In my mid-thirties, I spent many nights crying myself to sleep, mourning the fact that I had no friends. A man I met in Aikido class suggested I consult an Astrologer, a man named Walden Welch. Having never done such a thing, I approached Mr. Welch with great caution. When we met, I posed my […]
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My recent year-long breast cancer experience gave me the opportunity to do much learning. I experimented with healing the cancer, focused on my relationship with my body, and encountered three types of “support” people receive when diagnosed with cancer. They are: The “this is what is right for you to do right now, based on
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During the five years my husband, Bob, struggled with prostate cancer, I neglected my own medical life. No tests, no checkups, no blood work. And also, very little moving around, as I sat with him, conducted my psychotherapy practice, managed our small army of home care people, and tended my back-deck garden. Mixed in, I
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It is with great trepidation I write the words “My Disease, Cancer.” Cancer is not “my disease,” and I don’t want to claim it as such! When we claim something as “mine,” it binds that thing to us. Instead, I prefer to call it “the tumor,” “the cancer cells in me,” or “the diagnosis I’ve
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Coping Skills: Dealing with Life Changes – After nearly 5 years of increasing pain and loss of interest in his life due to cancer, my husband, Bob, died on January 23, 2016. We had walked the path together, facing everything that needed to be faced: the type of memorial service he wanted, the personal items
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In Become the Master of Your Emotions Part 3, WU World Changer Ilene Dillion shares about being emotional humans and allowing ourselves to embrace who we already are! Late joining this series? Catch up from the beginning with Part 1 or from last week\’s Part 2! Become the Master of Your Emotions Part 3: Emotional Humans
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In Become the Master of Your Emotions Part 2, WU World Changer Ilene Dillon shares about the difference between managing and mastering your emotions. Late joining this series? Catch up on Part 1! It is Better to “Manage” or “Master” Emotions? Very close to the beginning of James Clavell’s novel, Shogun, the protagonist, John Blackthorne,
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Some say emotions get in the way… We say emotions are the way. —Lazaris, Concept Synergy Become the Master of Your Emotions Part 1: Our Emotional Landscape Our emotional life develops in the first seven years of life. Whatever happens in those years sets the “emotional landscape” that stays in effect for the rest of
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