Bernie Siegel advocates being like your pets – enjoying life and living in the moment. Last week I spoke to Bernie Siegel, MD, best-selling author of the classic book, Love, Medicine and Miracles; and most recently, A Book of Miracles—Inspiring True Stories of Healing, Gratitude, and Love. Bernie is incredible; he’s a cross between a wise [...]
I was just mentioning to my daughter how the days are getting longer. I no longer drive her to school in the dark, and I’ve noticed it’s still light out when my husband comes home from work. Sometimes when we’re in the darkness, it’s hard to remember, that this too will pass and light will [...]
Lately I’ve been visiting a wonderful online forum, www.Inspire.com. It has an advanced breast cancer group, and once in while, I’ll share one of my blog posts and participate in discussions with other members. One discussion really caught my attention: asking people who’ve survived stage IV cancer more than 5 years to share . Lisa Quintana, who [...]
Not to scare all of you with the title, but for me, this was indeed a scary day. I was heading out the door, all dressed up and ready to go to a networking function, when I received a call from my doctor at the Block Center for Integrative Cancer Treatment. He told me, with [...]
I just finished watching Stephen King’s Bag of Bones on our DVR. I only caught the last half of the movie, but I was struck by the loving relationship between the main character (Pierce Bronson) and a little girl. Someone had just killed her mom, and several people, including her dad, were trying to kill her. What a [...]
I had a very interesting interview on a Detroit radio station for a program called God 321. I met the host Danny Hutchins at The Pink Fund Crazy Sexy Luncheon of all places! I am grateful to my friend Molly MacDonald, who leads this wonderful organization, for introducing us. I was apprehensive on being on [...]
Ah Facebook, I just can’t seem to leave it alone! I’m a social person, and most of the time I’m sitting at home on my computer alone without coworkers to chat with or a boss to pile work on me. So I find myself trolling on Facebook to get a peek into people’s lives and thought processes. [...]
Today I read an interesting post by a fellow blogger about the realities of breast cancer. She received a lot of praise for her well-written post about the grim realities of this disease — side effects, fears, people dying. One of the cancer bloggers she mentioned who lost their lives this year was my dear friend Ashley [...]
It’s been a little over a year since I released my book, From Incurable to Incredible. Today, I’m going to be on a radio talk show (1 p.m., Bill Cunningham, WLW-700 for you local folks) to discuss what my year has brought. I was on the show last summer, and he asked me to come [...]
Through my networking on LinkedIn, I connected with Deanna Attai, MD, a breast surgeon and communications chair for the American Society of Breast Surgeons. She read my recent post about my frustrations with doctors who hand out death sentences and don’t seem to embrace the body-mind-spirit connection. To my delight, Dr. Attai responded that she does “get it” and accepted [...]
