My Kind Self-TAlk

An important factor influencing how you manage health challenges is the ever-present voice in your head. This page offers a collection of blocks, each containing a nugget of healing self-talk. Taken together, they are designed to empower the voice that comforts and inspires you, while dampening the voice that discourages or demoralizes you. To read more about an idea, click on the block to go to a blog post on the topic. I will continue adding to this new feature, so check back from time to time!

May you find kind words to tell yourself,
the kind that work well for you.


Encouraging patients who blame themselves when struggling with a challenge

Reminding patients that reporting symptoms helps those caring about them

Offering a way to reframe the pain of challenges, setbacks, and losses

Providing a persective that highlights patients’ strength

Highlighting a truth about how less can be more

Framing vulnerability as empowering

Empowering patients to guide their caregivers