Grief and Embracing a Deathaversary
A year ago today my dad died. I drove the four and a half hours to Eugene as soon as I heard. My mother wouldn’t let me or my sister, who had been with him when he died, to visit the body afterwards—she didn’t want us to remember him that way. I remember we waited […]
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5 Ways to Carve Out Some Down Time
Last week we took a mini-vacation to the Oregon Coast. You would not believe how hard it was to carve out five days for my family of two busy teenagers and two busy business-owner adults. But we did it! It was gorgeous there and I can’t tell you how relaxing it was to walk on the […]
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Interview: Stories With A Purpose Podcast
I’m so excited for you all to hear this podcast. I am interviewed by Jim Skinner, host of Stories with a Purpose for their Season 2 premiere podcast. We talked about my cancer story and what it takes to be a resilient patient. In the podcast, I talk about how I felt betrayed by my […]
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Bad Bugs vs. Good Bugs
I have been having a bug problem for 30 years and it’s not in my house. It’s in my gut. I have been learning a lot about the importance of the various bacteria in and on our bodies since my two cancer diagnoses nearly three years ago. Did you know we are host to a […]
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Life after cancer—not all sunshine and roses
One would think that once the doctors declare “Remission!” or when you get your boobs cut off and they tell you “No lymph node involvement!” or you manage to make it through the chemo and/or radiation, that life would be easy breezy, beautiful Cover Girl. Not really. Yes it is a relief and it is less […]
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Tangy Mangos Are Delicious Superfoods!
Have I told you how much I love mangos? There’s something about their tart-sweet combo that makes them among my favorite foods. I’m not alone, mangos happen to be the most widely consumed fruit in the world! Not only are they tasty, but they have some great health benefits. With over 20 vitamins and minerals, […]
Read More My Book is Here!
I began this book as a blog post. Some of you may have read it, “10 Tips for the Cancer Patient” which I published in July of 2014 after going through a stunning diagnosis, super harsh chemo and a stem cell transplant. I thought at the time that I might expand the blog post and give […]
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5 Things You Need to Know About Cosmetics
I was pretty shocked when I was diagnosed with a rare form of Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma nearly 3 years ago. I was a health coach, eating organic, avoiding sugar, doing everything right. And then to have a second diagnosis of Triple Negative Breast Cancer right after, in fact they think I had both cancers at the […]
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Hey I’m in the AARP Bulletin on Cancer!
Do you get the AARP Bulletin? Their latest issue titled “The New War on Cancer” came out last week. You can also read it online. My soon-to-be-published book, WTF?! I Have Cancer? is mentioned and I am quoted with some words of advice for getting through a cancer diagnosis. There is a lot of interesting information in the […]
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What Eggs Should You Choose?
Last Friday I had the pleasure of sitting on a discussion panel held before the Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim California, hosted by an all natural egg company, NestFresh out of Colorado. They are a specialty egg company with truly cage-free, pasture-raised hens that produce organic and the first Non-GMO Certified eggs. Since my family (well, […]
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