by Lissa Rankin | Jul 13, 2018 | Mental Health, Physical Health, Work Life Purpose
We all know medicine is in crisis, and so are those of us who serve the sick and injured. Astronomical numbers of health care providers, especially physicians, suffer from abusive medical training, neglect of self care, unmet physical and emotional needs, compassion...
by Lissa Rankin | Jan 30, 2018 | Inner Pilot Light, Relationships
The way I hurdled headlong into what I thought was love three years ago is so clichéd that I won’t even bother describing the intoxicating fireworks. It was a star-crossed, impossible relationship from the get-go, a doomed love affair heading for a crash and burn we...
by Lissa Rankin | Nov 22, 2017 | Inner Pilot Light, Relationships
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays because the whole point of this holiday is invoking a tender emotion—gratitude—that has been known in both spiritual traditions and science to open the heart, relax the nervous system, improve health, and deepen intimacy...
by Lissa Rankin | Oct 23, 2017 | Mental Health, Relationships
In Part One of this series, we talked about the Narcissus/Echo myth and how to identify whether you or someone you’re in relationship with behaves with a lot of traits characteristic of the narcissist. Today, we’ll focus on how to identify whether you have a tendency...
by Lissa Rankin | Sep 25, 2017 | Mental Health, Spirituality
Before January 2014, I had never heard of the term “kundalini” other than vague references to kundalini yoga, which I associated with people wearing white turbans and breathing hard. But on my daughter’s 8th birthday, I experienced something that my medical knowledge...
