A Message of Love

My name is Matthew. For five and a half years I struggled with a unidentifiable, supposedly "chronic" illness before I finally made peace with it and began to heal. I am now well on my way to great health. Where once I had no energy for anything, now I work out several times a week. Where before I had horrible anxiety and panic attacks, I'm now centered and happy more often than not. With this blog I share my experiences from this journey, all of which should help you on your own healing path. I provide information about spiritual/emotional aspects of healing as well as physical ones, sometimes even posting inspiring poetry, essays, or links to helpful sites.

If you have experiences of your own that you would like to share, I welcome you to send them to me so that I can possibly post them if I feel they can be of use to other people.

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One final note: feel free to contact me, if you would like, at beautytheory@gmail.com. I am available to do individual healing and coaching work. Hablo español, también.

10/30/11

Laugh, Dammit, Laugh!

Laughter is an essential part of healing, no matter what you’re dealing with. Here are two hilarious articles from The Onion that I’ve tied to relevant topics:

The first funny article reminds us how difficult it is for most people to give up on the idea of “achieving” -- an idea which, ironically, can be one of the greatest hinderances to healing. If you don’t allow cut yourself some slack and be okay with doing nothing, it’s hard to relax and give your body the time it needs to recover, especially when you’re talking about a long-lasting condition. Stop being so hard on yourself!


This second Onion article provides a tongue-in-cheek reminder of how we could all benefit from surrendering our illusion of control -- though not, of course, to “smart people,” as in the article, but rather to just the natural course of fate, or the universe, or God, or whatever word you want to use to describe it.

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