Is anxiety choking you, snuffing the life out of your existence?
It can do that.
Anxiety can constrict our breath, jumble our thoughts, and make moving through life seem overwhelming. Medical studies have shown that anxiety can have a damaging effect on our heart health. It can lead to chest pain, palpitations, ... Read More
Life is a great mystery. Of this, we can be certain. We cannot explain or understand the “why” or “what” of its rhythms and flows. Not long ago a heart patient came in for a follow-up visit. I’ll call the man, Pete, but I’ve changed his name for this writing. ... Read More
Life today is chaotic and uncertain. If we spend too much time absorbing life in thirty-second helpings of social media, we can get caught up in anger, judgment, and a powerful anxiety.At times, our lives may seem hopeless, and we may question whether inner peace is even possible.
Emotional turmoil is ... Read More
The light is gone. Her light. A light that spilled from one to one through the blood of the most Holy Mercy into her heart.
It left on a cloudy Sunday morning, stole away unexpectedly.
Perhaps her refusal of food and water, should have shouted it to us, shook us enough to ... Read More
“Life’s gentle breeze has abandoned me. Its mighty wind no longer fills my sails, propelling and sustaining my journey.”
My mother-in-law, an ancient woman laced with crepe paper skin and mounds of sagging flesh lay thinking to herself.
As we sat together, I planted one hand on her head and the other ... Read More
Anxiety can shock the system. It can pummel and paralyze us. It’s all too easy to feel angry or frustrated when life doesn’t go the direction we want it to go.
My take on the root cause of anxiety is just this: we want life to be how we want it. ... Read More
Our hearts have layers and layers of anguish. When something in life troubles us, often we hold onto it. These negative feelings and experiences accumulate like rust in our hearts. All of us have these layers of struggle and pain.
The good news is that you can break through the layers ... Read More
My sister passed away unexpectedly this week. She was 62 years old. Strangely I didn’t feel much. As a cardiologist who encourages people to live from the heart, who helps people learn to connect to their heart for healing, my heart was silent. A vacuum cavernous and intensely occupied the ... Read More
Our hearts are stuffed with wisdom. They are designed to lead us.
Too often we lead with our minds. The mind is important sure we can't deny it. But our minds dart randomly like a dandelion seed blown in the wind. Our mind latches onto fear and doubt. Our fears can ... Read More
Heart’s ache. In these modern times, in this seemingly never-ending season of Covid- our heart’s feel stretched to the point of breaking. It’s as if a black, villainous balloon is being blown up inside our chests. And with each pump of air the emotional cords that are holding our heart’s ... Read More