Mind-Body-Spirit Approaches

Narrative Medicine: Listening for What Matters

As a health professional, have you ever considered the helpful impact of knowing your patient’s stories: what matters to them, how they find meaning/purpose in living, and how they pull life together to recharge themselves?  More healthcare associations, like the Academy of Lifestyle Medicine and the American Medical Association, are addressing the factors of care […]

Narrative Medicine: Listening for What Matters Read More »

When We Lose the Ones Who Shaped Us: 

A friend asked me for some helpful thoughts on grief. She was about my age and shared that she was struggling to process the death of her mother. In considering this, I thought this kind of key loss leads us to deeper reflections and awareness of life, ourselves, and what matters most in living. While

When We Lose the Ones Who Shaped Us:  Read More »