Feeling the Healing

I’d like to let you know that I am now also writing for Dr. Echenberg’s website, Secret Suffering.  I hope you enjoy the articles as well as the site, which is jam-packed with helpful information. I’ve been sick this week, and it has reminded me of an important idea I’ve been meaning to share.  A… Continue reading Feeling the Healing

Letting Fear Drive

Most of us are not hoping to wake up every morning and feel intense panic or desperate fear.  If we could ask for anything, we’d probably ask for peace.  Peace for others, peace for the entire planet, and peace within ourselves.  Yet, when we face health problems and physical pain, peace seems impossible.  Fear and… Continue reading Letting Fear Drive

Pain: The Messenger

After years of struggling with physical pain and other uncomfortable sensations such as vulvar burning, rawness, and itching, I felt exhausted.  I was so sick of pain I wanted to give up, somehow, or run away.  I longed to jump out of my own skin and just escape.  I was going crazy dealing with the… Continue reading Pain: The Messenger

The Crazy Woman Syndrome

When I was 19, I started having very strange bladder problems.  I noticed I always felt like I needed to urinate, and yet I never felt as though I could quite empty my bladder.  I woke up several times a night to use the restroom.  Sometimes I had to sit and wait on the toilet… Continue reading The Crazy Woman Syndrome