Healing Through Connection
It’s been known to happen, once or twice, that I’ve been thought to be crabby! Hard to believe, I know. On the surface I was sure those thoughts on my crabbiness were incorrect but deep down, well, maybe they were a little true. Crabbing came up a few weeks ago when Paul and I had some friends visiting. They had an invitation for all four of us to go crabbing. Now, the last time I went crabbing I was young and all I did was watch from a distance because I was too scared of th
A Peek Inside
I had one of those opportunities to see the other side of the coin, so to speak, last weekend when I volunteered to help at a Reiki booth. It was at the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Medicine’s Annual Pain Management & Spine Symposium. Basically it was a symposium for pain management doctors in a variety of specialties. When I wasn’t giving mini Reiki sessions in the exhibitor area I slipped into the back of the room and listened to some of the presentation
Is Twenty Minutes Enough?
The shooting at the Navy Shipyard in Washington, DC, like every other shooting, was tragic. I always feel so helpless when I hear about these incidents. Though I send my thoughts and prayers to those who have been affected, a prayer just doesn’t seem enough in such a tragedy. But when you are not affiliated with those involved it feels better than doing nothing. In this instance, however, I got to do a little more. I am a Reiki volunteer with a group called CAUSE. Their miss
Maybe I’ll be a Roach Next!
“I chose to weigh over 200 pounds,” said motivational speaker Zig Ziglar “because I never knowingly ate anything I didn’t want.” He was demonstrating that we are responsible for all our actions and therefore for all the outcomes of our actions. And for the most part I believe that to be true. But some people would argue that their condition, illness or chronic pain is because of something that happened to them outside of their choosing. And when I hear that Nancy’s pain is ca
