Holiday Stress Series: Prioritize Self-Care
Happy holidays!! It’s almost Christmas and the last day of Hanukkah. ‘Tis the season to be with family and reflect. That alone may be adding stress to the already busy holiday season. This is the fifth post in my six-part series on managing stress during the holidays and I get personal in this one. If […]
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Holiday Stress Series: Spend Time Outdoors
This is the fourth post in a six-part series on managing stress during the holidays. So far in the series, I’ve written about what stress does to your body, how meditation helps and how you might want to put down your cell phone occasionally. If you haven’t read those posts, go back and check them […]
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Holiday Stress Series: Take a Tech Break
Last week I wrote about meditation as a scientifically proven tool for reducing stress. If you haven’t read that post, check it out. Mindful breathing meditation is not as hard as it may sound. This week, I’m encouraging you to take a break from technology. Multiple recent studies have shown that our daily tech addiction […]
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Holiday Stress Series: Mindful Breathing Meditation
In this series on managing stress, last week I wrote about how and why it is vitally important to learn how to manage stress if you are trying to create Permanent Remission. It can be especially challenging during the holidays. Today, I start off with a scientifically proven method to reduce stress while simultaneously boosting […]
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Holiday Stress Series: How and Why to Reduce Stress
Happy Thanksgiving! Although this can be a joyful time of the year, the holidays can also bring added stress to our already busy, stress-filled lives. You may be feeling a lot of pressure to make the holidays special for kids or loved ones; you may have visits with extended family, bringing up past triggers; or […]
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The First 3 Steps to Getting Back on Your Feet Post-Treatment
You’re so freaking tired. You’re afraid of every weird pain wondering if it might be the cancer back again. So much anxiety! Add to that, your friends and family are expecting you to be back to normal now that the treatment is over. But you are not back to normal. You’re pretty sure you will […]
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Healthy Lifestyle Hacks + Roasted Chicken Provençal recipe
This week I’m bringing up to the front one of my older posts that is so helpful. It speaks to the HOW to living a healthy lifestyle in a busy world. Be sure to read all the way to the end for my delicious Roasted Chicken Provençal Recipe! Following are a few lifestyle hacks that I have […]
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Self-Care in a Crazy World
Does the world seem to be off its axis? I was brought up to pay attention to and be involved in politics and to care about our planet. I have lived over half a century now and this is the craziest time I’ve ever witnessed on both fronts. Random horrific violence, multiple earthquakes and devastating hurricanes […]
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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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Heal with Pure Acceptance
Last week four years ago I heard voices in my head. Well, one voice really and it was answering a question I had asked. I got an answer I wasn’t expecting and one that I knew I hadn’t come up with myself since it made no sense to me. It wasn’t logical or simple. But it ended […]
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