By Lissa Rankin Guest writer for Wake Up World A deep cultural blind spot has recently come into my awareness, and it’s the kind of blind spot that, once you see it, you can’t unsee it...
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Lissa Rankin, MD, is a mind-body medicine physician, founder of the Whole Health Medicine Institute training program for physicians and health care providers, and the New York Times bestselling author of “Mind Over Medicine: Scientific Proof That You Can Heal Yourself”. She is on a grass roots mission to heal health care, while empowering you to heal yourself.
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How Can You Tell If You’re Being Spiritually Guided? 15 Discernment Tools
By Lissa Rankin Guest writer for Wake Up World I’m in Boulder, Colorado right now with Trevor Hart, leading a Sounds True event about trusting the invisible forces of love to guide you in your...
Medical Error is Still the #3 Cause of Death in the U.S. – Are We Really Okay With This?
By Lissa Rankin, MD Guest writer for Wake Up World When the British Medical Journal reported in May of 2016 that preventable medical error is the #3 cause of death in the United States, behind...
Holding Space When Someone Is In Pain
By Lissa Rankin Guest writer for Wake Up World I first heard the term “generous listening” almost ten years ago, when I took a workshop for doctors with Rachel Naomi Remen, MD. She told...
Beyond the Mind: A More Enlightened Way to Make Difficult Decisions
By Lissa Rankin Guest writer for Wake Up World I used to make decisions in a very cognitive way, the way most of us are taught to make good decisions in our culture. Responsible decision-making for...
10 Tips for Fully Feeling What Hurts Right Now, Without Going Insane
By Lissa Rankin Guest writer for Wake Up World Stuff hurts right now. A lot of stuff hurts. If you’re not feeling at least some pain right now, you’ve probably numbed out with an...
Is Trump’s Immigration Ban a “Shock Event” Meant to Divide and Disempower Us?
February 6th, 2017 By Lissa Rankin Guest writer for Wake Up World Like many, I was shocked at last week’s executive order banning travel into our country from seven Muslim nations. I was so...
How Finding Your Calling Can Boost Mental, Spiritual and Physical Health
By Lissa Rankin Guest writer for Wake Up World You probably already know that selling your soul in a job that stresses you out can predispose you to illness. However, what if I told you, as a...
The Difference Between Rescuing and Being of Service
November 27th, 2016 By Lissa Rankin Guest writer for Wake Up World This post is hard for me to write because it shines light on one of the core patterns I’ve spent years in therapy and years...
A Love Letter to Humanity During Uncertain Times
By Lissa Rankin Guest writer for Wake Up World In the midst of many global crises, while many of us find ourselves feeling fury, helplessness, and grief, drowning in shadow, I wanted to share with...
You’ve Already Arrived, Darling!
October 4th, 2016 By Lissa Rankin Guest writer for Wake Up World You are enough. There. I said it. Breathe that in. You are enough. I can already hear your “Yeah...
How To Keep Your Heart Open When You Lose a Pet
September 29th, 2016 By Lissa Rankin Guest writer for Wake Up World I was only seven when my parents hired a chimney sweep to wipe out the cobwebs on our brick flue. They didn’t expect...