by Patricia Varga | Aug 7, 2016 | Health
I just read a parting thought from the July/August 2016 issue of Holistic Nursing Practice. We’ve all heard of random acts of kindness, how about kindness as a therapeutic intervention? Fascinating to me that kindness and compassion are something we must teach...
by Patricia Varga | Jun 29, 2016 | Health
I just read John Smith’s blog on living with cancer entitled “Back to the Future.” As with most poetics written by cancer patients or patients challenged with disease, this one is about life and love, compassion and a granddaughter “marching...
by Patricia Varga | Jun 15, 2016 | Health
What does it mean to listen with all of your senses, every fiber of your being, every molecule that ensures seeing the person before you? It means giving over to Greater Hands that guide you. You surrender your Ego and listen from deep within. Enlightened listening is...
by Patricia Varga | May 31, 2016 | Health
So what is awe? Researchers at UC Berkeley tell us that “awe happens when you encounter something so vast that you don’t feel like you can wrap your mind around it completely.” Awe involves the magic of life, like birth, or something in nature so...
by Patricia Varga | Apr 26, 2016 | Health
Every Day Is A Gift “I didn’t expect to recover from my second operation but since I did, I consider that I’m living on borrowed time. Every day that dawns is a gift to me and I take it in that way. I accept it gratefully without looking beyond it. I completely forget...
by Patricia Varga | Apr 20, 2016 | Health
I just came across a wonderful article entitled Creativity and Spirituality in Nursing: Implementing Art in Healing by Mary Rockwood Lane, PhD, RN, published in Holistic Nursing Practice journal. Studies show that creativity and spirituality can heal by changing a...
