Thanks to WisdomWoman.com, I finally understand the difference between wellness and wholeness. Based on my understanding, this will be the final post of Nerve Ana.

Wisdom Woman blogazine is all about wholeness. It’s a place to come see yourself in all of your complexity. Similar to looking in a 360 degree mirror (like on the popular TV [...]

The random generator chose a book winner for us this morning.

Comment # 11, submitted by Suzanne B. will receive a free copy of The Psoas Book by Liz Koch.

Help is on the way, Suzanne.

Please email me at cassie@wisdomwoman.com with your address and your book will be on it’s way.

Thanks to all who left comments. My [...]

I’m in a state of appreciation today.

I’ve been invited to do what I’m passionate about doing – talking about wellness and options for finding deeper meaning in life.

Talking my walk.

How many times do you get the opportunity to share what makes your heart sing with others?

It seems we’re all on a similar path these days, [...]

OK, this has nothing to do with balance. Except maybe that I bought three white pumpkins and balanced them on each other to create this boo-man. I had to show you. He’s soooo cute!

You know how my sister Jessica (the artist) gives you an art project step-by-step with lots of pictures? It’s not happening here.

I [...]

How do you eat an elephant?

One bite at a time.

How do you cultivate more balance in your life?

One step at a time.

We’re so accustomed to getting instant results in our high-tech world, we seldom look at any project in phases.

When it comes to undoing old disempowering patterns and replacing them with new more powerful ones, [...]

This is the final installment of the one and only Chapter One from the book that almost was (and probably will be in the near future.)

Stop, Balance, Go!

Chapter One – Installment 10

Let’s Take a Drive

Like me, you may be speeding through your life, missing plenty of signs along the way in [...]

(Note: These installments make up the one and only Chapter One of the book that almost was).

Stop, Balance, Go!

Chapter One – Installment 9

Faith, Science and Stress

One evening, in the midst of my first month-long nervous system ordeal, I cried to my husband, “Honey, what if I end up in a wheelchair?”

He [...]

(Note: These installments make up the one and only Chapter One of the book that almost was).

Stop, Balance, Go!

Chapter One – Installment 8

The Tunnel

Am I having a panic attack? I asked myself. I was stuck in a dark, narrow tunnel with a shrill noise piercing my eardrums. The sound resembled background music [...]

(Note: These installments make up the one and only Chapter One of the book that almost was).

Stop, Balance, Go!

Chapter One – Installment 7

Nature’s Equilibrium

After my MS diagnosis, I began a two-year cycle of regular “exacerbations,” as the disruptions of the nervous system that characterize MS are called, each lasting about a month. [...]

(Note: These installments make up the one and only Chapter One of the book that almost was).

Stop, Balance, Go!

Chapter One – Installment 6

Questioning Normal

For the first month after my return trip from Santa Fe, I desperately depended on the help of my husband and two children (just eight and ten [...]