to create inspired healing, wellness & live out loud joy beyond cancer
"[W]e need never be ashamed of our tears ..." - Charles Dickens One of the things I've come to accept about myself is that I cry easily. What hasn’t come easily is crying in front of other people. During the diagnostic and treatment phases of cancer, I usually clamped down my tears. As a mother, [...]
It's isolating to have cancer. Making a connection with someone who understands makes all the difference.
Whenever I am asked to share my advice to new cancer patients, I always say the same thing, "Get as much support from as many different sources as you need." It's a life-changing experience to hear, "You have cancer." I never could have gone through that experience, and all of the fallout that followed, without [...]
How do I love my patient navigator? Let me count the ways. I’ve sung the praises of my breast nurse navigator, Sarah Mandel, RN, LSW, CBPN-C, many times in various posts. She came into my life the day after my mastectomy – and with her came the slow bloom of emotional recuperation. I’d like to share [...]
Where We Go Now 