Prioritize Self Care

Can the cognitive side effects of cancer treatment be improved or lessened by daily meditation? This is the question we are attempting to answer by studying Kirtan Kriya, a kundalini yoga [...]

Learning that you or a loved one has cancer is a shock. Most survivors measure their lives as before and after cancer, often commemorating the day of diagnosis as their “cancerversary,” the day [...]

So you want to say no, but you don’t know how? If you are unsure whether you should make others comfortable at your own expense, read last week’s post here [...]

Do you ever feel depleted by relationships that are draining? This can be a signal to notice whether you are maintaining healthy boundaries. When you hear the word boundaries, what comes up for [...]

The cancer experience almost invariably brings discomfort. From initial diagnosis through treatment and after, physical and emotional discomfort can be a side effect. I’ve been invited to present [...]

Is interrupting always rude? Raised in Texas to have good manners, I learned never to interrupt, to be a good listener and to make a lot of space for others. But having survived cancer and hit [...]

Having cancer is an intensely personal experience. As a woman in the JoyBoots Sanctuary Community recently said, confronting cancer has been “the most intimate and personal experience I’ve ever [...]

First things first. After you have cancer, you begin to re-think your priorities in life. Which relationships are most important? How do you want to spend your free time? What has been left [...]

I think of a safe place, where I am welcome exactly as I am. No need for performance. I can set down my burdens and extend my legs and catch my breath. I notice what’s happening around me because [...]

When I was in the middle of chemo, I looked in the mirror with great curiosity. Sometimes shocked. Sometimes incredulous. “This is me?” No hair, no eyebrows, deep pain and fatigue. But also [...]