ISSN 1538-1080
A medical student chronicles his struggles to maintain a healing presence To all the students who went to bed crying or woke up screaming. To all those who needed to leave their hearts at the door. I just graduated with honors from Tufts University School of Medicine, the class of 1999. I dont feel honorable,
The challenges of meeting spiritual needs in a hospital I have never been very good at visiting people in the hospital. I am unsettled by the smells of disinfectant that do not quite mask the sick-room odors of medicines, and of the cloying, private aromas of the human body. I seem, always, to get lost
I fell asleep while driving my car on the freeway for the second time in as many days after feeling quite ill for a number of weeks in March, 2000. My doctor thought I had been suffering from the flu, but my symptoms were becoming more and more severe, and I could barely get out
Reiki is a healing art that hails back to Hinduism, Buddhism, and Shintoism, and was originally developed by Mikao Usui in Japan. This article presents the importance of its use for all people, regardless of their belief system, as a means of healing and involvement with other people. The author talks about her own experiences
A profoundly transformative combination of therapies for individuals and families Past life regressions can add many dimensions to psychotherapy. They may release traumatic roots of current-life symptoms that have puzzled therapists and patients and have resisted more conventional psychotherapeutic approaches. They can be rapidly and profoundly transformative not only in dealing with psychological issues but