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How To Feel Connected In A Disconnected World

Lissa Rankin — Wed, 16 May 2012 05:00:00 +0000

For years, I was walking around on auto-pilot, going to school, going to work, going to the gym, coming home, making dinner, watching movies, hanging with friends…

But something was missing.

Make Love, Not Porn

Tinamarie Bernard — Tue, 15 May 2012 05:00:00 +0000

The first time I made love, I just had to show up with my vagina to rock my young beloved’s world. We explored those new fruits with enthusiasm, joy and curiosity, and an equal amount of hormonal horniness. That we were in love and practiced safe sex together is evidence to me that young adults can navigate those early sexual days responsibly and with mutual satisfaction on the agenda.

I Forgot To Do Cartwheels

Lissa Rankin — Mon, 14 May 2012 05:00:00 +0000

I made myself laugh today because I realized that it’s about time to lighten up! Between ranting about how broken our health care system is, musing about setting boundaries with people who say they love you but don’t act like it, and writing about coming out of the closet and how repressing the real you makes you sick, I’ve gotten so dang deep, serious, introspective, and “spiritual” that I've literally forgotten to do cartwheels (a regular practice for me usually). I've also forgotten to take regular dance breaks with Lady Gaga (LOVE her!) or to laugh at my daughter's knock knock jokes.

A Love Letter To Childless Mommies On Mother's Day

Lissa Rankin — Sun, 13 May 2012 05:00:00 +0000

A Note from the Editor: As Lissa and I discussed her writing a new blog post for Mother's Day this year we realized that it felt much bigger and divinely timed to re-post this Mother's Day post from last year. It was so impactful, and we have so many new readers to Owning Pink, that we don't want anyone to miss this message and, for those who've already read it, perhaps you'll get even more out of it this time around.

Aphrodite Poem

Agapi Stassinopoulos — Sat, 12 May 2012 05:00:00 +0000

So tell me about your beauty, your irresistible attraction.

The Doctor-Patient Relationship: Part Three

Lissa Rankin — Fri, 11 May 2012 05:00:00 +0000

Awhile back I wrote an article about how medicine is a spiritual practice, and in response, I received an email from a surgery resident at Columbia University that left me in tears and inspired me to share it.

How Is Fear Holding You Back?

Laurie Erdman — Thu, 10 May 2012 05:00:00 +0000

It took me 6 months to pick up the phone, I was so gripped by fear. I really wanted to offer to do a workshop for my local chapter of the National MS Society. But I couldn’t get myself to pick up the phone. Sharing my story and what I had learned about diets and multiple sclerosis seemed like a huge risk.

Why all this hesitation, when every bit of my being knew I was meant to inspire and educate, and make the complex, practical and doable? One big friggin’ f-word.

Free Yourself From Judging Your Feelings

Lissa Rankin — Wed, 09 May 2012 05:00:00 +0000

When I was a child, raised in a family with three Methodist ministers, dutifully attending church twice a week and saying my prayers before bedtime, I was taught that thoughts and feelings can be sinful.

Intuitive Living ~ Learn to Listen to Yourself

Sheena LaShay — Tue, 08 May 2012 05:00:00 +0000

EVERY SINGLE HUMAN BEING has a spirit and that spirit wants you to listen. It wants you to be mindful, present and alive. Some call it intuition. Some call it a higher power. I call it YOU. Your spirit is YOU. Learning to listen to that precious part of you will literally change the trajectory of your life. Even in affirming that, I still face my own challenges.

Forget “Not Enough” Or “Too Much.” Be Just YOU.

Lissa Rankin — Mon, 07 May 2012 05:00:00 +0000

All you have to do is turn on the television, check out a magazine, or log onto the internet to realize that the media is blasting us with the message that we’re somehow “not enough.”

Coming at us from all sides are messages that we’re not pretty enough, smart enough, rich enough, popular enough, skinny enough, successful enough, healthy enough - whatever enough.

It's Okay To Disappoint People

Mike Robbins — Sun, 06 May 2012 05:00:00 +0000

How do you feel about disappointing others? How about being disappointed yourself? I’ve recently noticed how much of my conscious and unconscious attention is focused on not disappointing others, while at the same time protecting myself against being disappointed.

Scorpio Super Moon

Ophira and Tali Edut — Sat, 05 May 2012 05:00:00 +0000

Who’s up for a transformation, maybe even an extreme one? Saturday’s full moon in Scorpio is a “supermoon,” which means it will occur at the closest possible proximity (perigree) to planet Earth. That makes its lunar effects ultra intense—in a sign, Scorpio, that already is ultra intense. Hang on to your spring bonnets people, because this supermoon can usher in some epic changes.

How To Keep Your Heart Open When You Lose A Pet

Lissa Rankin — Fri, 04 May 2012 05:00:00 +0000

I was only seven when my parents hired a chimneysweep to wipe out the cobwebs on our brick flue. They didn’t expect him to stumble into a nest of four baby squirrels so tiny they had veiny, bluish, hairless skin and fused eyes. The chimneysweep brought the nest of baby squirrels into our house, but my mother insisted we must put them back, that maybe their mother would return for them, and that if she didn’t, perhaps it was God’s will for them to die.

Stop Trying So Hard

Bethany Butzer — Thu, 03 May 2012 05:00:00 +0000

I've worked hard my entire life. Really, really hard. From a young age I bought into statements like: "Nothing in life comes easy," "You have to fight to make it in the world," and "If it was easy, everyone would do it." I pushed myself to win every award I could in high school. Then I pushed myself to become one of the first few people in my family to go to university. Then I worked my butt off to get 90s in all my classes. Like a blacksmith working hot metal, I spent countless hours trying to hammer my life into the shape I desired.

Is Getting Sick Like Being Raped?

Lissa Rankin — Wed, 02 May 2012 05:00:00 +0000

A patient I saw recently, who has been sick on and off for the past 16 years, spent the better part of the past two years in the hospital, under the knife, and once released, shuttling between doctor’s appointments. At one point she broke down in tears and said, “It was an assault. It was like being raped.”

And I found myself tearing up while silently witnessing the confession she had just made.