by Dalinda Reese | May 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
(Written May 2020, this is a reflection several months into the by-now-global covid-19 crisis.) A clerical error twelve years ago included me in an email invitation to join a two year Lev Shomea (Heart Listening) spiritual direction training program…. The timing was...
by Dalinda Reese | Feb 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
(Written in February 2020, this is a reflection during the initial phases of the evolving covid-19 situation.) This pandemic is not the first, nor is it likely the last, to threaten the survival of the human species. Throughout history, humanity has faced natural...
by Dalinda Reese | Dec 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
(Written in December 2019, this winter reflection preceded the covid-19 awareness and impact in the US by several months.) Pause? A look at the “Power of Paws” might be more interesting. There are studies that examine the association between pet ownership and health....
by Dalinda Reese | Sep 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
(Written in September, 2019, this is an exploration of the mind/ body experience of change. It was prompted by my own shift – “retirement” – from the practice of medicine to refocus my energies on completing my work in Spiritual Care and Psychotherapy.)...
by Dalinda Reese | Jan 4, 2018 | Uncategorized
(Written in July 2018, this is an exploration of mind/ body connection and well-being.) Perhaps “psychosomatic” was a perfectly good word when it was coined a century ago. It does acknowledge the interaction between body and mind. But it is most commonly used to...
by Dalinda Reese | Jun 1, 2015 | Uncategorized
Originally posted on December 13, 2015 The “unfairness” of life is a reality that all of us experience in one way or another. We get hurt. Someone treats us poorly. Someone or something special to us moves away or is taken from us. Relationships end. We get sick. What...
