Interview with Abigail – IC and Mind-Body Techniques

This week I am giving a one-hour BlogTalkRadio interview with Gloria Prater, host of the Learning to Live Healthy with IC BlogTalkRadio Show, on Thursday, January 28 at 11 am Mountain Time (1 pm Eastern, Noon Central, 10 am Pacific).  You’re invited to listen in as I discuss my experience with using a mind-body healing… Continue reading Interview with Abigail – IC and Mind-Body Techniques

Interview with Mind-Body Doctor – Dr. Howard Schubiner

This week I am excited to provide a new mind-body resource for you!  Click the link below to listen to my interview with Dr. Howard Schubiner, creator of www.yourpainisreal.com. Dr. Schubiner and I speak at length in this 50 minute recording about mind-body healing, addressing pelvic pain issues of all kinds.  I think you’ll find… Continue reading Interview with Mind-Body Doctor – Dr. Howard Schubiner

You’re Invited!

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaZSg-wJ4HI&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&border=1] I wrote all about this last week (New Stuff), and now, HERE IT IS! You are all cordially invited to come visit my creative side-project, www.essentialyouart.com! I’m always getting random creative ideas, and this one was so fun I simply had to run with it.  My Essential Self told me to!  I love talking… Continue reading You’re Invited!

Internet Panic – How to Surf without Fear

Let’s talk about the internet.  It’s such a fantastic resource, full of medical information, supportive forums, and help for anyone with any diagnosis.  It’s also a place of much misinformation, terrifying messages, depressing stories, and unusual theories.  In this, the information age, now anyone can share their innermost fears, broadcast them to the world, and… Continue reading Internet Panic – How to Surf without Fear

The Mind Body Connection

Over the last few months, I’ve written many different posts regarding effective tools for dealing with the emotional difficulty of facing illnesses such as vulvodynia, interstitial cystitis, and other pelvic pain syndromes.  I have found an integrated mind-body approach to healing very effective in my own life, so I have hoped sharing some of these… Continue reading The Mind Body Connection

Calling all Perfectionists and Overachievers

I’ve been noticing a trend lately while working with women suffering from health issues.  I coach women with pelvic pain issues of any variety, and I can’t help but notice some commonalities.  I am no longer surprised when I hear person after person describe herself as a perfectionist, an overachiever, a type A personality, an… Continue reading Calling all Perfectionists and Overachievers