You know that when you’re getting chased by a tiger, you’re almost in a car accident, your “to do” list is overflowing, and you’re burning the candle at both ends, your body’s “fight-or-flight” stress responses are going to get triggered. But you might not know...
My book Mind Over Medicine is full of data scientifically proving that the mind can heal- or harm- the body. But data can be dry, and sometimes what resonates most deeply within our souls are stories. So sit back, grab a cup of tea, and let’s have story time. I’m...
You were abused as a child. Your husband left you for another woman. You were fired for no good reason when you’ve got three kids at home depending on you. You got diagnosed with a scary illness. You lost someone you love when that person was WAY too young. The...
When Martha Beck and I spent the day together recently, I wound up getting an impromptu coaching session while sitting in the lobby of the hotel after a full day of filming a documentary that features us both. Since I’m the luckiest woman on the planet to benefit...
While I was in Fargo, North Dakota delivering my third TEDx talk (you can watch my other two here and here, I facilitated a community conversation about health care with Dr. Susan Mathison, founder of Catalyst Medical Center, who is also one of the doctors in my...
Recently, I was blessed to be able to spend an hour on the phone with my shero and mentor Brené Brown, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Daring Greatly. We had so much giddy fun on our teleclass about the intersection of vulnerability and health, how shame...
Before bed last night, I was reading my new friend Momastery blogger Glennon Doyle Melton’s wonderful New York Times bestselling memoir Carry On, Warrior: Thoughts On Life Unarmed. What really resonated with me is a chapter called “The Golden Coin,” about how...
As Phase 1 of my Mind Over Medicine book tour winds down, I’m starting to think in the direction of my next book, The Fear Cure: Cultivating Courage As Medicine For The Body, Mind & Soul, which Hay House will be publishing. I spent most of this past winter...