MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'beginnings'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:42:01 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3942988&cid=t_369657_136_f&fid=39212&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbahtocancer.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fterm-begins%2F I don’t know about you, but I don’t think that back-to-school feeling ever quite leaves you. September 1 will usually find me on a stationery spree, even if my urge to rush home and stick pictures of Duran Duran all over my new notebooks is not as strong as once it was. I may even be buying a pair of black patent leather shoes, though they are almost certainly going to be more exciting than my school shoes of yore. (Having size 8 feet in the 1980s meant lace-up Hush Puppies or slip-on Hush Puppies, in the days before Hush Puppies re-invented themselves as borderline cool.) As term begins, watching children in stiff new blazers and shining white socks crowd nervously onto buses makes me a little wistful for the days when life was so full of clear beginnings and endings, and h... Bah! to cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3942988 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:09:23 +0100 3942988 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3607854&cid=t_369657_180_f&fid=38604&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fmakeitgreat%2F%7E3%2Fk6O_cHYQe1c%2F Today is my last official day as an associate in corporate America. I spent almost 9 years as a vice president of information technology at a financial services company, leading the IT Help Desk for 10 direct reports in support of 2500 associates and however many clients we have using our online products. While I was never the most technical guy, I was the person who made sure our customers were happy. Every day I was at work, I gave things 100% of what I had, no matter what else was going on in my life. I’m going in today, my last day, to take care of business…again. My job was simple: To help our IT organization increase employee & customer engagement. To be unafraid to screw their computer up, because they knew our IT department could fix just about anything they did to their c... Phil Gerbyshak blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3607854 Fri, 28 May 2010 12:05:06 +0100 3607854 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3607557&cid=t_369657_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F05%2F28%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-may-28-2010%2F There are just a handful of days left until Memorial Day. How are you celebrating this three day weekend? For me, the holiday signifies the start of summer and all that the warm season brings. Superficially, I’m reminded of the things I love like barbecues, tank tops and flip flops and the things I could do without such as termites, cockroaches and hot weather. But on a deeper level, the summertime brings me back to new beginnings and a fresh start. The hope of facing old fears, the courage of tackling new inner battles and the ever present possibility of a better me, one that’s closer to loving and accepting who I am warts and all. It’s something about the season, more than at the beginning of a new year (maybe it’s the shedding of our outer coats) that brings me c... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3607557 Fri, 28 May 2010 11:34:35 +0100 3607557 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3595646&cid=t_369657_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F05%2F25%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-may-25-2010%2F Life is about beginnings and endings. As one season ends, for example, another one begins. While it’s difficult to let go of our beloved television shows (Lost) and our favorite season (spring), there is always something new and exciting just around the bend. The challenge is to have a bit of faith as we make our way blindly through the unexpected and unseen twists and turns in our path. One thing I’ve been doing recently is rereading old journals and diaries. It has taught me is that the answers to my questions would reveal itself with time. All of my frustrations, goals, and uncertainties were just a handful of pages away. I just needed to stop fretting and start trusting that my needs would be met and my prayers would be answered. As you head off into a brand new season of s... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3595646 Tue, 25 May 2010 12:40:49 +0100 3595646 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1826019&cid=t_369657_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2Fhjiqs48Cq8I%2F We’ll try to sell you on this… From the Original Manuscript; Our description of the alcoholic, the chapter to the agnostic, and our personal adventures before and after, have been designed to sell you three pertinent ideas: (a) That you are alcoholic and cannot manage your own life. (b) That probably no human power can relieve your alcoholism. (c) That God can and will. If you are not convinced on these vital issues, you ought to re-read the book to this point or else throw it away! That’s right - if you’re unconvinced, throw the book away! And we should practice stroking feathers in recovery? I doubt it. This is what we need to get straight; This is the how and why of it. First of all, quit playing God yourself. It doesn’t work. Next, decide that hereafter in... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1826019 Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:26:44 +0100 1826019 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1356266&cid=t_369657_151_f&fid=36047&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FADozenSteps%2F%7E3%2F266460728%2F Is where “it” all began… Considering Bill Wilson was in an alcoholic stupor, I doubt he really perceived it this way until much later. From page 196 of “The Language of the Heart” Bill tells us; “In the late summer of 1934, my well-loved alcoholic friend and schoolmate, Ebbie, had fallen in with these good folks (the Oxford Group) and had promptly sobered up. Being an alcoholic, and rather on the obstinate side, he hadn’t been able to ‘buy’ all the Oxford group ideas and attitudes. Nevertheless, he was moved by their deep sincerity and felt mighty grateful for the fact that their ministrations had, for the time being, lifted his obsession to drink.” First Things First. We all know that Ebbie’s obsession returned. That is a f... A Dozen Steps blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1356266 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:53:38 +0100 1356266