Christijan Robert BroerseWith Two Weeks Left to Live…Sixteen Years AgoUpon completing my narrative non-fiction manuscript, From the Jaws of the Lion, rereading and revising in words the worst years of my life…Feb 12, 2019Feb 12, 2019
Christijan Robert BroerseA Threat to Present and Future Healing — Identifying with One’s IllnessDuring the worst and earliest years of dealing with and healing myself of Ulcerative Colitis, I became caught up in a tragic and…Dec 30, 20181Dec 30, 20181
Christijan Robert BroerseEluding the lure of digital cheerleadersMost mornings for the last two years I used to wake up and check my Flipboard and read over the latest articles gathered across the web…Jul 14, 2018Jul 14, 2018
Christijan Robert BroerseAdrift in thoughts concerning Edward Hopper’s The NighthawksThe Nighthawk — On the website of the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, the definition of the ‘nighthawk’ is the thought that continually…Jun 24, 2018Jun 24, 2018
Christijan Robert BroerseAllegory of the helm and helmsman: the self-as-body’s journey forward in the stormI don’t believe in cures. I don’t believe in ‘magic bullets’.Jun 23, 2018Jun 23, 2018
Christijan Robert BroerseA plea for pardon: redemptive music in The Marriage of FigaroImmortal Mozart! You to whom I owe everything … you to whom I owe that I did not go through life without encountering something that could…Jun 21, 20181Jun 21, 20181
Christijan Robert BroerseMy credo: three healing tenets to assist in the overcoming of ulcerative colitisI have been recently asked to select and consolidate my main approach to healing and overcoming ulcerative colitis. Though I would not…Jun 19, 2018Jun 19, 2018
Christijan Robert BroerseAutobiographical etymologies of illness or towards the third healing questionGrowing up, I loved listening to the Dutch in my grandparent’s household. As a child, sitting on the couch amidst the back forth between my…Jun 18, 2018Jun 18, 2018
Christijan Robert BroerseAfter the meditation — a dialogue from a spring evening fourteen years agoGrave men, near death, who see with blinding sight — Dylan ThomasJun 16, 20181Jun 16, 20181
Christijan Robert BroerseThe illness that is named and the name that haunts, that perplexes hopeIt is a mystery perplexing us before. We get the name and fancy we understand something more than we did before; but in truth we are more…Jun 16, 20181Jun 16, 20181