Columbia Heart Spa Project – PICTURES

Heart Spa Project, Columbia Thanks to the National Coalition of Women with Heart Disease and their representative Linda Glinski who who connects women’s hearts to other women’s hearts. To Maxine Deutschendorf of Infinite Yoga for guiding us in...

Florence Heart Spa Project – PICTURES

Florence, Heart Spa Project Attendees: Abbie Denny, Angela Chester,Emmarie Nimmons, Marlene Pantos, Ganene Houlahan, Kathleen Snook, Beth Gause, Susan Guyton, Carol Urban, Kim Nelson, Tami Clabo, Jill Higgins, Linda Damiano, Katie Lawrence, Rebecca Clark, Lois...

What is the Heart Spa Project?

Last year I read a long awaited study published by the National Institutes of Health and the National Heart Lung Blood Institute – it read… “although women are learning more about heart disease they are still not taking it seriously.” It...

Feeling Is Healing

Yes…I see it a lot. People who are afraid to feel. So, they incorporate something into their lives to help them, not feel. Some people use alcohol, some drugs, prescription medication, work, shopping, food… and the list goes on. Sure, some medication is...

Everything is Not a Catastrophe

Jill and Karen are both interesting and fun women but they respond to life’s challenges in very different ways. Jill sees every little thing as a catastrophe (the worst thing that could happen). As a result, her face becomes flushed, she clenches her fists and the...

Change a Word, Change a Thought

I had to think about “every little word” and its meaning in the first years after my electrocution. Because my heart was not functioning for a span of time, it wasn’t sending oxygen to my brain. The result for me was a situation called Visual Agnosia; which basically...