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Interview with actress Maura Tierney on her breast cancer experience

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In the latest edition of Coping with Cancer, the actress Maura Tierney opens up about her breast cancer experience.  In 2009, the former ER actress, Maura Tierney found a lump in her breast and following a… Continue reading

What does it mean to be your own health advocate?

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Next Tuesday, I am giving a talk on how to be your own health advocate and I would love to hear what you think I should include in this talk. What does it… Continue reading

Announcing the Breast Cancer Consortium

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Gayle Sulik,  sociologist and author of Pink Ribbon Blues, How Breast Cancer Culture Undermines Women’s Health has brought together a dynamic group of professionals to form the Breast Cancer Consortium. Announcing the launch… Continue reading

How to exercise after breast cancer..and why you should

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Yesterday, October 1st, saw the start of breast cancer awareness month. To mark the day, and in the lead up to Breast Health Day on October 15th, Europa Donna Ireland hosted a talk… Continue reading

A Mindful Start To The Day

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You Reading This, Be Ready  Starting here, what do you want to remember? How sunlight creeps along a shining floor? What scent of old wood hovers, what softened sound from outside fills the… Continue reading

Always Hope – Dedicated To The Memory of Lori

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I am so deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Lori Hope, author of  Help Me Live: 20 Things People With Cancer Want You to Know. I first met Lori two years… Continue reading

Mindful Monday

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“Even in the mud and scum of things, something always, always sings.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson. Today’s quote reminds me of our recent celebrating the ordinary exercise. I think it serves as a… Continue reading

Learn how to beat stress in the moment

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Last week we looked at the fight or flight response, and I asked you to identify your own personal stress response.Which of the following best describes your normal reaction to stress? Overexcited stress response… Continue reading

Today Is A New Day!

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The Weekly Round-Up

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Time for this week’s round-up of the best of the blogs which I’ve read over the past week. These are the posts that have moved me, taught me something, inspired me, and which I’ve… Continue reading