I look to my future like Wanderer above the Sea of Fog by Caspar David Friedrich. I feel contemplative and apprehensive about the unknown future ahead. Finding my new normal with “NED” Ten years ago upon receiving my diagnosis of… Read More »What do to when things go better than expected
Your Personal Advocate and Guide Navigating the tumultuous waters of a life-altering diagnosis, whether it’s personally experienced or involves a family member or friend, can be an overwhelming and daunting challenge. In the face of such adversity, it becomes imperative… Read More »Why You Should Consider Hiring a Cancer Coach
4 steps to find yourself and your joy. 1. Recognize if you are truly happy in your being today. In your body, do you feel happiness?…
How getting diagnosed with cancer let me be myself and practice gratitude. I’m human. There are times when I have a lot of traumas going on. My mother just had a heart attack, my husband has severe Alzheimer’s, and I’ve… Read More »Being authentic when life is being sh**ty.
Life is full of things that draw us away from our center: doctors’ offices, infusions, not feeling great, other people’s opinions. All of these things pull us away from ourselves.
One of the hardest things I found about living with chronic cancer and how I deal with it. As you guys may have read in my last blog, my tumor markers skyrocketed. And me being me, I got a bone… Read More »Cancer and the loss of anticipation.
How to deal with a potential recurrence after a period of kind-of-sort-of stability. I opened the email with my monthly blood lab results. My tumor markers doubled from 33 to 70 in a month. So much for stable. For the… Read More »When the cancer comes roaring back.
Nine years later, she’s sharing her secrets to her successful ‘dance’ with cancer. A year after finishing treatment for breast cancer and being told she was cancer-free, a scan revealed Lindsay McDonell had tumors all over her body. Her doctors… Read More »Doctors give woman with cancer 3 months to live.
