I’m just back from the Oncology Association of Naturopathic Physicians conference in sunny San Diego, where I had the privilege of sitting on a discussion panel with some of the most distinguished of my colleagues (that’s me in the middle). We fielded questions about how to talk with cancer patients about hard and tender topics,… Read More »
You know all you need to know, my friend
I’m just back from speaking to my colleagues at the annual Oncology Association of Naturopathic Physicians conference in Phoenix. In three days largely devoted to the latest and greatest in medical procedures, I was asked to offer a talk on how to heal trauma in cancer survivors (yes, cancer can absolutely produce trauma). I gathered the latest… Read More »
Do you doubt yourself?
Her text arrived on a Saturday evening. Can we talk for a moment – please? D’s my coaching client, and she was scheduled to begin radiation for a painful node in her neck right after the weekend. If she was calling between her regularly scheduled sessions, I knew it was urgent. I dialed her number.… Read More »
It was phenomenal!
I’m back from Spain, where I celebrated my 60th birthday by walking the 490-mile Camino de Santiago. What an amazing 37 days. It will take me a long time to find words to describe the wonderful people I met, the things I saw and all that I learned. What I can tell you is the… Read More »
Your Body is Talking. Are You Listening?
“18 and out!” That was my Dad’s mantra. He’d lost his mother at age 5, and learned the hard way to fend for himself in the hardscrabble world of the Depression. He became handy, resourceful and a good provider. By the time I turned 18 he wanted me to be capable of standing on my… Read More »