Traditional Chinese Healing Music for Anxiety & Insomnia Relief.

Whispers Beneath the Bamboo Moon Beneath the mist, the silent waters gleam,The distant mountains fade into a dream.A bamboo flute releases notes of rain,And drifting clouds return to hills again. The old stone bridge lies quiet in the blue,While silver drops fall softly, one by two.A lonely player breathes a tender tune,His melody awakens with […]

Sometimes a Person Does Not Want the Drug.

Sometimes a person does not want the drug. They want to stop feeling what is happening inside them. The distinction sounds almost too simple when it is written down. It can even sound suspiciously convenient, as if one sentence could explain something that may have taken years to develop. Addiction does not usually arrive with […]

Chapter 8. A Story That Remains Open.

There is a particular temptation at the end of rehabilitation to look for a sentence that will close everything. The person has recovered. The treatment is finished. The goal has been reached. Life can now return to normal. It is a satisfying way to describe recovery because it gives the story a proper ending, and […]

Intermittent Fasting, Keto or Detox: What Is Actually Worth Believing?

Diet trends have a strange habit of making ordinary food sound like a complicated scientific problem. One month we are told that eating only within a certain number of hours is the answer. Then carbohydrates become the enemy. Then somebody discovers that the body apparently needs to be “cleaned” with juices, herbs or a few […]

Chapter 6. What an Occupational Therapist Notices Before the Person Does.

People usually come to an occupational therapist with a problem that has already acquired a name. The shoulder hurts. The hand has become weak. Walking takes too much effort. Dressing has become difficult. Work is exhausting. There is trouble concentrating, sleeping, cooking, getting through the morning without needing to lie down. The person has usually […]

Chapter 5. Why Rest Does Not Always Restore Energy.

There are evenings when a person finally gets what they have been waiting for all day. The door is closed. The phone is somewhere nearby but, for once, nobody is calling. There is food in the kitchen, the work is over, and there is nothing that absolutely has to be done in the next ten […]