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June 5, 2012
My Ego Is A Wounded Animal
I’ve always had a funky relationship with the concept of the ego. It seems to get all muddy because different people use the term to mean different things. Sigmund Freud refers to the ego as part of a triad - the “id” is the set of uncoordinated instinctual trends; the ego is the organized, realistic part; and the super-ego plays the critical and moralizing roles.
May 31, 2012
The Healing Power Of Loving Practitioners
In the rousing conversation that ensued on my blog post Scientific Proof You Can Heal Yourself, massage therapist/energy healer Fred Krazeise (whose amazing work I have experienced myself) posted this comment:
May 29, 2012
When Shamanism Meets Western Medicine
If you mixed the ivory towers of Western Medicine with the back jungle villages of the native shaman and shook them up with Pop Rocks, you’d wind up with something that starts to resemble the way I work one-on-one with patients.
At least that’s what other people who hear me talk about my work tell me.
May 24, 2012
Is It Your “Fault” If You Get Sick? - Part 2
While researching my book Mind Over Medicine: Scientific Proof You Can Heal Yourself, I noticed how much push-back you get when you start talking about the self-healing superpowers we all possess. After all, if, at least a percentage of the time, we can heal ourselves, what does it mean if we’re sick - that it’s our “fault,” that we’re not doing something “right,” that we’re slacking off on the self-healing process, that we’re being punished for bad deeds in a past life, that we’re somehow less than because our bodies are acting up?
May 22, 2012
The Courage To Be Uncool
I have never been one of the cool kids, mostly because I was never willing to adapt to the ever-evolving shapeshifter that is “coolness” at the expense of being who I really am.
May 20, 2012
When We Make People “Special:” A Lesson From A Course In Miracles
As part of my personal Prescription for living a wholly healthy, balanced life, I have been studying A Course In Miracles (ACIM). I find that this Course helps me bolster both my spirituality and my relationships, and I know from the research I’m doing on my next book that spiritual connection and healthy relationships are both essential to a healthy body and healthy life.
May 17, 2012
How Do You Know When It’s Time To Leave The One You Love?
She’s family, so there’s blood tying you together. But every time she calls, you wind up feeling gutted.
You love him, but you spend more time crying over the words you write in your journal than you spend laughing (and you know from past experience that the quality of your relationships with guys is inversely proportional to how much time you spend writing in your journal).
You’ve known each other for years. You once called her your best friend. But you realize you continually have expectations of her she fails to meet.
May 15, 2012
How To Feel Connected In A Disconnected World
For years, I was walking around on auto-pilot, going to school, going to work, going to the gym, coming home, making dinner, watching movies, hanging with friends…
But something was missing.
May 13, 2012
I Forgot To Do Cartwheels
I made myself laugh today because I realized that it’s about time to lighten up! Between ranting about how broken our health care system is, musing about setting boundaries with people who say they love you but don’t act like it, and writing about coming out of the closet and how repressing the real you makes you sick, I’ve gotten so dang deep, serious, introspective, and “spiritual” that I've literally forgotten to do cartwheels (a regular practice for me usually). I've also forgotten to take regular dance breaks with Lady Gaga (LOVE her!) or to laugh at my daughter's knock knock jokes.
May 12, 2012
A Love Letter To Childless Mommies On Mother's Day
A Note from the Editor: As Lissa and I discussed her writing a new blog post for Mother's Day this year we realized that it felt much bigger and divinely timed to re-post this Mother's Day post from last year. It was so impactful, and we have so many new readers to Owning Pink, that we don't want anyone to miss this message and, for those who've already read it, perhaps you'll get even more out of it this time around.
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