Resources

Recent Thoughts

Our Bodies, Our Healers– In addition to being sources of frustration, our bodies bring us unending beauty and continuous entertainment.
Finding Strength in Weakness– Four ways physical weakness invites me to experience strength.
How I Go from Pitiful to Happy – My challenge is to love both my weak and strong selves without judgment or attachment.
Five Powerful Actions that Will Fuel Your Sense of Well-being – How social connections make us strong.
Beam Love – What if our whole purpose for being is to remind people that it’s not about what you do so much as it is about who you are?
Micro-blessings: take a minute and pay attention to the details
A view from the land of chronic illness: What I need you to know...
Living in the Heart of Miracles – what happens when you pretend it's all new…
The Rhythm of Healing
Survival Instructions
Forgiving my body (at Journey Dancing)
Embracing the Holidays
When Gratitude is Difficult
Self-advocacy in a body that's not easy (at Journey Dancing)
Making a Fresh Start with Chronic Illness

Extras

20 Ways to Find Beauty. (PDF)
28 Simple Acts of Self Compassion (PDF)
Deepen your exploration of chronic illness and/or creativity with the
Guide for Groups and Individuals (PDF)
[Guide for 2008 edition]
Mac and His Monster, illustrated by Kate...hear Kate tell it (mp3)
An interview with Kate Wolfe-Jenson about her book, Dancing with Monsters

Images

Putting color plates of art pieces mentioned in the story would have been prohibitively expensive, but I can add them to the Web site. Isn't the Web great?

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