Are you PISSED? Here’s what to do about it.
The other day my teenager told me she was going out with her friends and I said, “Okay honey. Have a good time!” That may seem unremarkable and normal to you and it is. But five years ago I may have had a different response. I noticed it that night. I thought to myself, See? […]
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7 Tips to Help Winter Skin
Anyone else slathering on the moisturizer lately? The winter season can be hard on our skin, leaving it parched and even itchy. Add that to the damage effects that cancer treatments may have had, and your skin may be in need of some love this time of year. There are a few factors at play […]
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How to Not Get Sick This Season
With November brings Cold and Flu Season. As a cancer survivor with a possibly permanently compromised immune system, not getting sick has been my number one focus. It is vital for you cancer survivors who want permanent remission (as well as everyone else) who don’t want to get sick this cold and flu season to […]
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Why Avoid Roundup®’s Glyphosate
In case you missed it, there was a huge legal victory last week in the health and wellness arena that I want to share with you. It has personal meaning for me and my cancer diagnoses so I’m super stoked about it. A man who worked as a groundskeeper in California has won his lawsuit […]
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Are You Loving Your Lymph?
When I was diagnosed with Mantle Cell Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma in August of 2013, I barely knew what a lymph node was. I had heard of them and knew there were a couple on either side of my throat where my head meets my neck that got a bit swollen when I had a cold, but […]
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Is preventing cancer even possible?
Tomorrow is the first day of February already! Turns out February is National Cancer Prevention Month so this month the theme on the blog will be lifestyle tips and tricks that help prevent cancer. Truth be told, it’s hard to even believe in cancer prevention when you have a story like mine. I mean, I was […]
Read More 5 Tips for Boosting Your Immune System
As a cancer survivor, building my immune system is my number one focus. It is vital for you cancer survivors who want permanent remission as well as my readers who are non-cancer survivors (AKA regular people) who don’t want to get sick this cold and flu season! Since January is my cancerversary month (the triple […]
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Healing the Gut
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. Did you know we are host to a hundred trillion bacteria? Did […]
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3 Surprising Foods That Boost Your Immune System
One of the best things you can do to fight cancer and to make sure it doesn’t recur is to boost your immune system. There are lots of ways to do that which I talk about in my book, WTF?! I Have Cancer? and in my coaching program The Permanent Remission Project. One of my favorites to […]
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What if it comes back?
This is our greatest fear as survivors, isn’t it? It is looming in the background always. I suspect that it fades a bit with time, maybe we get used to the “all clear” at check-ups and the fear retreats a bit more. But does it ever go away? One of the hardest parts of me getting diagnosed […]
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