Healing with Beauty Sleep
I’m embarrassed to tell people this. I sleep a lot. No, I’m not talking about making sure I get 7-8 hours, I’ve been sleeping more like 10+ hours a night. And yes, I know that my body is still healing. But every single morning I’m surprised by it. Every morning I say to myself, “Really?!” […]
Read MoreBack after The Big C
Many of you may not know why I stopped blogging for about 9 months. Well, to be perfectly honest, it was because I was diagnosed with Stage IV Mantle Cell Lymphoma, a rare form of Non-Hodgkins that usually affects men over 65 (huh?!). In case you missed this news, read the last several blog posts starting with […]
Read MoreThe Happiness Factor
Maybe it was growing up with the Partridge Family (“…come on Get Happy!) but I’ve always been fascinated by the pursuit of happiness. I think it may be half of why I love the Dalai Lama so much–he’s always laughing and smiling. I’ve been pretty happy in my life, but happiness is one of those […]
Read MoreHow does a health coach get cancer?
So how does an AADP Board Certified Holistic Health and Nutrition Coach (that’s my official long title), with otherwise perfect health get diagnosed with a rare form of blood cancer? Since diagnosed, I’ve read several books by people who have cured themselves of cancer by changing their not-so-healthy lifestyle, by going vegan, etc. But I was […]
Read MoreThe Challenge of Acceptance
In my late 20’s I went to a fortune teller in a corner shop in New York City just for the fun of it. She read my tarot cards and declared I would have a wonderful life. “No tragedies!”, she said. I have clung to that prediction whenever I was in a scary situation, feeling […]
Read MoreCarpe Diem
Seize the Day, Live Life to the Fullest, Be Here Now, You Only Have One Life, we’ve heard them all, right? We hear this and go, “Right! I should definitely be more appreciative/present/aware”. But how many of us actually live this way? For how many of us does this last for more than 5 minutes? […]
Read MoreImpossible decisions
The diagnosis came in as Stage 4 Mantle Cell Lymphoma, a rare type of B-Cell Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. It is 40% in my bone marrow (apparently common with this type) which is what puts it in the Stage 4 category. Other than the bone marrow, the cancer is only in the lymph nodes in my neck. […]
Read MoreLosing my hair
When I first got the news that I might need chemo, what concerned me most was losing my hair. Of course, I didn’t like the idea of poison coursing through my veins killing off my immune system (that I had ironically worked hard to get strong over the last few years since my dairy allergy […]
Read MoreThank you cancer!
I’m participating in a 21 day meditation challenge with Oprah and Deepak Chopra. It began on the day that I first met with an Oncologist and found I had enlarged lymph nodes in multiple places on my body. That first meditation’s Centering Thought was “I am open to miracles.” Boy was I ever open to […]
Read MoreKeeping on Top of Fear – aka The Emotional Rollercoaster
There are lots of books written on fear– overcoming it or not letting it control you — and to tell you the truth I have read none of them. I am not saying that I haven’t been afraid in my life, but to be honest, I’ve had it pretty good. I haven’t had any traumatic […]
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