February 2016:
Reaching for joy when I live with chronic illness may take more effort, but it’s worth it. Here’s how I invite joy (part of the Chronic Healing series).
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Diagnosis doesn't have to end
in despair
(though you may pass through it).
When you are diagnosed with a chronic
illness, you may feel:
- your body is your enemy
- you are alone in the world
- you aren't yourself anymore
- God (or the universe) has abandoned you
- tempted to give up
Dancing with Monsters suggests:
- your body is a companion in the journey with
disease
- you are not alone
- by being patient with yourself when it all seems
a struggle, you can rediscover and rededicate yourself to
what's important to you...
- ...including an enriched relationship with your higher
power
- you let the creative process invite you to live
with joy
The creative response to illness includes:
- overwhelm: a change in your body invites you
into chaotic despair
- incubation: you spend time numb and
seemingly inactive (trust that things are happening beneath
the obvious)
- reconciliation: you explore the
changes in your body and make peace with the new normal
- rededication: you remember what's
important to you and find new ways to bring it into your
life
Order Dancing with Monsters and discover:
- how your response to chronic illness it is already a creative one
- examples of how true life goes on within,
around, because and in spite of illness
- fanciful stories that help you take a sideways
look at parts of the process
- creative experiments to enable you to engage with your
own challenges and solutions…to dance with your
own monsters and angels
Let the experience of chronic illness invite you to a life
of chronic healing |
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