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    • My Intent For People Care Today…

      Posted at 6:58 PM by Krista Gorman, PA-C, on October 22, 2017

      Originally written several years ago….I wanted to share this post again in light of learning about an ER physician Dr. Anoop Kumar who published a book which highlights aspects of practicing medicine, of caring for others, we too often overlook and do not include in our daily care of patients..here’s his website…please check it out.  It’s “good medicine“.  Love to you all!

      http://www.anoopkumar.com

      In a busy ER it can be a challenge to slow down and really be present for people.  Let’s face it, being a patient in the ER it’s not really our best moment.  We’re vulnerable, often scared and unsure of what’s going to happen. There’s a lot of fear. In my life before, my tolerance level was low.  Now, I’m able to function from the point of view of the people I care for and I care for everyone very much.  For me, the people I take care of are people, not patients.  They are beings of love and light and I am connected to every one of them.  Compassion and love are my point of view. May you have a beautiful, healthy day! xox

      Posted in Uncategorized | 0 Comments | Tagged caring for patients, compassion, emergency, healthcare, helping profession, love, loving each other, medical professional, patience
    • Awareness and Letting Go

      Posted at 12:08 PM by Krista Gorman, PA-C, on March 20, 2015

      When I talk about my journey after having my daughter and a near death experience at the same time, I often have “a -ha!” moments where new revelations help my understanding of my life and death grow.

      For many years after my NDE, in order to appease everyone around me, I made a conscious effort to continue being the “old” Krista, the one who thought the same as she did and acted the way she would, but now had the experience of the love I really was, so being the “old” Krista no longer felt quite right.  Still, in order to maintain what felt safe in my life, I justified the feeling and found a way to continue living that way.

      Even though my memory and retention wasn’t that great,  (8 minutes without blood flow to my brain) because I focused my attention on things like grudges and past hurts, I was able to hold on to them which of course made them easier to remember.  One of the things I’d done in my life before was to be easily slighted and resentful.  Being that way never felt good, but I wasn’t able to connect the “not feeling good” to my own thoughts and behaviors.  It was always someone else’s fault, not mine.  Ego can be incredibly strong when we’re not aware!

      Once I began my process of reawakening to the love I am, I realized the hurt and resentment wasn’t in alignment with who I was.  I worked less at holding onto and was gradually able to heal and let go of the negative emotions I’d carried with me from the past.  I began to feel lighter and more in alignment with my true self.

      During that process I had a significant a-ha moment while reading through someone’s Facebook post where they used the phrase “Forgive but don’t forget.”  I disagreed.  My memory loss and poor recall along with remembering who I really am has allowed me to easily forget the things others do or say that my ego may initially perceive as hurtful.  Not only that, but I’ve allowed my ego to take a backseat to the love I am and rarely feel slighted or injured by the action or lack of action of those around me.  It’s not that I consciously let it go each and every time but I simply forget about it, not just in my mind but in my body as well.   I also choose over and over to live from the perspective of love and compassion so the times where negative feelings enter into my consciousness are not nearly as frequent as they were in the past.

      Thoughts manifest in our physical form and what I discovered when I began to make my transformation here, returning to the love I am, was that I started to physically feel better.  I was not holding on to negativity.  For a long time I worked at not letting it go because it kept me tethered to my ego and my ego kept me stagnant so I didn’t have to open up and be the person I knew my self to be.  Through letting go of the fear of being “me” I was able to heal past hurts and let them go so I could better live my truth.  It’s the same path we all walk toward living in this world as the love we are and I wish that same feeling of freedom for everyone!

      Much Love!  xox

      Posted in Uncategorized | 0 Comments | Tagged acceptance, awareness, beauty, choices, compassion, ego, good health, healing ourselves, law of attraction, living our truth
    • My Intent For People Care Today…

      Posted at 6:48 AM by Krista Gorman, PA-C, on February 16, 2015

      Originally written several years ago….I wanted to share this post again in light of learning about an ER physician Dr. Anoop Kumar who published a book which highlights aspects of practicing medicine, of caring for others, we too often overlook and do not include in our daily care of patients..here’s his website…please check it out.  It’s “good medicine“.  Love to you all!

      http://www.anoopkumar.com

      In a busy ER it can be a challenge to slow down and really be present for people.  Let’s face it, being a patient in the ER it’s not really our best moment.  We’re vulnerable, often scared and unsure of what’s going to happen. There’s a lot of fear. In my life before, my tolerance level was low.  Now, I’m able to function from the point of view of the people I care for and I care for everyone very much.  For me, the people I take care of are people, not patients.  They are beings of love and light and I am connected to every one of them.  Compassion and love are my point of view. May you have a beautiful, healthy day! xox

      Posted in Uncategorized | 0 Comments | Tagged caring for patients, compassion, emergency, healthcare, helping profession, love, loving each other, medical professional, patience
    • Loving Ourselves

      Posted at 12:12 PM by Krista Gorman, PA-C, on December 10, 2014

      I have some experience with the challenges around this topic.  My inclination had always been to put others’ needs first before mine, to minimize my needs so as to accommodate others.  While that is absolutely necessary in life, a balance needs to be created between dispensing our energy and energizing ourselves.

      We need to get in order to give.

      How do we replenish ourselves of the energy we give away?  Through loving ourselves.  That’s it.  The love we give away must be equal to the love we show ourselves.  Otherwise, we end up depleted and defeated.  The challenge here is that often we hold the belief we don’t deserve it.  For some reason, we don’t feel as worthy of receiving as those who receive.

      As we live our lives, we often lose touch with the loving, divine beings we are.  We are made up of pure love.  The energy that fuels us is love energy.  That love energy is what makes up the universe.  That universal energy is flowing through us and is everywhere, all the time. It’s an unbroken cycle.  If we lack the love for ourselves that we endeavor to give away, we disconnect from that universal love. We temporarily break and disconnect from our source.  Without source energy flowing through us, we deplete our own.  We cannot give what we don’t have.  So if we truly want to share with and serve others with our love, we must connect and replenish with the love of the universe.

      Make sense?  Let me know your thoughts!

      Love To You!!

      Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments | Tagged charity, Children, choices, Christmas, compassion, connection, faith, hope, how to love ourselves, law of attraction, love energy, self love
    • Furgeson’s Legacy

      Posted at 8:00 AM by Krista Gorman, PA-C, on November 30, 2014

      Through suffering comes change.  Through darkness, light.  Through compassion and love, a more compassionate and loving world.

      Posted in Uncategorized | 0 Comments | Tagged Children, choices, compassion, Furgeson, grace, intention, love, police
    • Oh, Sweet Life!

      Posted at 10:39 PM by Krista Gorman, PA-C, on September 23, 2014

      I witness a lot of suffering in my daily life, not my own mind you, but that of others.  I’ve come to the awareness that if I am to survive in this world, I must live in it objectively.  Objective awareness.  I love, but in a detached kind of way.  I am unattached to ego when I am unattached.

      I love, but I do not possess.  I appreciate and observe and admire, but do not grab hold of and cling to anything.

      These things make my life sweeter.  What’s the icing on the cake?  The love I receive in return, simply for loving in the first place.  We are each a mirror for the other.

      xoxo

      Posted in Uncategorized | 0 Comments | Tagged awareness, compassion, detachment, lady gaga, love, madonna, Peace, war, winnie the pooh
    • Discussion of the Twelve Principles For Daily Living at the International Association of Near Death Studies, August 2014

      Posted at 10:07 AM by Krista Gorman, PA-C, on September 9, 2014

      Posted in Uncategorized | 0 Comments | Tagged afterlife, angels, beauty, compassion, connection, consciousness, courage, create your life, creativity, death, Divinity, faith, fear, God, happiness, healing, heaven, human potential, IANDS, inspiration, joy, life, life after near death experience, life's purpose, love, meaning of death, meaning of life, near death experience, Peace, present moment, purpose, reason for being here, relationships, self help, spiritual, spiritual experiences
    • “You can only u…

      Posted at 2:22 PM by Krista Gorman, PA-C, on April 29, 2014

      “You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.” John Steinbeck

      I read this today and instantly felt an understanding of his wisdom.  Compassion is the palpable, namable experience we have when we participate in the suffering of another through feeling.  Simple phrase by Stienbeck, but with a depth of meaning that transcends.

      Love to you all!

      xox

      Posted in Uncategorized | 0 Comments | Tagged compassion, feelings, John Steinbeck, love, near death, relationships, self knowledge
    • On Being Joyful

      Posted at 9:00 AM by Krista Gorman, PA-C, on March 17, 2014

      Joy used to sound like such an over-the-top kind of word that rarely described anyone, except maybe kids around the Holidays, or when you find the last pair of jeans in your size that are exactly what you were looking for and don’t cost a fortune, in fact there’s a sale on them, etc.

      I understand joy differently now. 

      During my NDE, I experienced the joy that we are at our core being.  That was joy. Blissful, unadulterated, unfiltered joy.

      In my life since my experience, joy has mostly been an elusive thing for me.  Over the years I’ve come to really understand it, and how I can experience it in my daily life.  It’s not been about the acquisition of things, or promotions or more money.  It’s about connection, and compassion.  It’s about acceptance, and most of all, Love in all its forms.

      I wish you true Joy today  🙂 

      xoxo  

      Posted in Uncategorized | 0 Comments | Tagged acceptance, afterlife, compassion, connection, death, God, heaven, joy, life, love, near death experience
    • Reflections

      Posted at 2:16 PM by Krista Gorman, PA-C, on December 31, 2013

      Being that it’s New Year’s Eve, I, like so many, find myself looking back at this time last year and being really amazed at the huge transformations that have happened not only in my life, but in the lives of my family.  

      For me, it’s been a journey of opening up and being vulnerable.  I am allowing myself to “become” and show others my authentic self.  My NDE reminded me of who that is, and of the spiritual commitment I made during my journey into the afterlife, which was to share the love I am with the world.  This happens in myriad ways, and at present my ADD mind is trying to organize my efforts in many  directions (M-A-N-Y). Lol.  

      What happens in the coming year depends on me.  I create my life from my intentions, and so far, they’ve always delivered.  Maybe not in the exact way I wanted them to, but always for the higher good of everyone involved.  When something doesn’t “go my way” it’s for a pretty darn good reason, and just means there is something better coming down the pike than I could have imagined .  When these good things happen, it’s not just me that benefits, and that’s what life is all about.  

      Happy New Year!

      Love to you all :] 

      Posted in Uncategorized | 0 Comments | Tagged afterlife, commitment, compassion, death, faith, family, joy, law of attraction, love, near death experience, New Year, new year's resolution, service, spirituality, strength
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