The Last Best Cure Virtual Book Club Tour
I’ve received a number of so sweet requests to come talk to book clubs who are reading The Last Best Cure, or join in small group chats, and answer questions about both the book and my journey. I treasure meeting my readers — there is nothing, really, that I love more about what I do
Raising Autoimmune Awareness with AutoimmumeMom.com
Most of you know that I’m always looking to help raise awareness for chronic disease and for autoimmune disease in particular. In hopes of helping more women who suffer from autoimmunity have even more resources in their toolbox, I’m partnering up with AutoimmuneMom.com, a website for moms struggling to manage their autoimmune conditions while raising
MORE Magazine Story — Women, Friendship and Illness — Looking for Interviewees
Hi Wonderful Readers, I wanted to tell you that I’m writing a feature on women, friendship and illness for MORE Magazine and ask for your input. The piece will focus on what friends need from their friends when they are facing a chronic condition — whether it’s lupus, fibro, RA, Lyme, MS, you name it
I’m Not Cured, but I Am Healed
Hi there — today PBS’s wonderful online web magazine, Next Avenue, published my OpEd on how we can journey toward healing in the face of chronic illness… and the important distinction between being “cured” and being “healed.” I so hope you’ll check it out, and that you enjoy. Links below! I’m Not Cured, but I
How We Handle the Wear and Tear of Today’s Stress Predicts Whether We’ll Be Depressed Ten Years From Now
The way we manage our emotional responses to the stresses we meet in day-to-day life — to what is happening right now, right here, in our life — predicts whether we’ll suffer from depression and anxiety ten years from now, says a new study in today’s Psychological Science. Researchers examined the relationship between how we
Forest Bathing, Green Music
This past Easter weekend, we spent many afternoons in the woods, walking trails, going on photo expeditions. My husband, son and daughter and I are great lovers of what I call “green music” — the music of the rustling trees. We all enjoy the hum of how nature nurtures. I think for most of us
A View of the Week that Was
Some of you have inquired why my blog has been so quiet. Here’s why: book tour! This has been a busy week. it started with a conversation with Montel Williams on Joy Behar’s (of The View) show Say Anything, which we taped in New York. Montel is working hard to bring research funding and awareness
Double Book Giveaway C*O*N*T*E*S*T!
Are you ready? Today I’m announcing my Double Book Giveaway contest! This time, 1 lucky winner will receive A Double Giveaway Book Set: one signed copy of my new book, THE LAST BEST CURE, and one signed, first-printing hardcover copy of the award-winning
Come Join Me! Hope to see you at this very special event …
“Joy Factor” vs. “Fear Factor”
A new Harvard study out today indicates that in the past several decades our general mood and sense of well-being have declined, making it harder for us to stay on what I call, in THE LAST BEST CURE, The Life Channel. I’ve written a great deal about rising rates of stress-reactivity, and how stress-reactivity is