Tag Archive: Cancer

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Are you ashamed to be ill?

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In our competitive society, chronic infirmity or illness is viewed as a personal failing rather than the random stroke of fate that it is ~  Angelika Byczkowski I recently spotted a post on… Continue reading →

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Weekly Round Up

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

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Cancer has become a part of my journey but it’s not the whole story

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After being told she could not be cured, and ­determined not to become known as “Cancer Girl”, Bernie Nolan started to write the story of her life. Cancer has become a part of… Continue reading →

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Reflections On Hope

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As we neared the end of last year, I was sent this touching guest post by Catherine. To my shame, it got lost in my email in-box until now. Still, I am sure… Continue reading →

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Is there a hierarchy among cancer survivors?

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It has been enlightening  and uplifting to read your comments on my post on knowing when it is time to walk away from a situation.  One line from Cathy’s comment really stood out… Continue reading →

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Death of Author and Transformational Teacher Debbie Ford

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I was shocked and saddened to hear of the death this week of Debbie Ford, the   New York Times bestselling author, teacher, trainer, and internationally recognized expert in personal transformation. I was very… Continue reading →

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Grieving life’s losses and finding your new normal

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Grief is a natural response to loss and although  we normally associate grief with the death of a loved one, the fact is that any loss can cause grief, including serious illness.I have… Continue reading →

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Debunking the breast cancer myths

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Today’s guest writer is Elizabeth Nixon, an editor at women’s health website Lifescript.com, where she shares information on the topics of cancer, chemotherapy and patient stories. Having lost an aunt, uncle and nearly… Continue reading →

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Nothing exists except this

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“Sorrow makes us all children again – destroys all differences of intellect.  The wisest know nothing.”  ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Nothing exists anymore for me outside of my mother’s hospital bed. The horizons… Continue reading →

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Journeying from darkness to light

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Every human life is made up of the light and the dark, the happy and the sad, the vital and the deadening. How you think about this rhythm of moods makes all the… Continue reading →