Category Archive: Inspiration

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Friday Poem

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A Summer Night A summer night. The moon’s face, almost full now, comes and goes through clouds. I can’t see any stars, but a late firefly still flicks his green lamp on and… Continue reading →

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Dorothy’s Story: Tai Chi gave me a purpose

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I came across the story of Dorothy and her experience with Tai Chi on the Real Women, Real Advice blog.  Dorothy says when she received her breast cancer diagnosis, it felt like a death sentence. At… Continue reading →

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Intimate with change

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I don’t normally advertise products that come my way, but I do make an exception for those that have made a difference in my life and those that I feel can offer genuine inspiration… Continue reading →

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Awakening to your inner purpose

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For many people the experience of cancer can be an awakening to their inner purpose. Eckhart Tolle. spiritual teacher and the author of , the #1 Bestseller, The Power of Now, and the highly-acclaimed A New… Continue reading →

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What legacy will you leave behind?

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Now I’m not being maudlin here, but as those with experience of breast cancer know, having looked at death squarely in the face, we know that dying is something we all have to… Continue reading →

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Casting for Recovery

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I have read about Casting for Recovery, fly-fishing retreats for women who’ve been through breast cancer before, so am delighted to learn that last month they had their first retreat in the Republic… Continue reading →

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What the Living Do

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I have just finished reading a moving collection of poems by Marie Howe, called “What the Living Do”. The poems are a compassionate memorial to illness and the loss of Howe’s brother, John,… Continue reading →

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Write your own life mission statement

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You may have had to memorize the mission statement of your corporation or school. But have you ever wondered what your own personal mission statement would say? Watch as Therese Borchard talks you… Continue reading →

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Write a letter to cancer

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If you could write a letter to your cancer, what would you say? What words would spill onto the page, words of sadness? anger? despair? or hope? gratitude? I believe that writing is a… Continue reading →

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Lessons from the past

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“We need to remember what we have learned in the past to engage with the present”, wrote Tony Bates  in Mind Moves in the Irish Times yesterday. “Every experience has taught us something”… Continue reading →