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Category Archives: Healing
Covid-19 and Stress
A resource for stress management.
Posted in anxiety, Covid-19, depression, Healing, Hope, meaning, stress, Suffering
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You Are Never Alone
I posted this a year ago. I’m going to leave it in the RESOURCES PAGE. Because, well … we’re still here in the middle of an ever-evolving pandemic. Again, feel free to download and share. Attached below is a resource … Continue reading
Posted in 2022, anxiety, Covid-19, depression, Healing, Hope, meaning, Nature, spirituality, Suffering
Tagged covid, lonely, support
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Resources to deal with Stress over the Holidays
As a chaplain I am constantly looking for, creating, and editing resources for staff, and patients and their families. I created a Holiday Blues resource for the Christmas/New Year Holiday season, and then I adapted it to be a more … Continue reading
Posted in Covid-19, depression, gratefulness, Healing, Hope, meaning, Suffering
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The nature of HOPE in an ICU
I am a staff chaplain in a hospital with four critical care floors and a cancer unit, and naturally I spend a lot of my time on those critical care floors. My time is spent with patients and families who … Continue reading
The anxiety of loss; the loss of anxiety, Part II
This article has some excellent advice. Tips For Taking Care of Yourself During Stressful Times From the NIU Employee Assistance Program Stop, breathe, and tell yourself: “This is hard and I will get through this 1 step at a time.” During … Continue reading
Posted in anxiety, depression, grief, happiness, Healing, Hope, loss, meaning, mindfulness, Nature, spirituality, Suffering
Tagged anxiety, depression, meaning, Nature, pain, stress
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Loss is like a tsunami
In New Orleans we are very aware of the power of great waves pushed up by hurricanes. Driving along the coast recently I was reminded of this power and how much had to be rebuilt after Hurricane Katrina. The loss … Continue reading
Posted in depression, grief, Healing, Hope, loss, Suffering
Tagged hope, loss, rebuilding, spirituality, tragedy
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The grass isn’t always greener
I received a wonderful quote the other day: WORD FOR THE DAY The grass is not, in fact, always greener on the other side of the fence. No, not at all. Fences have nothing to do with it. The grass … Continue reading
Posted in gratefulness, Healing, Hope, spirituality
Tagged hope, meaning, spirituality
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I want to fix people
I have a problem I’m just beginning to admit: I want to fix people. I want to fix people by giving them a book, loaning them a CD, reading them a scripture passage. I want to fix people because their … Continue reading
Posted in grief, Healing, Hope, spirituality, Uncategorized
Tagged faith, healing, hope, spirituality, suffering
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Being with an Alzheimer’s Patient
I found myself sitting on the floor the other day. The Alzheimer’s patient, who was sitting in her wheelchair, had covered her head in her cardigan. So I sat on the floor and she uncovered part of her head so … Continue reading
Posted in empathy, Faith, Healing, Hope, meaning
Tagged meaning, reflections, searching
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Alzheimer’s
a raised brow light glimmers and is gone a word remembered a face a name brushes against her mind fleeting like a kiss on the cheek Are you still here or did you go away and come back I like … Continue reading
Posted in empathy, Healing, meaning, poetry, Suffering
Tagged Chaplain, Hospice, poetry, reflections
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Traces of Hope 