to create inspired healing, wellness & live out loud joy beyond cancer
"The way you think, the way you behave, the way you eat, can influence your life by 30 to 50 years." Deepak Chopra Cancer has a way of changing your perspective. Many of us are more aware of the need to make better choices about the food we eat. Two young cancer survivors, Annette Ramke and [...]
I've been busily working on my first eBook to be published on Kindle Direct Publishing. It's been a great learning experience writing this book, which was inspired by my first free download, "The WhereWeGoNow Manifesto - 20 Intentions for Your Inspired Survivorship." (If you don't have your free copy yet, get on my mailing list [...]
I'm a big believer in the power of words, as you might have guessed from reading WhereWeGoNow. That's why I want to share a book with you: Healing with Words, A Writer's Cancer Journey, by nurse and writer Diana M. Raab. This book is more than a personal story of one woman's breast cancer journey. It's [...]
I received a complimentary copy of Tory Zellick's The Medical Day Planner, The Guide to Help Navigate the Medical Maze and can only wish I had gotten my hands on it three years earlier. Tory's story is like so many of our own. She was just 18 years old when her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. [...]
I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next. Delicious Ambiguity. Gilda Radner I [...]
I hope this doesn't sound like a shameless plug, but I thought you'd be interested to hear about Cure Magazine. Published four times a year, Cure focuses on cancer updates, research and education. In the next issue, coming out this summer, you will also find an article quoting me. You can subscribe to receive Cure [...]
I've been reading Britta Aragon's book, When Cancer Hits, Your Complete Guide to Taking Care of YOU Through Treatment. I guess it was the title that made me think the book was written solely for cancer patients in active treatment. Boy, was I wrong! If you are in active treatment, or know someone who is, this [...]
We are not cisterns made for hoarding, we are channels made for sharing. Billy Graham Sharing my story with other cancer patients/survivors is the most effective way I've found to give back for all the support I received when I felt alone. That's why I'm a big fan of the Cancer Hope Network and proud to [...]
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