to create inspired healing, wellness & live out loud joy beyond cancer
Life begins at the end of your comfort zone. Neale Donald Walsch Why do we find ruts so comfortable? Before cancer, “No” was my default response to anything new and different. After cancer, I realized saying “Yes” was healing and jumped in with both feet. I’d wanted to check out yoga prior to cancer but, [...]
“The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure.” Joseph Campbell If you've been reading WhereWeGoNow for any length of time, you know that cancer's kick in the rear taught me to say "Yes" to my adventure. In fact, "Say Yes to Yourself" is one [...]
For me, the opposite of scarcity is not abundance. It's enough. I'm enough. Brene Brown I admit it. I have a scarcity mentality. You'd think I worry a lot about money (sometimes I do), but the resource that strikes fear in my heart most often is time. As in "there is never enough time." "I [...]
I keep going because I believe that even if we can’t erase the difficult parts of our story, and we can’t control how or when it’s going to end, each of us has the ability, right here, right now, to dream audaciously and ask ourselves the question, “Why not?” Terri Wingham I've written before about [...]
How often have you slammed the door against what you want, because you let fear trump desire? How many times did you not ask, because rejection hurts like hell? How easily have you given in, because making others happy is safer than finding your own happiness? Say "Yes" to yourself because it's what you want, [...]
The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty "yes" to your adventure. Joseph Campbell Yes, exactly! Why is this "THE" big question? Only because pondering it leads to immeasurable opportunities to turn your life into "your adventure." This question hit me like a brick the other day while [...]
I just discovered a New York Times article entitled, "Finding Poetry in Cancer," which explores the healing power of writing poetry about the cancer experience. Written mostly by amateur poets, the verses are jarring, real and moving. One poet, Karin Miller, began writing poetry when her husband developed testicular cancer. Today, she curates the "Cancer [...]
The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate. Oprah Winfrey Tomorrow I will be celebrating the one-year anniversary of WhereWeGoNow! I had no idea, as I lay on my yoga mat over a year ago, where my idea for an interactive online community for cancer survivors would take me. But, [...]
Where We Go Now 