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MoJo Monday

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If you aren’t familiar with the idea behind Mojo Monday, it’s a writing prompt to get your creativity flowing. Feel free to write about it on your blogs or simply leave a comment… Continue reading

A Nice Surprise

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  I broke off my mammoth weekly task of curating the weekly round-up to find my name on this list of influential epatients and patient advocates. You’ll recognize some familiar faces, stalwarts of the… Continue reading

Fighting Battles And The Language Of Cancer

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Media portrayals of cancer as “a battle to be fought”, and its focus on ‘brave fighters’ beating the odds, can lead to feelings of guilt and failure in people with a terminal diagnosis,… Continue reading

Mindful Monday

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      Taken from  30 Day Toolkit to Living Every Upward. To sign up for your 30 Day Toolkit, visit http://everupward.org

Writing to Heal

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“Simply speaking the truth heals” ~ Dr Rachel Naomi Remen For nearly 20 years, Dr. James W. Pennebaker has been giving people an assignment: write down your deepest feelings about an emotional upheaval… Continue reading

Knit your way to health

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Knitting has had a make–over. It’s no longer associated with old ladies; it’s become a trendy thing to own up to, with countless blogs, websites and YouTube videos devoted to the art of… Continue reading

Mojo Monday

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If you aren’t familiar with the idea behind Mojo Monday, it’s a writing prompt to get your creativity flowing. Feel free to write about it on your blogs or simply leave a comment… Continue reading

Hear My Voice: Living the Life of Clichés (That Are True)

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Scott Cotlar was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer in 2008

Now I Become Myself

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Now I Become Myself Now I become myself. It’s taken Time, many years and places; I have been dissolved and shaken, Worn other people’s faces, Run madly, as if Time were there, Terribly old, crying a warning,… Continue reading

Mindful Monday

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When we reach out in compassion and love to other people, we are filling the space that surrounds them–and us–with love.  We are creating a space of love.  We are rooting ourselves in love and… Continue reading