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A few months after my mastectomy and TRAM flap reconstruction, I had it out with the light fixture in my walk-in closet. Like me, the bulb was burnt out. Removing the cover to replace it was easy, but I couldn’t get the cover back on for the life of me. As I struggled, I got [...]
Happy almost New Year! As we move forward into 2015, I'm wishing you all the best for the New Year. I hope you have exciting plans and opportunities for the New Year. For me, I'm thrilled to share a piece of good news: I'm now writing for CURE as a featured contributor. My first article, offering tips for quieting [...]
The holidays are about to begin, which makes me think about one of my favorite holiday movies for kids. In Sesame Street's Elmo Saves Christmas (Amazon affiliates link) Elmo helps Santa get unstuck from the chimney and is granted three wishes. Santa obviously isn't thrilled when Elmo wishes every day is Christmas. To show Elmo [...]
Sleep is the best meditation. Dalai Lama Living the hectic, stressful lives that we live, we often forget how to push the "Off" button. We work, run from place to place, and are anxiety ridden to distraction. We're cancer survivors who power up each morning, because we have a lot to do and we're so grateful [...]
Love these videos! It’s Army of Women Wednesday and time to direct your attention to another study in need of participants. This study is a bit different because its focus is on healing after treatment, rather than on prevention. I was drawn to it because I know how much my yoga practice meant to my [...]
We’ve all been there – wounded by the anxiety of testing, shocked by the diagnosis, disabled by the surgeries and treatments, so ridden with cancer fatigue that we barely function. We keep going with the support of others, but we have nothing to give. The best I could muster to express the undying gratitude I [...]
It’s been a wicked winter, but yesterday winter was decidedly viewed from the rearview mirror. Sunny and hot, it was almost a shock given the wet and wild weather of this spring. I did some yoga and then stepped outside, all sweat and readiness for more physical exertion. I’ve waited for this moment a long [...]
I’ve been pretty busy lately. It’s quite an undertaking birthing an online community – I had no idea what I was in for. Plus, I have two children, a husband, Emmi Interiors’ clients, a house, etc., etc., to manage as well. I’ve been working seven days a week, all day long, for too many weeks [...]
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