A Framework for Healing: Believe, Belong, Be
To honor hundreds of thousands of patients and family caregivers who use CaringBridge every day, we have been working with a National Geographic photographer and filmmaker to capture stories of hope a...
Exploring the Topic of Healing
CaringBridge has served as the world’s witness to good stuff that comes out of bad stuff since June 7, 1997, when founder Sona Mehring, of Eagan, MN, launched one website to support two college frie...
6 Tips on Advocating for Yourself Through Breast Cancer
No one ever wants to hear the words “breast cancer,” in relation to themselves, or any person they love. But as power and direction can come from words and actions following such a diagnosis, many...
Emergency Hospital Bag Checklist: 8 Essential Items
Rushing to the hospital can be nerve-wracking, but you can prepare by packing some essential items beforehand. Whether it’s for you or a loved one, having an emergency hospital bag will make any pat...
Survivor’s Guilt: Tips to Heal From Those Who’ve Gone Through It
Survivors’ guilt occurs when survivors feel responsible for the death or injury of others, even if the survivor was not at fault in the situation. This trauma may lead to persisting feelings of guil...
How Loving Kindness Meditation Can Help Your Mind Breathe
Heading to my cabin in Wisconsin, I passed the Franconia Sculpture Park in an unmown hay field adjacent to County Road 8. Among its giant recycled material sculptures, one installation is a pair of ro...
Study: Spiritual Support Often Absent in Clinic Settings
I am a spiritual caregiver who had a client, Sara, who let her Stage 1 breast cancer grow over four years before she sought pastoral counseling to decide if she should seek medical treatment. Sara had...
How Practicing Gratitude Can Help You Heal
Swept away like breadcrumbs in the moment, I decided to gather up the bits and pieces of my life to see if the trail ended in gratitude. Constantly asking my kids to put a little “gr” in f...
In Tough Times, Take Charge of Your Own Story
With COVID-19 running rampant and social distancing the expectation, these are unsettling and unprecedented times. Quite suddenly, everything is different. My typically frenetic home life is quiet. No...
Listen in on a Doctor/Patient Heart-to-Heart
Jonathan Adler, PhD, left, Dr. Annie Brewster, Dr. John Trusheim and Michael Bischoff at a healing story session hosted by Health Story Collaborative. CaringBridge author Michael Bischoff of Minneapol...