Illness Suffering
A Problem of Loving too Much!!
Thursday, February 16th, 2012Yes, loving too much can actually make you ill!! I learned this valuable lesson while interviewing a Japanese couple about their illness suffering. This lovely couple graciously agreed to a family interview as part of a teaching/learning experience I offered at Kitasato University in January 2012, in Japan. Dr [...]
Steve Jobs: The Personal Cost of Illness and the Drum Major Instinct
Wednesday, October 26th, 2011Steve Jobs, the man who “made us want computers and other products that we didn’t even know we wanted”, passed away on October 5th, 2011. Now his widely anticipated biography has just been released. Excited readers are claiming they want to learn about the personal side of this very private man.
No question that Steve had [...]
“Why Me?” Taking Suffering Personally!
Friday, June 18th, 2010The first question many ask when suffering with serious illness is “Why me?” Suffering seems to invite us to take it quite personally, as if it had something to do with us. Suffering seems to be the only experience when we ask this question. If we win the lottery, would we ask: “Oh why me? [...]