Charley Cropley4 min readConscious RelatingLICORICE AND ANXIETY: SIN BOLDLYYou know how we all have a weak spot in our diet; that thing we cannot seem to control when the impulse arises. Years ago mine was black...
Charley Cropley3 min readShameHOW DOES YOUR BODY TALK TO YOU?Sarah sits before me with tears in her eyes. “I feel like something is wrong with me. I’m degenerating, and I don’t know what to do.” At...
Charley Cropley3 min readThe Wisdom of IllnessUNDAMN YOUR ILLNESSUndamn your illness or your body. Open an alternative to your compulsive, unexamined certainty that you know what your body or your...
Charley Cropley6 min readCompassionCOMPASSION FOR YOUR BODYListening compassionately to our body is the primary skill in healing chronic, degenerative diseases. I am not against using conventional...
Charley Cropley3 min readKindnessKINDNESS: THE PROTECTOR OF THE PERSECUTEDCriticizing yourself because you are sick or overweight or because you are not taking better care of yourself is self-persecution. Once...
Charley Cropley1 min readCompassionGENTLENESS IS POWER Our body is our most precious friend and servant. It is completely dependent upon us for wellbeing. It speaks to us constantly, telling...