On the Path: Dan Moricoli’s Remarkable Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Recovery Story
Dan Moricoli’s Story I love Dan Moricoli’s story for a couple of reasons. For one, it demolishes the idea that chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) occurs to malingerers or “weak” people or people who somehow don’t fit in our modern world. A business owner,...
The Human Condition: Hijacked by Disaster – the Last Best Cure #8
“… No matter what our story, we’re all in the same boat, handling upriver, against the swift current of our thinking.” – Donna Jackson Nakazawa In 2001 Donna Jackson Nakazawa – a journalist and mother – was paralyzed in a sudden onset of...
Playing Catch With Your Thoughts – In Mid-Air: The Last Best Cure
This is the sixth in a blog series as we follow Donna Jackson Nakazawa in “The Last Best Cure” as she incorporates mind/body practices into her life in order to experience more joy and better health after having a severe autoimmune disorder. Playing...
“Gimme Some Loving”: Mindfulness in the Midst of Illness – The Last Best Cure
About ten years after being struck by an autoimmune disorder, science journalist Donna Jackson Nakazawa realized that, while traditional approaches (drugs) had kept her alive, hers was nevertheless a rather joyless, difficult existence. Recent studies suggested that...
“I Think I Have a Meditation Disability”: The Last Best Cure #IV
“I think I have a meditation disability” Donna Jackson Nakazawa Donna’s going to start her year of using mind/body techniques and acupuncture to return joy to her life (and hopefully improve her health) with an 8-week mindfulness-based-stress-reduction (MBSR) course....Lives Interrupted Latest Story
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