In my practice, I often bring up concepts from mindfulness practice in sessions with cancer patients. The question for some is why? What is the reason that mindfulness courses are found in so many cancer centers? The simple answer is that mindfulness practice helps...
What happens to you physiologically when you give someone a hug? I am guessing everyone who is reading this blog has either given or received a hug at least one time in their life. If you haven’t that is okay too. Hopefully after reading this blog, you will be...
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a common neurologic disease that affects approximately 2.3 million individuals around the world. Emotional disorders, such as anxiety, are more common in people diagnosed with MS than in the general population. In fact, approximately 40% of...
I was enjoying dinner with a cherished group of old friends when we began talking about how to help someone who is going through a health crisis. Specifically, we were talking about a friend of a friend who had recently been diagnosed with cancer but had found it...
Did you know that there is no such thing as a bad exercise? There are only bad applications of those exercises. A properly prescribed exercise routine should build you up, not break you down. An important aspect exercise is the increase in the synthesis and secretion...
Changes in sexual intimacy following the diagnosis and treatment for cancer are distressing and can have a significant impact on the quality of life for cancer survivors. Research shows that as many as 90% of patients report problems with sexual intimacy and 52%...
