When Cancer is a Spiritual Crossroads, I didn’t give my faith much thought until cancer forced me to. Some find God in their diagnosis. Some lose Him altogether. I have learned that both are valid, and the trip from one to the other is rarely straightforward. When the physician first said “cancer,” my knee-jerk reaction…
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The Power of Mindset: How Your Thoughts Shape Your Cancer Journey
When I received my cancer diagnosis, I discovered something that decades of surgical training hadn’t fully prepared me for: the profound impact our thoughts have on how we experience treatment and recovery. Through my own journey and in supporting countless others, I’ve witnessed a fundamental truth—the quality of your life after diagnosis depends largely on…
Read moreWhen Joy and Fear Occupy the Same Space
You now understand that joy and fear can coexist, and you have decided to feed joy. You feel this truth the most on a Tuesday morning in your oncologist’s office. Not only that, but you’re sitting there shaking in fear while you wait for test results. You feel terrible in your stomach. And then you…
Read moreYou Won’t See Time the Same After This (Cancer and the Gift of Now)
What if the calendar you trust is a mirage? Before cancer, I planned months ahead and counted on a long runway of tomorrows. Then a life changing situation struck. The ground under my feet moved, and with it, my sense of time. This is a story about courage in the everyday and the choice of…
Read moreLearn to See With Kindness
I will always remember the first day I met Sarah in the emergency department. A rear-end collision at a stoplight—nothing more than a fender bender. But the other driver was incensed, hurling insults at Sarah about being careless and incompetent, that she should have her license revoked. What that other driver didn’t know was that…
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