Third Time Lucky: A Creative Recovery
This is a story for every woman who genuinely seeks the truth in her life and yearns to live a more authentic existence. It’s been a joy for me this week to help… Continue reading
Category Archive: Inspirational Survivors
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Interview with Britta Aragon
I am delighted today to bring you the first of my two-part interview with Britta Aragon, founder of the informative and transformative website Cinco Vidas and author of the newly published guidebook When Cancer Hits. I have known… Continue reading
Tami’s story – dealing with a recurrence of cancer
I am so pleased to share with you today a guest post by Tami Boehmer, particularly as it deals with a fear many of us survivors share – the fear of a cancer… Continue reading
Elizabeth Edwards halts cancer treatment
UPDATE. Since this posting, we have learned of the sad news of the death of Elizabeth Edwards. The news started trickling through my Twitter time-line late last night – ( late in terms of… Continue reading
New Life Directions from Breast Cancer
Today’s Guest Blog Post is written by Susan Thomas, an oncology nurse clinician and breast cancer survivor. Thank you Susan for sharing your inspiring story with us. I am an oncology nurse clinician… Continue reading
Joni Eareckson Tada faces up to breast cancer
Many years ago, mother’s cousin came to visit us from the US and she brought with her a book which she wanted my Mum to read. I read it too and have never… Continue reading
Mastectomy Love
Everything is held together with stories. That is all that is holding us together, stories and compassion. Barry Lopez I am honoured today to share with you Catherine’s story. As regular readers will… Continue reading
Spy Mom
A breast cancer diagnosis at age forty-six inspired a churchgoing suburban soccer mom to make her biggest dream come true: becoming a real-life Nancy Drew. I loved the responses I got to last… Continue reading
Breast cancer adventurers
I am captivated by the tagline of Amazon Heart which asks the question What if breast cancer is just the start of an incredible journey? Amazon Heart was founded in 2004 by two young… Continue reading
A camera as her therapy
Some of us write, some of us paint, some of us draw, some even doodle; whatever form of creative expression comes most naturally to us, we make sense of our cancer diagnosis and… Continue reading
