“As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in prison...When I walked out of prison, that was my mission, to liberate the oppressed and the oppressor both.” -- Nelson Mandela Last week, I said [...]
Being sick is miserable. Being sick means that you’re tired -- emotionally tired, physically tired, spiritually tired. Tired of being sick. Tired of people telling you that you’re not really sick, that it’s in your head. Or telling you that you don’t have to be sick anymore, you can heal through prayer, with more discipline, [...]
So you are looking for change, for something better in your life, more purpose, better health, financial ease, time, love, meaning. Of course you know you’re already perfect, all the great coaches, spiritual leaders, and gurus tell you that. You are already perfect. Just the way you are. Hmmmm…. If you’re like me, you probably [...]
It is the week of Thanksgiving and gratitude is all around us. And as a person who is committed to a daily gratitude practice and credits that practice with creating the space for a shift out of the worst of my health crisis I look around at this time of year and wonder if people [...]
We have launched a new interview series showcasing rising stars in the world of health and wellness and the young lady I spoke to this week shared that she first started experiencing night waking from severe pain when she was just 7 years old. Sadly, her doctors and parents “didn’t believe” her, instead telling her [...]
Greetings Everyone, Among the most surprising things about our Indiegogo project for our sister-site, Chronic Wellness Tools, are the great questions that are coming in. Here is one: “Lindsay, did you ever feel like giving up?” Ouch, that's a biggie. But the answer is yes. Of course. When you are in the beginning or middle [...]
Greetings Everyone, As many of you know, the roots of Full Circle Wellness come from my personal experience with chronic illness and my practice of Chronic Wellness. I continue to work with and support others who are on the path to Chronic Wellness on my sister-site, Chronic Wellness Tools. But what is “Chronic Wellness” anyway? [...]
Okay, you may already have heard the story, but here’s the deal. As you may know we’ve been working hard behind the scenes to launch our new website and the website for our sister site for the chronic illness community, Chronic Wellness Tools Anyway, it’s been months in the works, and we were proud and [...]
I get asked all the time if I think I am "healed" from Wellness. Underneath this question hides a deeper, more difficult query: is there such a thing as “post-Wellness,” “post-illness,” or in truth a “post-any-major-life-challenge,” and if so, what that may be? At one level, this seems like a question with a simple, yes [...]
Chronic Wellness Journal Journal Entry 1: Finding Healing Hope at the foot of the tree that survived 911 As those of you following us on Facebook have seen, I traveled across the country with my family to the 911 Memorial in NYC. My husband is a firefighter and his father and grandfather were San Francisco firefighters before [...]
