From Ow to Wow! is not an easy journey. The ow follows me. In my life, it is part of the Wow! The pain is not something that I enjoy or particularly am grateful for. I know that my experience of pain and moving beyond it has had an impact...
When I began my journey with chronic pain, I was finishing my Master of Divinity that was an Interfaith and New Thought Studies program. I believed that my thoughts created my reality and that matter matters. I believed that I would recover from my injuries from the car accident with...
Living my life of Wow! This year has been a wild ride! Last year at this time I was in Paris, France—my first time on “the continent” with no plans to move. Now I am sitting in my new home, in my new office surrounded by boxes and chaos ....
In this video Speaker Amber Rose Dullea shares “Living a Life of Wow!” Amber Rose Dullea is a humorous and motivational speaker. In her talk at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Florence she describes the Five Steps to Thriving with Pain and shares some of her story of how she has come to...
This is powerful stuff. The only thing I would add is that pain effects our brain and there are other tools as well to treat pain. It is an all the above approach with no stigma that we need. Prince did not die from pain pills — he died from...
Take my advice, please! I’m not using it. But leave my toy! Living with pain is a process—it is a journey. It is also an art and a science. Thriving takes courage, attention, intention, and actions. Some days I do better than others. Today as I was working with a...
Are you ready to thrive? Then it is time to take a look at the 5 steps from Ow to Wow and make your own Thriving with Pain Plantm. Thriving takes awareness and developing mindfulness. When we are in pain, a natural reaction is to get as far away from...
Rewards of Awareness Yesterday I woke up in pain! A migraine was starting to form, my low back was screaming, and I felt grumpy and basically in pain. I have tools now to be able to manage my pain and ways to recognize the patterns that can help me know...
Medicine Map Key Last post we covered the Medicine Map of the different areas of medical support from allopathic to complementary to alternative. Now let’s look at the Key. What do all these providers do and who should you go to? Today we look at the Allopathic and Complementary components....
The Medicine Map–Where to turn? Do you know why you have chronic pain? In other words, have you been diagnosed? Pain is a symptom of something happening to or in your body. It can be a symptom of a disease process, an injury, or some structural issue. Knowing what is...