Good Friends!

This is REAL FRIENDSHIP!

I hope this gave you a smile–please pass it on. From http://www.asoftvoice.com

Share Your Thoughts With Me

Based on recent events, I have encountered and spoken with a variety of people from around the United States in the Parkinson’s disease (PD) community who have unfulfilled needs and are in need of unmet specific resources. Local, state, and federal agencies can only do so much and PD organizations are doing the best that they can to assist the growing need.

I would like to take a very unscientific poll of readers of this blog and ask you flat out- What one need concerning Parkinson’s disease do you feel needs to be addressed (not to mention research or a cure) in the PD community? After a few weeks, I will summarize the results of this poll. Please send your answer via email (not by post and responses are confidentil) to asoftvoice@robbworks.com

Thank You!
Karl

Join me Sunday at 5:00 PM EDT on Sunday Connections!

If you have Parkinson’s disease or are a carepartner/caregiver and are looking for ideas or are looking for a place to exchange information, join me and my wife, Angela, to discuss what’s new, what’s working, and what’s worth considering.

Tell us what is working for you. Share information about a therapy you may have tried or something that has benefited you.

If you use the information below, this will get you to the website or  get you access by phone. The show is an hour long and we welcome questions and comments. Let us know if there is a topic on Parkinson’s that you would like us to address.  Put us on your calendar this Sunday. (We are not doctors and we do not delve out medical advice.)

Look Below To Access Sunday Connections:

Sunday Connections with Karl Robb

http://InstantTeleseminar.com/?eventid=40845387

Event Password: karl2012

Primary dial in number: (206) 402-0100

Secondary dial in number: (323) 476-3672

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Skepticism

I am neither a doctor nor am I a scientist. I am simply a Parkinson’s patient living over 25 years with what I have been told is a “progressive, degenerative, and chronic illness”. My theories hold no scientific merit and my empirical data is close to nil, and yet  the proof is in the results of my actions. As I write this blog post, I can tell you here and now that I am as well as I have been in many many years. I don’t reveal this information for applause or braggadocio but to explain that I truly believe there may be tweaks, nudges, and slight alterations to our “conventional” perception of illness to take it even farther. Call it faith, call it hope, call it luck, but if it works for you and you improve why put a label on it? Just accept that what works for you works for you.

As a Reiki practitioner and master, I can tell you that I have seen a change of some sort in every person that I have worked on over the past 15 years. The distinct change in the  person’s eyes, the calmness in their demeanor, the deepening of their breath, and often the clarity of their mind are noticeable results following a Reiki treatment. Even when the client is unable to identify a change or is unable to recognize any difference, it is often quite obvious to the energy worker.

Reiki has given me such peace, control, and strength. I found it as a skeptic but when I discovered the tremendous benefits of calmness and energy that it brought me, I new this was what I needed. That was 15 years ago. I am not supposed to get better, but I am. I have no doubt that Reiki is one of the key tools to my success.

I have little doubt that we humans are susceptible to many stressors that we don’t often think my be a stressor. Consider electricity, Electro Magnetic Fields (EMF) and exposure to busy streets, or a hectic and loud room. For me, if I am exposed to high energy power lines or even an electronic store full of appliances, I can feel that energy bombarding my body and going right through me.

If carrying crystals or stones in your pocket calms your mind and body and you feel an attachment to the energy of the object, by all means, do it. As wacky as it may sound, I have found benefit and protection by carrying stones with certain properties. At little cost and no risk, what is the harm in carrying a piece of quartz and malachite to see if it helps.

Putting a cap or at least reducing your stress level will no doubt reduce your symptoms, improve your state of mind, and improve your sleep. Sometimes taking a break from outside influences like television news, newspapers, reality TV, and people with negative attitudes, will seem like a vacation. You need positivity and to hear the good stuff. What we hear, see, and touch leaves and imprint on us. If the mind is a computer and we program it with negative software, the more likely we are going to need to upgrade our virus protection.

If we remain skeptical and close-minded about exploring options that are foreign to us, we cheat ourselves and an awaiting opportunity. If you are open enough to explore a complementary therapy, I encourage you to investigate the therapy and practitioner, go in with an open mind, and be flexible to try another therapy if you discover this therapy isn’t right for you. Make sure the therapy is noninvasive, within your budget, and that the person doing the therapy is certified and experienced.

Book Review: A Handbook for Life by Richard London

Rich London with A Soft Voice in Bahamas

If you haven’t read my friend, Rich London’s book, A Handbook for Life: A Practical Guide To Success And Happiness, I encourage you to read and share it. The book oozes with inspirational and thought provoking exercises to lead you to an answer and a goal. Part workbook and part manual, London provokes thinking but he also asks us to delve deep down to discover what it is we want to accomplish from our lives. The book encompasses a wide range of life issues both personal and professional.

 Richard London is a survivor and an inspiring person. This being Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month, he is someone to know. Faced with prostate cancer, nine surgeries following an automobile accident, and Parkinson’s disease, Richard London shares his shining spirit and a beaming can do attitude. An accomplished business man, a commercial pilot, and a third degree black belt, Richard London has assembled a no-nonsense meaty collection of tools to assist you in setting priorities and putting your life in perspective.

 Check out Rich’s site at www.ahandbookforlife.com

Hear A Soft Voice In A Noisy World Audio Book Promo!

Now on YouTube!  We placed the audio book trailer on YouTube, please feel  free to share with your friends, support groups, and anyone dealing with Parkinson’s!

Until the release of the much anticipated release of the audio book version (within the next 2 weeks) of A Soft Voice In A Noisy World: A Guide to Dealing and Healing with Parkinson’s Disease, here is a link to the upcoming audio read by voice over artist, Doug Gochman. If you like it, please share it with anyone who may think should hear it. Thank You! Click hear to listen .

A Tribute To My Wife and Carepartner for Parkinson’s Awareness Month-April!

She makes me whole. Her passionate optimism, her zest for life, and her ability to take on most any challenge inspires me right to my core. We are best friends, partners in life, soul mates.

The challenge of Parkinson’s disease creates many a roadblock to disrupt the flow of a loving relationship be it husband and wife or any other relationship. As difficult as it may be, the lines of communication must remain open at all times. Sharing our feelings and thoughts with those closest to us are of the utmost importance for those we care about as well as our own sanity. I am thankful, grateful, and so appreciative for the patience and understanding that my loving wife, Angela gives me. To know her is to truly love her. Today, tell those who make your life better just how much you appreciate them and how grateful you are to have them in your life.