This is How it Feels to Heal – Presale update! Presale update for the book “This Is How it Feels to Heal, A Shamanic Journey Through Cancer, Recovery, and Life Challenges.” One of the main themes is to stay on your path is critical, but to also take note of the little signs along the…
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This is How it Feels to Heal, A shamanic journey through cancer, life changes, and recovery — Presale! Is it possible to be prepared for the end of the world? What is it like to find out you have a terminal illness? Is it possible to break the cycle of addiction without traditional therapy?…
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Yesterday, I stepped into a trap I always intend to avoid: the news and the narrative of the global sickness. In the first many months, I was glued to the latest news concerning the pandemic like many of us. But then, as I saw the health aspect fall behind the social implications, I began to…
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Today I finished writing the first draft of This is How it Feels to Heal, in which I chronicle the transformation I underwent over the eight years of liver failure, subsequent cancer, and transplant. I had already had an interview about the book set up with a friend for his YouTube channel for today. Afterward,…
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Greetings from Ishka Kankueb Yoga. An ashram in Cali, Colombia, where Mesoamerican and Asian traditions blend for a Mayan cosmology with eastern traditions. This is day four of about 20 days in which Mi Amor Juliana Tabares and I are here enjoying the peace and serenity of the Eternal Summer. A year ago, at this…
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7 Plant Medicines to replace OTC Pain Killers Guest blogger: John Adams If you pop a pill or two to manage pain on a daily basis, consider yourself a drug addict. Allopathic medication is commonly used for treating disorders and obtaining pain relief nowadays. This medicine is made from strong chemicals, which can harm the…
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In writing my first book, “This is How it Feels to Heal,” I have increasingly seen that it has been an unacknowledged work for some time and is only now coming together. “Whose got him?” is an anecdote that will be included. In looking back over the various blog entries, social media posts, and my…
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Covid Fever – A Societal Sickness Increasingly, I see the short and medium-term effects of a condition I call “Covid Fever.” Like “cabin fever,” in which the prolonged state of isolation impacts some in the winter months, this new condition adds elements of fear, hopelessness, sadness, and trouble reconnecting to one’s career, social, and family…
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(This is a guest post from a peer.) Beating alcoholism or drug addiction is no piece of cake. Only 10-15% of individuals are able to quit alcohol or drug abuse on the first try. Almost 90% of addicts in rehab or recovery programs encounter at least one episode of relapse before they can truly commit…
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What does your Self-Image reflect? What we say about ourselves is far more critical than what others say about us. At times, perhaps the two agree, ourselves and others, but where does it begin? Where does this reflection, our self-image come from in the first place? What is accurate, and where does falsehood begin? If…
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