How often are you engaged in a task while focused on another activity that needs to get done? Lifecoach Cheryl Richardson’s latest newsletter is on the topic of noticing where your mind is while engaged in an activity. She quotes some lines from Less: Accomplishing More by Doing Less, by Marc Lesser: “We must be [...]
Archive for October, 2010
Where are you right now?
Posted in Inspiration, tagged cheryl richardson, Less: Accomplishing More by Doing Less, lifecoaching, Marc Lesser on October 31, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Guest Blog Post “Inspired”
Posted in Family, Guest Blog, Psychological impact of cancer, tagged blogging, BRCA2 gene, breast cancer, guest blog post, Nancy Stordahl, Toni Morrison on October 30, 2010 | 17 Comments »
In 2008 I lost my mother to breast cancer. I didn’t know how to be a daughter without a mother. I looked for resources and stories like mine, but I couldn’t find many I liked or that seemed helpful. I remembered a quote by author Toni Morrison that said, “If you can’t find the book [...]
Poetry Friday
Posted in poetry, tagged poetry friday on October 29, 2010 | 16 Comments »
Turquoise She was once an eleven year old girl in a long-sleeved and turquoise t-shirt from the children’s department. And now she stands before me, or rather she doesn’t stand before me at all, she is just a disembodied voice coming to me through the telephone. I might try to reconcile that voice with the [...]
Friday Round-Up
Posted in Top Posts, tagged top blog posts, weely round up on October 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Most read posts on the JBBC blog this week Can you have too much information? 182 The Lady with the Lamp 165 Guest Blog: Pink Intentions1 159 From Cancer to Motherhood 143 Nolan sister starts treatment for breast 143 Clearing life’s everyday haze 140 Poetry Friday 137 Stronger than doubt 134 [...]
From Cancer to Motherhood
Posted in Fertility, Younger Women and Breast Cancer, tagged board certified Reproductive Endocrinologist, Dr Sonja Kristiansen, Fertility, ICSI, in vitro fertilization (IVF), infertility, Infertility (REI) specialist, intracytoplasmic sperm injection, intrauterine insemination, OB/Gyn, oocyte cryopreservation, PGD, preimplantation genetic diagnosis on October 28, 2010 | 13 Comments »
Today’s guest post is a subject very close to my heart. Special thanks to Dr Sonja Kristiansen MD, a board certified Reproductive Endocrinologist Infertility (REI) specialist, for providing us with her expert advice. ________________________________________________________________________ As an OB/Gyn resident, my career was transformed by the habit-forming experience of a new mom-to-be’s smile — especially since she thought [...]
Could a dose of the blues lift your spirits?
Posted in depression, Holistic, tagged 'Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences', color therapy, depression, Dr Gilles Vandewalle, University of Liege on October 27, 2010 | 11 Comments »
Scientists have found that exposure to blue light boosts activity in the parts of the brain that handle emotions. They believe the findings could explain why light appears to improve mood in both humans and animals. Blue wavelengths within the spectral rainbow that makes up white light seem chiefly responsible for the effect, the research [...]
Guest Blog: Pink Intentions
Posted in Breast cancer awareness, tagged breast cancer awareness month, guest blog, pinkwashing, Uneasy Pink on October 27, 2010 | 15 Comments »
Today’s guest blog post comes from Katie Ford Hall, author of the Uneasy Pink blog. As we come to the end of breast cancer awareness month, her post ties in nicely with discussions on this blog about the pinkification of this month. I know you will enjoy reading Katie’s balanced take on the debate. It’s Breast [...]
Meat Free Monday
Posted in Lifestyle, Recipe, tagged gluten free recipe, iron, lysine, magnesium, manganese, Martha Rose Shulman, quinoa, Quinoa and Squash Gratin, tissue ande growth repair, vegetarian recipe on October 25, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Not exactly a store cupboard essential in many of our kitchens, quinoa (pronounced KEEN-wah) nevertheless has a lot to recommend it. It is a very versatile grain (gluten-free) with a delicate texture, mild nutty flavour and high protein content (it contains all the essential amino acids). Quinoa is high in lysine, an amino acid important for tissue growth and [...]
Stronger than doubt
Posted in Inspiration, tagged courage, doubt, Inspiration, mark twain, motivational on October 24, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Your doubts may feel strong and compelling, yet you are much stronger. After all, you have the ability to take action.Your doubts require a certain specific scenario in order to make any sense. You, however, can work your way to a whole new scenario in which those old doubts will have no validity. Every action [...]
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