Posts tagged overcoming colitis
The Library that I Leaned On – An Autobiographical Appreciation of Books that Facilitated My Overcoming of Ulcerative Colitis

For some time, I have considered posting a blog with a reading recommendation list. The list alone, I have figured, would not be sufficient. As such, I’ve since decided to offer a biographical reading list, explaining where I was at the time of reading the following books and why I found them important and impactful in my journey of overcoming

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The Six Honest Serving Men: The Benefit and Utility of asking Ourselves Questions on the Healing Journey

With the right questions, by going inside, by examining the self, the soul, going into the library of the psyche, investigating past traumas, whether in the here and now or another existence, whatever the case, I have found that the impact and utility of a good question can work wonders. It provides a greater service than all the drugs and all the diets in the world.

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Paramours of a complacent suffering: the unquestionable allure of illness

From a place of retrospect, it makes sense that she was so curt in her response. With over fifteen thousand subscribers to her channel, each video getting three thousand plus views, why would she change her channel’s format? Suffering was the secret to her success. When you’re not sick, how can you have the attention? Where is your identity now? Healing would mean shooting the goose laying the golden egg.

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Allegory of the helm and helmsman: the self-as-body's journey forward into the storm

When the flames broke out and rose again, it almost consumed my ship. After a disastrous bout in the hospital, one where I was humiliated and patronized by physicians, I started to turn away from the medical community to learn more about the power of spirituality and emotional healing. Drugs could only go skin deep. I needed to remove the true source of the disease’s fire.

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