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 [...]
Yesterday, I had an amazing phone interview with Bernie Siegel, MD, best-selling author and pioneer of body-mind-spirit philosophies. I’ll share the interview next week, but here’s a little tease. I met Bernie years ago when he came to a conference my company was hosting, and I was the PR representative who had the great privilege of [...]
As usual, the media is always looking for story “hooks” for the holidays. Holiday stress is one of them. I was watching the TV show, The Doctors, yesterday, and one of their topics was how stress breaks down the body’s immune system. They didn’t mention cancer, but you can connect the dots. We all have [...]
I remember a curmudgeonly man I used to know who would like to say, “Life is a s*&t sandwich.” I certainly don’t believe that, but for cancer survivors who have kids and aging parents, it’s like a triple-decker sandwich. Not only are you caring for your own family and parents, but you’re also trying to [...]
I am often humbled and awed by the people I befriend along my journey. Cindi Hart is one of those people. We met in Atlanta last year at the Pink Power Mom weekend to honor eight inspirational survivors/moms who are making a difference. After hearing the stories of Cindi and the other finalists, I was wondering why [...]
Last week, I traveled to the Chicago area to the Block Center for Integrative Cancer Care. After reading Keith Block’s book, Life Over Cancer, and recommending The Block Center to several people, I decided I should go there for myself! I don’t know why I waited so long! The beautiful center recently relocated to Skokie, [...]
Hi everyone! I’m on vacation in Canada this week, enjoying beautiful weather, productive fishing, relaxing times with family and a break from technology…until now. For all would-be burglars, we do have a neighbor watching our house and feeding our cat, AJ. I just wanted to let you know that you won’t be hearing much from [...]
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 [...]
I’ve noticed that I’ve been feeling some residual anger the past couple of days. I think I was triggered by a conversation I had with a fellow stage IV breast cancer survivor who was told by a doctor it was highly unlikely she would live for 20 years. My own doctor, a wonderful physician, seems [...]
One of the wonderful things I discovered from doing this blog is that it makes the world a smaller place. Looking at my stats, I see that we’ve had visitors from more than 60 different countries. I’ve heard from visitors from Romania, the UK, Argentina and most recently, from Carlita of the Netherlands. Carlita commented on [...]
