Donna’s Blog: Writing to Heal

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 Am Healed

After years of pain and chronic illness, an author finds relief through breakthrough research on how the brain affects the body

By Donna Jackson Nakazawa | April 4, 2013
Photo Copyright © Marshall Clarke

About the Author

Donna Jackson Nakazawa is an award-winning science journalist and speaker whose work explores the intersection of neuroscience and human emotion. Her books include Girls on the Brink, Childhood Disruptedand The Angel and the Assassin. Her newest book, The Adverse Childhood Experiences Guided Journal, is available wherever books are sold. 

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