Can You Modify Your Risk for Acute Winter Illnesses Including COVID?
In the world of public health, understanding the timeline of infectious illness is paramount to saving lives and minimizing suffering. In other words, there is an evolution of illness, from an exposure to a latency phase, to symptom development to resolution. It does...
Join Me On Substack!
During my crazy year in treatment for leukemia, I wrote a whole bunch. (You can find all that writing here, entries #1-25 https://lnkd.in/gAB7Mty5) Having and taking time for reflection and sharing was part of my healing, while also allowing me to keep my beloveds in...
Annual Triathlon Gratitude Note
#gratitude #triathlon #thriver #lovemakesafamily #stemcelltransplant #leukemia #ALL #MGH #naturopathic #ovariancancer #breastcancer #ILoveMyJob #survivor #grandmaathlete
Happy Mother’s Day
To all the wonderful mothers in my life. As Paul and I meander our way around beautiful Tuscany, far away from all our responsibilities and family and friends, I think this may be my first Mother’s Day so far from home. I am grateful for my own grandmothers and my...
Bone Up!
See this piece that was published recently. #osteoporosis #osteopenia #exercisemakesusstrong #thriver #supplementsforbonehealth
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
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
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
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...