Recent content by shirleypm

James - I think it's inter-related. Mindset influences our words, and vice versa. It may all depend. I really like the writer - he's always very positive, inspirational.

Thank you, gentlemen. Well, I took a few deep breaths, knowing I could somehow get my issue fixed. Mindfulness is easier when we aren't under "dis" stress, so I took a deep breath and waited to have the technie husband help in some way. The habitual response of getting ready to run is a tough...

Hi Friends; I follow the writing of Marc and Angel Chernoff. Their recent article, "8 Things Emotionally Stable People Don't Do" is a great read. I'm posting his two lists to my wall :) Marc discusses using mindfulness in place of being reactive, and how to be more loving to yourself...

I forgot to consider this question in the Structured Education Program, and today was an opportunity to do so. While trying to update my website this afternoon, I inadvertently deleted all of the customizations a tech wiz friend had made in the past year to my page. What was resulted was what I...

I keep plugging on, friends. Today I drive to my childhood home to see my family, and I KNOW that and recent journalling has unleashed pain in my left shoulder blade (in addition to the SI). I went to the pool determined to work out the pain (didn't work), but it gave me time to get into the...

Thank you for the comments, everyone. I know exactly why the pain has been terrible, going on to almost 2 weeks now. The pain has gotten intense not only from the trigger of my fall, but by the writing I've been doing. I started avoiding the Structured Educational Program for the same reason I...

Hi Friends; You may have noticed my response to Debra yesterday. I'm in pretty severe agony at the moment. I was happily following the program, very open to the idea of the mind's power over the body. Although my pain wasn't improving when I resumed activities and took off my SI support belt...

Debra, if you*believe* the pain is winning, then it is. Tell it off, and journal. Ask yourself what spurred the flare up. Are you still fearful that you will never stop hurting? Where is your focus, the pain or your underlying emotions? What timing I saw this thread. I was telling a yoga friend...

Ellen; Some yoga studios offer it. Also, you can search via these two yoga nidra training schools to find a certified facilitator near you. Not all are yoga teachers. Some are massage therapists, others are counselors, social workers, nurses, and psychologists: Amrit Method of Yoga Nidra...

I read with deep interest the article about the doctor who had years of chronic insomnia. For most of my life, I had the same issue, and in the last 20 years of insomnia, the symptoms intensified with night terrors, panic attacks and night eating syndrome. A doctor had put me on enough clonipin...