to exist? When the very foundations of celebration – food and company, music and light – are so physically destructive as to be impossible? When even the presence of loved ones is too much to bear? When the dreadful isolation of …
