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,...
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%....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Many of us who live in the country have our lives punctuated by sightings of wild things. We like to think we’re civilized, eating with a spoon, paying our bills, opening the door for a friend, but then a row of bats is dangling from near the front door gutter, or a...
Dear Friends and Family, Wow, it’s been a month since I posted any information about my current state of affairs! That is because I feel most excellent, enjoying time with family and friends, celebrating milestones, completing some home and yard projects, and gleaning...
