Tag: Dr. Leo Buscaglia

What I wish I knew back then: “New heart patients must choose their listeners carefully.”

~ Carolyn Thomas ~ 9 Comments

 by Carolyn Thomas   ♥  @HeartSisters

I once heard the late author Dr. Leo Buscaglia tell a conference audience a touching story about how he grew up equating caregiving with love. When he was a little boy, for example, his own mother was cold and distant  – except when he was sick. During those times, she would sit at his bedside, stroke his fevered brow, spoon-feed him homemade soup, fuss over each painful twinge, listen carefully to his every wimper, and become the kind of loving mother he rarely knew when he was healthy.   

But when he grew up and married, he was shocked by his new wife’s behaviour toward him whenever he got sick.      . Continue reading “What I wish I knew back then: “New heart patients must choose their listeners carefully.”” →

Choose your listeners carefully

~ Carolyn Thomas ~ 19 Comments

 by Carolyn Thomas   ♥  @Heartsisters

I once heard the late author Dr. Leo Buscaglia tell a conference audience his story about how he grew up equating caregiving with love. When he was a little boy, for example, his own mother seemed cold and distant  – except when he was sick. During those times, she would sit at his bedside, stroke his fevered brow, spoon-feed him homemade soup, fuss over every painful twinge, listen carefully to his every word, and become the kind of loving mother he rarely knew when he was healthy.    . Continue reading “Choose your listeners carefully” →

What’s your ‘being sick’ style?

~ Carolyn Thomas ~ 13 Comments

by Carolyn Thomas  ♥  @HeartSisters

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Here at Heart Sisters World Headquarters, it has come to my attention that there seems to be a divide between two types of recuperation styles when women get sick.  I don’t mean urgent/call 911/another-freakin’-heart-attack kind of sick, but more like your garden variety feeling-like-hell when you’re knocked flat in bed with a flu, a cold, or recovering from a bad flare of chronic illness symptoms.

The two most common responses from my Heart Sisters blog readers (always a goldmine of data!) are these:
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