August 18th – not a standout date on my calendar up until now, but this year I’m making it different. It’s the first day of my 365 day gratitude challenge. I recently participated in a 90-day group study challenge, where some friends and I studied the same book, one chapter a day, for 90 days. … Read More »
Emotional Healing After Cancer
Yesterday was a big day: I submitted the draft of my upcoming presentation to the national convention of naturopathic physicians for peer review. I’m excited because I’ll be speaking on a topic I’m passionate about, and which I see as underrepresented in the discourse around cancer: emotional healing for survivors. I continue to hear from… Read More »
A Path to Extraordinary Wellness After Cancer – Part 3
In part 2 of this series, we talked about the foundation layer for wellness after cancer: providing your body the hydration, nourishment, movement and rest it needs to fuel adequate energy production, repair tissue damage and keep its housekeeping systems humming efficiently. You’ll know you’re meeting your body’s needs when you feel symptoms fading and… Read More »
A Path to Extraordinary Wellness After Cancer – Part I
Imagine for a moment a vacant city lot that’s seen better days. Once it sprouted tall, healthy grass and wildflowers; now it only sprouts weeds. Every so often the city blasts the lot with toxic weedkillers, but every time the weeds are back again within months. The lot is choked with trash and so unappealing… Read More »
Having It All
D, a survivor I coach, dreams of becoming an independent photojournalist whose photographs inspire others to preserve Nature. Today – despite just having started a new job – she’s off to Alaska to photograph the Aurora Borealis in peak season. How many of us might have forgone such an opportunity because we couldn’t take time… Read More »