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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 [...]

Do you ever feel like you are losing yourself by being overly focused on what others want from you? How do you remember to take a breath, feel grounded in the present moment, and act from your [...]

People are so afraid of their anger.  They don’t want to feel it, aren’t sure how to express it and in my experience working with cancer survivors, they sure as hell don’t want others to know [...]

Do one thing completely, all is done; Try to do all, you lose the one. To get your fill of flowers and fruit, Water the Root. Kabir, Poet

  I Think It’s Brave   i think it’s brave i think it’s brave that you get up in the morning even if your soul is weary and your bones ache for a rest i think it’s brave that you [...]

LIFE IS BOTH WRETCHED AND GLORIOUS BY Pema Chödrön “Life is glorious, but life is also wretched. It is both. Appreciating the gloriousness inspires us, encourages us, cheers us up, gives us a [...]

Have you seen this video produced by the Mental Health Channel at the University of Texas? It’s worth a look because in less than 6 minutes it encapsulates many of the feelings cancer [...]

Learning to be ok in the present moment, a witness to your life experience, is one of the benefits of practicing yoga and meditation. When you bring your awareness to the present moment, you [...]

Emotional suffering and mental health challenges are side effects of the cancer experience that often go unaddressed. Your life is turned upside down by the shock of the diagnosis, and grueling [...]