Posts Tagged ‘guilt’
It’s not easy to be me- journeying to the #self: how #melancholy is part of #happiness
*+-Our inalienable rights are ‘Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Happiness’- nothing in there about Health, or Wellness, right? I was counselling someone today, someone who is actually older than I am, despite me having just had a birthday & feeling extremely ‘senior’ as a result. LOL! I had something of a ‘light bulb’ moment.…
Read MoreKeeping still: scarcely breathing: & hanging on
*+-Last weekend I was tired. I didn’t turn my computer on from Friday afternoon until Monday afternoon. I visited Mum in the Nursing Home on Friday afternoon, & had dinner with my sister on Friday night, & we made a YouTube video for ‘Dine In’. On Saturday I had Brunch with my 4 sisters, always…
Read MoreTaking control of diabetes & letting go of guilt
*+-Life with diabetes is closely connected with the word “control. When diagnosed with diabetes there is usually a sense of being “out of control” and talk around you from mostly well meaning people, that you need to “take control”. There can be many reasons why it is hard to get, maintain, or hold onto, control –…
Read MoreGiving Thanks: & a Resolution for life, ‘not just for Christmas’
*+-I had all kinds of grand ideas for my final blog before Christmas 2013, but in the end I decided to go with something very simple. There are times in my life, or there have been, when I have felt the weight of the world. I’m sure you have too. Some of those times were…
Read MoreThe art of diabetes management
*+-We all know that science underpins diabetes don’t we? That billions of dollars are spent worldwide researching the causes, possible cures and treatment options for diabetes. That there are millions of scientists and health care professionals working hard in the diabetes field, far and wide, across the world. And that there is a precise science…
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