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 [...]
Bob Kiesendahl and some little athletes at one of his BK Hope Cures fundraisers. Hope all of you had a great Thanksgiving! Mine was great. Actually we celebrated “Thanksmas,” both Thanksgiving and Christmas, with my husband’s family. It was a great time of togetherness, loads of presents and too much yummy food. I threw in the [...]
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 [...]
I love roadtrips with my family. While we’re in the car, we have great discussions we normally wouldn’t have with our personal devices, computer and TV as distractions. On a recent trip, my husband Mike gave me a wonderful idea for my book, From Incurable to Incredible: “You have all these great questions at the end [...]
When I first launched this blog in Sept. 2009, the first miracle survivor I featured was Buzz Sheffield, my friend and one of my inspirations for my book, From Incurable to Incredible. Today I need to share his story because I found out a dear friend of mine, Ashley, is in hospice. When something awful like [...]
Congratulations to Beth Sherring from Baltimore who is the winner of the Sheryl Crow cookbook, If It Makes You Healthy! I drew Beth’s name from a pool of people who responded to my blog post asking people to share about their quest toward healthy eating. I asked Beth to share a little about herself and [...]
Last night I was on the phone with Jack Gray, one of the many people in my book who are thriving years beyond anyone expected. Jack was diagnosed with stage IV prostate cancer in 2004. He has had no evidence of cancer for years, and at age 57, he is going strong. When he’s not [...]
Sue was inspired to start Emerald Heart Cancer Foundation by her own challenges paying for holistic treatment for her cancer. I’m excited to share a special guest post by Sue Memhard, founder of the Emerald Heart Cancer Foundation. By all medical standards, my being here is a miracle. Since early 2009 I’ve been on a [...]
On Saturday, I went to a very informative presentation by Debba Haupert, founder of the cool site Girlfriendolgy.com. Debba has done a wonderful job of building a huge, worldwide online community that celebrates the virtues of nurturing friendships. Debba shared many ideas for bloggers like me, so I thought I’d try one of them out. I’ve been doing this blog [...]
An old saying goes, “Do what you love, and the money will follow.” That’s very encouraging, but I think it should say, “Do what you love, and happiness follows.” And isn’t happiness more important than money anyway? I know, I know, money is important, too! But I started thinking about this today after responding to [...]
