What if Bravery is not about the diagnosis at all, but about what you choose after it? When cancer arrives, it does not ask your permission. It drops into your life without warning and without care for your plans. The brave act is deciding to live anyway, to keep showing up, to keep loving people,…
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This Is What Bravery Looks Like
What if Bravery is not about the diagnosis at all, but about what you choose after it? When cancer arrives, it does not ask your permission. It drops into your life without warning and without care for your plans. The brave act is deciding to live anyway, to keep showing up, to keep loving people,…
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…
Read moreCreating Your Own Care Team
It’s crucial to keep in mind the emotional toll that health problems might take on you. The good news is that you don’t have to go through this alone; you have a full team of people behind you. Not only does treatment restore your body, but it also creates a startling sense of community by…
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