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September 20, 2011
The Difference Between Sick, Well, & Whole
As I described here, I don't think it's enough for us, as doctors and other health care providers, to aim for helping our patients get well. Yes, it's critical to help people move from sick to well, but then what? So many of my patients go to their doctors, complaining from symptoms of this mojo-sapping epidemic that seems to be infecting the developed world. We feel fatigued, depressed, listless, unfulfilled. We suffer from decreased libido, lack of spiritual connection, insomnia, anxiety, and other vague symptoms.
September 18, 2011
A Book of Miracles
Miracles might seem like the kind of thing relegated to Biblical times - burning bushes, parted seas, men rising from the dead. But the truth is that miracles are all around us. All you have to do is open your eyes.
A Course in Miracles defines a miracle as anytime we choose love over fear. Choosing to open your heart and forgive someone who hurt you - that's a miracle. When we hold a newborn infant and pour our love into them, that's a miracle.
September 16, 2011
What Happens After Death?
Almost everyone has asked themselves this question at some point in our lives. Is there a bright light? Is St. Peter hanging out at the pearly gates? Do we get another go around as a reincarnated being?
September 15, 2011
Don't Settle For Being Well
When I was learning to be a doctor, the focus was on making the sick well, but there was a huge piece missing from what they taught me in my medical education. Nobody ever taught me that, as doctors, it's our job to help people become, not just well, but whole.
After all, our job is to help people heal - and "to heal" means "to become whole." But what does that mean? Here's what it means to me.
September 13, 2011
Do You Want Miracles? Be A Spirit Junkie!
In a world overflowing with self-help books about absolutely nothing, my dear friend Gabrielle Bernstein's new book Spirit Junkie is a cool drink of mint iced tea on a blazing September day. Like a Band-aid on a wound, balm on the soul, and a breath of fresh air (I'll cut it out already with the clichés now), Spirit Junkie: A Radical Road to Self-Love and Miracles is about something that really matters.
September 12, 2011
Expanding The Definition Of "Health"
Not only do I think we need to revolutionize the way we as patients and healers collaborate; I also think we need to redefine how we think about health.
It's time to think BIG, baby. "Health" is simply too small, and you can't cram us into little boxes that don't even begin to contain the vast expansiveness of the brilliant beings we all are. We've gotta blow open the box and make room for all the parts of us that may be in need of healing.
September 10, 2011
Have You Really Healed From September 11?
When I was in New York a couple of weeks ago, I was in the backseat of a car as it drove by Ground Zero - a place I have never visited, in spite of the fact that I’ve been to New York ten times in the past year. I didn’t go there on purpose. It took me by surprise. With no warning, I burst into tears.
The ground was like a giant cavity, like a mouth with two big molars yanked out and bloody, red gums oozing underneath. I could smell the burning embers, taste the ash raining down on me, feel the terror.
September 8, 2011
How To Find Balance When You're A Student
As a doctor, I know it's nearly impossible to find balance as a medical student and resident, so when I was asked to lead a webinar for medical students about finding balance during your medical training, I nearly choked on my green juice. What? Balance in medical school? Hogwash!
September 6, 2011
Do You Want To Sparkle Every Day?
Do you feel a connection to the divinity within you? Are you tapped into your authentic, brilliant, 100% sparkly, never-extinguished self? If not, I've got good news for you, my love!
You may not know it, but I give a free gift to the Owning Pink community - the brilliance of your Inner Pilot Light's wisdom on a platter that lands in your inbox every day. I call it The Daily Flame and it's chock-full of inspiration.
How Can You Get Pregnant?
Once your parents teach you about the birds and the bees, you know you get pregnant by having sex, right? But what if it's not that simple?
The fact that 24 million people search the question "How can you get pregnant?" leads me to believe there are a few people out there who would like someone to get more specific.
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