to create inspired healing, wellness & live out loud joy beyond cancer
Last week was officially Look Good...Feel Better Week. In honor of this program which helped me so much, I'm rerunning a post I wrote exactly a year ago on my experience. My one piece of advice: If you have the opportunity to be a part of this program, sign up now. You will be very [...]
There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. Maya Angelou We all have a story. No, let me rephrase that: We all have stories. As cancer survivors, we have diagnostic stories, treatment stories, doctor stories, family and friends stories, survivorship stories - the list goes on and on. There is [...]
In an earlier post, I asked, "How can you talk about survivorship without talking about sex? More importantly, how can you talk about celebrating an inspired survivorship without talking about sex?" My answer to both questions is: You can't. That's what I like about Sexy After Cancer - Meeting Your Inner Aphrodite on the [...]
When I think of cancer "anniversaries" there is only one date that comes to mind. April 15, 2009 - the day of my mastectomy. From September 2008 to February 2009, all I remember is a whirlwind of appointments, tests, biopsies, phone calls, internet searches, crying jags and, finally, a diagnosis. You would think I could [...]
Today, I'm sharing the first blog post I wrote for The Huffington Post: "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." -- Gilda Radner Have you ever been completely satisfied with life? Everything is humming along perfectly, including your [...]
http://embed.ted.com/talks/roger_ebert_remaking_my_voice.html Cancer and its treatment takes so much from us all. When it took Roger's ability to eat and speak, he had to reinvent the way he used his voice. Don't miss this inspiring TED Talk from 2011. Good bye Roger and thank you for your voice. Survival > Existence, Debbie
Unity is strength...when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved. Mattie Stepanek There's so much to tell, I don't know where to start. Just three days ago I flew home from the 2013 Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) Blogger Summit in Arizona where so much information was pumped into my head it's [...]
"Sometimes you get the best light from a burning bridge." Don Henley To burn a bridge means to be entirely done with something. It's an affirmative act which cannot be reversed. I've been guilty of not burning bridges that should have been burnt. It's painful to end relationships or situations that no longer work. It's [...]
Where We Go Now 