Ok guys- here’s the deal...What I do and what you do are so similar...Exactly what am I talking about?

This is what I’m talking about...We all have our trials...we all lose ourselves sometimes...we all fail and screw ourselves up and then feel miserable and go into hiding and stay put for as long as we can- but, then-we gotta get up...we just gotta crawl up out of there, find the strength to get up and walk again...even if that “getting up” is on all four to begin with! That crawl is a beginning...

1) “Be not afraid of life” (William James).

As I wrote in Becoming Starlight, I lived in fear of life for so many years. Thinking that life…and death… were out to get me, I decided to get them first! I spiraled downward out of nothing but pure unadulterated fear of “getting out there” again. I needed to learn that life is just life and that it becomes exactly what you make it with your thoughts and behaviors. What you expect- you get! Death came calling in such an unexpected way-I had no wherewithal to deal with it…

I so hope this finds you safe and well! I’ve had all of you in my thoughts and prayers and I’ve been trying to figure out the best way to support you in this absolutely nutty time! I know many of you are worried and quite literally scared to death about what this virus is doing to our families, our jobs, our country-and to the world.

I wish I were a much wiser woman and had all the answers that would calm your Soul. But I don’t have all those answers! But what I DO have is time. Time to respond to you, to listen to you, to “be there” with you as you try to process the fears and worries that may have taken over your life.

“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated.”

These words, first spoken by the great Maya Angelou, appear in Tricia Barker’s memoir Angels in the OR and, as Tricia takes us inside her life’s journey, we begin to see- and experience- exactly why she chose this particular quote. I came to know and understand this beautiful woman on a much deeper level than I expected and I rightfully came to the conclusion that her story wasn’t one of defeat or denial or loss. It was, instead, a story filled with light and joy and hope for the future…

It has been said “life sometimes doesn’t get you to the people you want to meet but always gets you to the people you need to meet.” Dr. Carey White is that person. Dr. Carey is a licensed physical therapist and an Orthopedic Certified Specialist. Carey, because of her healing skills across the continuum of health and well-being, has often been referred to as “gifted.” Because of her empathic and compassionate demeanor, she is one of the most sought-after healers in the Metropolitan Washington area.