{"id":784,"date":"2015-03-27T23:30:23","date_gmt":"2015-03-28T08:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=784"},"modified":"2015-03-28T03:41:10","modified_gmt":"2015-03-28T12:41:10","slug":"mar-27-a-source-of-inspiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=784","title":{"rendered":"Mar. 27 &#8211; A Source of Inspiration"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"shariff\" data-title=\"Mar. 27 &#8211; A Source of Inspiration\" data-info-url=\"http:\/\/ct.de\/-2467514\" data-backend-url=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/plugins\/shariff-sharing\/backend\/index.php\" data-temp=\"\/tmp\" data-ttl=\"60\" data-service=\"gftr\" data-services='[\"googleplus\",\"facebook\",\"twitter\",\"reddit\",\"info\"]' data-image=\"\" data-url=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=784\" data-lang=\"en\" data-theme=\"colored\" data-orientation=\"horizontal\"><\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/rainbow-tynemouth-england.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-785\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/rainbow-tynemouth-england-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"rainbow tynemouth england\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/rainbow-tynemouth-england-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/rainbow-tynemouth-england.jpg 599w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I frequently find as I visit patients that one of the things they are seeking is inspiration.\u00a0 More specifically they seek inspiration that their health status will improve.\u00a0 I employ several approaches to help them find inspiration.\u00a0 Some of these include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Faith based illustrations, Biblical stories, and prayer.<\/li>\n<li>Reminding the patient of the illnesses that medicine can cure that just a few years ago our treatment tools were much less effective.<\/li>\n<li>Asking the patient what inspires them, where they place their hope.<\/li>\n<li>Sometimes I show them a picture that fits in the context of our conversation to bring inspiration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The picture on this post was in my Twitter feed this week.\u00a0 The person who posted it used these words to describe it, \u201c<em>This insane rainbow thing happened this week in Tynemouth, England<\/em>.\u201d\u00a0 The instant I saw the picture I knew I had to save it because it would be a tool for helping with patients in the future.\u00a0 I hope as you look at the picture you find inspiration in it!\u00a0 Have a great weekend!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I frequently find as I visit patients that one of the things they are seeking is inspiration.\u00a0 More specifically they seek inspiration that their health status will improve.\u00a0 I employ several approaches to help them find inspiration.\u00a0 Some of these include: Faith based illustrations, Biblical stories, and prayer. Reminding the patient of the illnesses that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=784\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mar. 27 &#8211; A Source of Inspiration<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=784"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":786,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784\/revisions\/786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}