Tag Archive: breast cancer

Michelle Heaton speaks about her BRCA 2 diagnosis

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Former Liberty X singer Michelle Heaton spoke on last night’s Late Late Show about being recently diagnosed with a mutated gene called BRCA 2.   Faulty BRCA genes cause around 5% of breast cancer cases, so it is… Continue reading

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

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

Jaynie’s Story: How Breast Cancer Inspired Me

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Today’s guest post is written by Jaynie Crayton, a motivational speaker with KONACan, an organization whose mission is to inspire those who are facing overwhelming challenges in life and/or in business. Breast cancer.… Continue reading

Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge Day 25 #HAWMC

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Day 25 of the WEGO Health Activist Writer’s Month which I have signed up for – a month dedicated to the art of writing about health.  Today’s prompt: Third person post. Write about a memory you… Continue reading

Talk About Health

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It is an honor to be a featured survivor on the Talk About Health website this week.  The aim of this cancer question and answer site is to match patients and caregivers with experienced… Continue reading

The Spring Within Holistic Retreat

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As soon as I read the words “The Spring Within” I felt my heart lift. The advent of spring this year has never been more welcome to me. The Spring Within is an holistic retreat… Continue reading

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

Let’s Connect for Social Media Week

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This article was doing the rounds of social networking sites recently (just look how many likes and shares it got!) and so I bookmarked it to read when I had some time to… Continue reading

A funny thing happened on my way to survival

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Today’s guest writer is Jamie Inman,  a professional motivational speaker and teacher, psychotherapist, and breast cancer survivor, who speaks on a wide array of mental health and spiritual topics relating to breast cancer, personal growth… Continue reading