Posts Tagged "alternative therapy"

Community Resources

Posted by on Jul 9, 2009 in Healing | 0 comments

I was reminded of a valuable community resource yesterday when I received an electronic newsletter from the  Center for Spirituality and Healing announcing the latest updates and events.  I attended one of their educational workshops last spring on Holistic Health &Healing at the Woodwinds Health Center in Woodbury and the week was a special treat for me.  I encourage you to explore and sample their website at http://www.csh.umn.edu/, I find it to be rich with information for you as an individual or as a practitioner. As a health and healing practitioner experienced in both traditional and complementary medicine I appreciate the breath and scope of our...

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Choices

Posted by on Jun 30, 2009 in Healing, Life Lessons | 2 comments

  One of my mother’s key values was the importance of “Choice,” her underlying principal was for women to be independent, strong and employed. “It’s important to work hard and get an education” she said, typical values growing up in Minnesota during the 1950’s and 60’s. I lived my life believing this until I became a Director several times over and learned that budget cuts are painful choices and that we let people go even though they had an education and worked hard.  It’s been two years since I “chose” to leave my corporate job and reinvent myself, I’ve moved away from health care management and sales management in private industry back to...

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Celebrating Life’s Journey

Posted by on Mar 29, 2009 in Healing | 2 comments

Another Sunday and it’s been a very full week with numerous life events including my sick dog, an interview, educational conference at Mayo, a car accident,  a close friend carrying a heavy burden and a note from another dear friend that I am choosing to share.  I met Sherry less than 5 months ago but somehow sharing our stories it seems like we’ve been friends for ages and that’s how it has been for me the past 2 years on this journey. I don’t want to digress but this is my message from Sherry as she celebrated her last day of radiation treatment last Friday: “You’re being pinked on what is the last day of the radiation treatment for my breast cancer...

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