JoyBoots Blog

Reflections on the emotional recovery experience.

Chaos on top of cancer?

Here’s what I’m thinking about the cancer experience this week. Isn’t it bad enough you have to get yourself to appointments when its cold and rainy? And that you don’t

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Softening into the New Year

Anger Shame Fear Sadness Can you accept these feelings when they arise?Ask yourself: Can I have the feeling of softening towards my very human feelings, no matter what they are?Can

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How to Put your JoyBoots On

Even before the term “toxic positivity” was coined, as I was going through treatment for breast cancer in 2008, I couldn’t stand the expectation that people with cancer should be cheerful

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Jumping out of your skin?

This week, I came across a talk I gave to the International Association of Yoga Therapists on the subject of Discomfort. There’s ALOT of discomfort in the cancer experience that normal

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