Talk for the Northampton Cancer Connection

Talk for the Northampton Cancer Connection

If you feel like taking me along on a walk or a car ride, here’s a link to a 90 minute talk I offered at the Cancer Connection on the topic of my book, You Finished Treatment, Now What? I prefer standing and walking around a bit when I teach, but for taping purposes,...

Filler, Spiller, Thriller

Filler, Spiller, Thriller

Dear Family and Friends, I hope this finds you deep in summer and enjoying all the ways summer has of giving us time, light, foods to nourish, and hopefully a bit of adventure thrown in here or there. It’s been almost 6 months since I last wrote and I am feeling 100%....

Cookies and Milk. A Lactation Supporting Treat

Cookies and Milk. A Lactation Supporting Treat

Our daughter Sophia and husband Alex blessed our family with a beautiful daughter this summer. We are all over the moon. One of the ways we lend our love and support is through preparing and sharing favorite foods and packing their freezer with easy to prep meals. But...

#25 Dazzling

#25 Dazzling

When you read the word chimera you may or may not recall your Greek mythology. From Wikipedia we have: a chimera has come to describe any mythical or fictional creature with parts taken from various animals, to describe anything composed of disparate parts or...

#24 Patience

#24 Patience

I came home two weeks ago! Today is the one-month mark since I was blessed with my new stem cells. I was able to send a heartfelt, de-personalized note of thanks to my 23-year-old donor who remains anonymous. If she agrees, which I hope she will, we can meet at the...

#23 Sandbox

#23 Sandbox

Alas, I emerge from the worst of the transplant times back to some semblance of myself. I will need to process many things like the role of suffering and the purpose of pain, but for today, I’d like to focus on getting along well in the sandbox. I think about all the...

#22 Whipping Up

#22 Whipping Up

A lesser-known offering at MGH is their Integrative Therapies Program. On my first day back, I let the staff know I’d like access to it all: Reiki, Therapeutic Touch, Massage, Acupressure, Art Therapy, Music Therapy. Why not? I have already reframed my central line...

#21 Rainbow Blessings

#21 Rainbow Blessings

 The list of things a rainbow might signify runs long and reads like feel-good-about-it all dime store psychobabble: acceptance, new beginnings, harmony, happiness, hope, inspiration, integration, love, luck, joy, transformation. Let’s not even get started with equity...

Breathe Deep, Reconsider Your Singulair Rx

Breathe Deep, Reconsider Your Singulair Rx

Potential Mental Health Side Effects of Common Asthma and Allergy Medication Recent information, underscoring the potential mental health risks of the common asthma medication, Singulair is essential information to share. About 8% of Americans are diagnosed with...