Come as You Are? Thoughts on Healing
Jasmine Duckworth grapples with the idea of prayer and healing in the context of her chronic illness.
Jasmine Duckworth grapples with the idea of prayer and healing in the context of her chronic illness.
Mindfulness Training for Those Living with Dementia, Chronic Illness, or an Aging Brain.
Jasmine Duckworth shares vulnerably about her struggle for self-acceptance after a chronic-illness diagnosis.
I’ve lived for the past six years with chronic, phantom, pain caused by scar tissue that developed after radiation treatment for a brain tumor. Today, exactly half of my body is affected by aching, burning, stinging, or stabbing pain. It’s a white-hot searing sheet of pain that splits my bones. My boys regularly beg Jesus for my comfort.
The theme of a conference I attended a conference this past April was April showers bring May flowers: How do we prepare, plant, and cultivate inner (and outer) change in our lives whether quickly or deliberately?