A Blessing for My Daughter
The Blessing was printed and placed over her bed where it remained until she was discharged.
It is shared here for others whose family members are in the hospital or facing challenges.
Image Source: Faycel Rokbani. Lotus. Royalty Free Use.
A Healing Blessing from Journey of Hearts
A Healing Blessing Vodcast
This version of A Healing Blessing was created as a Vodcast Episode for an introductory course on Vodcasting for Teaching and uploaded so other instructors could more easily access the video file.This Healing Blessing expands on an Episode 4 from the NICU Parent Support Audio and Podcast. In this Vodcast Episode the Blessing has been set to photographs to create a video.
Online Teaching Courses from CCC @One
Online courses last four to five weeks and are facilitated by expert colleagues.
- CCC @ONE | Online Courses
- A listing of online teaching courses taught at CCC @One.
Blessings from the Start
You've been a Blessing
from the Start...
You've Been A Blessing in the Amazon Spotlight
A Healing Blessing
- May you be surrounded in comfort.
May you be filled with love.
May you feel the healing presence of those who hold you in their thoughts & prayers.
May these positive thoughts and blessings provide you with strength.
May you be sustained in health as you continue your healing journey.
May you relax.
May you be calm.
May you be serene.
May you rest as your body heals in your safe cocoon of comfort, love and strength.
May your body be transformed into one filled with love, happiness, joy and health.
May you continue to heal
- Moment by moment
Hour by hour
Day by day
Knowing that so many love you
and wait to welcome you
May you feel loved.
May you be safe.
May you be protected.
May you be strong.
May you be healed.
Mommy, Daddy & Kaarina
Image Source: Adapted from Sanja Gjenero's Pink Lily. Royalty Free Use.
The Blessings Art Print
Photographs Used for A Healing Blessing
In order to create the visual effects for the Healing Blessing video images were carefully selected from the SXC.hu collection.While I have my own collection of photography often times it is not exactly what I want to use. I am grateful that many photographers allow their works to be used royalty free.
This is a list of the photographers whose works were used in A Healing Blessing.
Team Askins, Neil Gould, BambooBeast, Benjamin Earwicker, Yasin Oztürk, Sanja Gjenero, Alexander Rist, Dave Hiebert, Shlomit Wolf, Emil Bacik, Aaron Schwab, Agata Urbaniak, Rodolfo Clix, Geoff Himself, Steve Woods, Michael Kaufmann, Marta Sdada, Billy Alexander, CJ Luc, Jin Neoh, Britta Kuhnen, Jolene 00, Andrejs Pidjass, M Nota, Helmut Gevert and Jenny Rollo.
At some point, I will try and include a list of links for all of the images used in the video clip.
Image Source: Harrison Keely. Photo Girl. Royalty Free Use.
The Anatomy of Hope in the Amazon Spotlight
The Anatomy of Hope: How People Prevail in the Face of Illness
Amazon Price: $10.17 (as of 11/11/2009)
The Anatomy of Hope is a journey of inspiring discovery, spanning some thirty years of Dr. Jerome Groopman's practice, during which he encountered many extraordinary people and sought to answer the question,
"Why do some people find and sustain hope during difficult circumstances, while others do not?"
A Lens on Hope Quotes
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Hope Quotes
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Hope can be a bit difficult to pin down, an elusive emotion, but one that we cannot seem to live without. It is defined as a general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled. Hope is having a belief in a positive outcome related to events and circu...
A Collection of Articles on Blessings and Challenges
- A Healing Place on Journey of Hearts
- A Healing Blessing on the Journey of Hearts website. This is the original posting for this blessing.
- An Easter Healing Blessing in the Intensive Care Nursery
- More about our Easter Blessing in the blog post on the NICU Parent Support Blog.
- Creating a Circle of Healing and Support
- More about Creating a Circle of Healing from the NICU Parent Support Blog.
- Life Transitions - Challenges that Test the Soul
- A look at managing life's transitions from the Grief, Loss & Transitions - Journey of Hearts Blog.
- Blessing: A Wish, A Prayer, A Hope: A Collection of Blessings for Peace, Healing & Comfort
- Blessings can be a helpful invocation, a prayer, a wish or a hope. Blessings are frequently used to help in coping when people are facing challenging times.
- Growing from Challenges
- A look at how one can grow by facing challenges from the Grief, Loss & Transitions - Journey of Hearts Blog.
More Books on Blessings and Healing on Amazon
How People Heal: Exploring the Scientific Basis of Subtle Energy in Healing
Amazon Price: $13.45 (as of 11/11/2009)
Soothe the Spirit: Blessings and Rituals for Energy Enhancement
Amazon Price: $16.95 (as of 11/11/2009)
Healing Images for Children: Teaching Relaxation and Guided Imagery to Children Facing Cancer and Other Serious Illnesses
Amazon Price: $24.95 (as of 11/11/2009)
Unexpected Blessings: Finding Hope and Healing in the Face of Illness
Amazon Price: $7.76 (as of 11/11/2009)
Guardian Angel Blessing
Creating a Circle of Healing for My Daughter
Rather than just sitting around worrying and fretting about my daughter, I decided to reach out to friends and family for support. We were able to do this quickly thanks for the connection power of the Internet.Within days after the birth of my youngest daughter and her unexpected NICU admission, we had contacted friends and family to notify them of what had happened.
Via phone calls and e-mail messages we tapped into the healing powers to create a circle of positive thoughts and energies from friends and family around the United States and around the world.
We asked everyone to hold our daughter in their thoughts, to keep positive thoughts and prayers to mentally aid in her healing process and strengthen the Circle of Healing around her.
On Easter morning, our newborn daughter was included on several prayer lists and prayer circles, only two days after her birth.
I truly believe that having so many people hold our daughter in their hearts, minds and souls, mentally aided in her healing process. We were blessed with the outcome. The Circle of Healing we created for her helped keep her safe and protected until she was strong enough to be discharged from the hospital.
Image Source:
Sanja Gjenero. Reaching 2. Royalty Free Use.
A Featured Lenses about the Circle of Healing
The other part of my daughter's NICU experience was to create a Circle of Healing for her.The Violet Heart Collection features a Circle of Healing pin, inspired by her hospitalization.
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Circle of Healing
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One of the greatest difficulties for me as a NICU parent, who was also used to being a physician, was the overwhelming feeling that there wasn't anything I could do for my daughter. I had to step back and turn over all of the care to those who unders...
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The Violet Heart Collection
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The Violet Heart Collection features pins, items and gifts designed for people facing a life changing event and to recognize that someone is experiencing a challenge or transition. The Violet Flower and the Purple Heart were the inspiration behind the...
Healing Circle around the Earth
Image Source: Billy Alexander. Blue Sphere. Royalty Free Use.
Blog Posts about the Circle of Healing
- Creating a Circle of Healing and Support
- I have long held the belief, both personally and professionally, that there is a healing power in holding a person in one's thoughts whether you are saying prayers or giving blessings or lighting candles. Blog post from the NICU Parent Support Blog.
Reinventing Medicine - Combining Science and Spirituality
I used to believe that we must choose between science and reason on one hand, and spirituality on the other, in how we lead our lives.
Now I consider this a false choice.
We can recover the sense of sacredness, not just in science, but in perhaps every area of life.
Larry Dossey, M.D.
Dr. Larry Dossey - Physician and Spiritual Healing Expert
He lectures throughout the country and has been a frequent guest on Oprah, Good Morning America, CNN, Dateline, Larry King Live and The Learning Channel.
Dr. Dossey is responsible for introducing innovations in spiritual care to acclaimed institutions across the United States.
- Dr. Larry Dossey's Official Website
- Dr. Larry Dossey's Official Website - Information about Alternative and Integrative Medicine.
- "Healing Words": Interview with Dr. Larry Dossey M.D - HealthWorld Online
- An interview with Dr. Larry Dossey from HealthWorld Online.
- Dr. Larry Dossey on Prayer in Medicine
- An Interview with Larry Dossey, M.D. on the role of prayer and meditation in medicine from Share Guide.
- Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing
- Since 2005, Dr. Dossey has served as an executive editor of this prestigious peer-reviewed journal, which covers the fields of integrative medicine, environmental health, spirituality, and conciousness-related health issues.
Healing Words in the Amazon Spotlight
Healing Words: The Power of Prayer and the Practice of Medicine
Amazon Price: $11.69 (as of 11/11/2009)
A groundbreaking classic linking prayer and health, physician Larry Dossey shares the latest evidence connecting prayer, healing, and medicine.
Using real-life examples and personal anecdotes, Dossey proves how prayer can be as valid a healing tool as drugs or surgery.
More Books from Larry Dossey on Amazon
Reinventing Medicine: Beyond Mind-Body to a New Era of Healing
Amazon Price: $11.69 (as of 11/11/2009)
Prayer Is Good Medicine: How to Reap the Healing Benefits of Prayer
Amazon Price: $11.69 (as of 11/11/2009)
The Extraordinary Healing Power of Ordinary Things: Fourteen Natural Steps to Health and Happiness
Amazon Price: $11.16 (as of 11/11/2009)
Be Careful What You Pray For...You Just Might Get It
Amazon Price: $12.59 (as of 11/11/2009)
The Energy of Prayer: How to Deepen Your Spiritual Practice
Amazon Price: $6.08 (as of 11/11/2009)
Prayers for Healing: 365 Blessings, Poems, & Meditations from Around the World in the Amazon Spotlight
Prayers for Healing: 365 Blessings, Poems, & Meditations from Around the World
Amazon Price: $10.85 (as of 11/11/2009)
Recent scientific research shows, the simple act of praying can be emotionally, spiritually, and even physically healing.
With Prayers for Healing, editor Maggie Oman invites readers into a healing space that can transform both mind and body.
More Books on Prayer During Times of Illness on Amazon
Prayers and Rituals at a Time of Illness and Dying: The Practices of Five World Religions
Amazon Price: $11.01 (as of 11/11/2009)
Life Prayers : From Around the World : 365 Prayers, Blessings, and Affirmations to Celebrate the Human Journey
Amazon Price: $13.26 (as of 11/11/2009)
In Times of Illness: Prayers of Hope and Strength
Amazon Price: $8.48 (as of 11/11/2009)
Earth Prayers From around the World: 365 Prayers, Poems, and Invocations for Honoring the Earth
Amazon Price: $12.44 (as of 11/11/2009)
My Greatest Blessings
My Greatest Blessings
Call me 'Mom.'
My Blessings
This photo is of my nicu survivor and her older nicu sibling on the day she came home from the hospital.My youngest is now a bright, healthy, happy and very energetic 6-year-old.
My oldest is a bright, health, happy and very energetic 8-year-old.
My Greatest Blessings in the Amazon Spotlight
Part of a Month of Thanks Challenge
A Healing Blessing lens was created in part for the Month of Thanks Challenge, since I am thankful for my two blessings.This lens benefits Action Against Hunger.
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A Month of Thanks Challenge
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A Month of Thanks gives lensmasters a chance to be thankful, raise awareness about hunger and make lenses to benefit hunger related Squidoo Charities. The challenge is being done to help us realize that even in the midst of everything that is going...
News Items about Healing Blessings
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Give Thanks at Thanksgiving
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Thanksgiving is a perfect time to stop for a moment once a year and remember to give thanks. It's a time to be grateful for one's health, family, friends, job, home and having food on the table. Take a few moments as you read through this lens and to...
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Count Your Blessings
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Count your blessings, this is such a simple charge and a reminder to be grateful for what we have. Yet in the craziness and the hustle and bustle of daily living stopping to be grateful and count our blessings is often one that we fail to overlook. C...
More of My Lenses about Using Symbols for Healing
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Water Blessing Labels
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Water Blessing Labels can be used as positive affirmations and inspirational messages to help you focus your intentions and inspire your inner journey. These re-usable transparent static cling decals can be placed on most smooth surfaces. The labels...
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Zorbitz - Lucky Karma Beads - Feng Shui Luck Charms
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These Lucky Karma Bracelets, Karmalogy, Nirvana Crystals and Feng Shui Charms are among my favorite fun gift ideas--for myself, or to give to others. I love the Zorbitz product line because they create products that can be worn or used as focusing to...
Other Squidoo Lenses about Blessings
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Blessings
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Have you been blessed ? I have......from all the different walks of life that have left me a comment in my guest books. Researching, Designing, Creating, and Writing about a topic that is important to you, and then publishing it on the internet leave...
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Blessing of the Animals
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Although most people often associate St Francis of Assisi with the Blessing of the Animals--the practice has been around much longer. In fact, art and folklore suggest that blessing traditions may predate the religious ceremonies so popular today......
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The Aloha Bracelet of Blessings
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You will find that blessing is as simple as Whispering Aloha. We are not helpless. There is always something that we can do. This lens suggests ways to empower yourself and others. Ways to promote peace and harmony. Ways to spread a little aloha aro...
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Reader Feedback on A Healing Blessing
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What do you think about Healing Blessings?
daria369 wrote...
Thank you for joining my Squidoo group!
"Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful."
-- Buddha
Posted January 15, 2009
Comfortdoc wrote...
Angel Blessings for being a Spirit of the Season Challenge winner.
Posted January 11, 2009
Nara wrote...
Kirsti , You have a beautiful lens and your words of hope for the healing prcoess. I'l be back to read again your words of hope. Thanks for this lens and thank you for coming to my lens and add to my favorite list.
Posted December 11, 2008
chefkeem wrote...
May this lens provide blessings for all its visitors. Allow me to add my little SquidAngel Blessing to your beautiful energy, Kirsti.
Posted November 24, 2008
Benefiting Save the Children and Action Against Hunger
Since my daughter was saved during her NICU hospitalization, it seemed fitting to have this lens benefit Save the Children.Save the Children is the leading independent organization creating lasting change in the lives of children in need in the United States and around the world.
Action Against Hunger is an international organization that delivers emergency aid and to people suffering from natural disasters or man-made crises.
Donate to Action Against Hunger
An international organization that delivers emergency aid and to people suffering from natural disasters or man-made crises.
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Kirsti A. Dyer MD, MS, FT is a respected physician, an expert in life challenges, loss, grief and bereavement, professional health educator, professor...
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