“Cancer is enough to get my attention.” “
– Charles Grodin
February 4th is World Cancer Day. It’s a way to pay attention to cancer and all the many ways it impacts people’s lives. Some of us have been diagnosed with cancer, survived …
Once again, on Christmas Eve I am thinking of all of those who will be working in hospitals, crisis units, shelters, police and fire stations. Thank you …
“Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone.” Charles M. Schultz
34 years ago tonight on Christmas Eve, I worked the …
“And don’t think the garden
looses its ecstasy in winter.
It’s quiet, but the roots
are down there riotous.” –Rumi
The Winter Solstice occurs on Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at 2:44 am PST
I’m returning to this site on the …
“To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power.” Maya Angelou
Today on Mother’s Day, I miss the hurricane that was my mother. I wish she were here to see her grandson graduate with honors from college. I wish we could sit …
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
I have been honored over this past week to witness others tell the stories of their experience with cancer. Some came to my workshops while others talked to me …
Looking forward to offering this workshop at beautiful Rancho la Puerta in Tecate, Mexico.
Tales of Heart and Bone: Helping Cancer Survivors Tell Their Stories
Check out the “Events” page April 23-April 30, 2016
http://www.rancholapuerta.com/
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Today is Triple Negative Breast Cancer Day.
I was diagnosed with Triple Negative Breast Cancer nine years ago this month. By the fall of 2007 I had undergone several surgeries, a grueling course of chemotherapy and radiation treatment. Even now those months feel unreal; I still wonder if somehow they …
“The path through trouble is always made a step at a time, a breath at a time, a day at a time.” Jack Kornfield
It is important to allow time and space for the healing of trauma. All too often the push is for symptom reduction without attention to …
“All the lonely people
Where do they all come from
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong” Paul McCartney
I was writing in a café today. It’s sometimes helpful to be in a different environment, away from my desk at home or one of my offices where …
“Before Enlightenment chop wood carry water, after Enlightenment, chop wood carry water.” Zen saying
Yesterday was World Cancer Day. A day to recognize and acknowledge all of those who struggle with a diagnosis of cancer. There was a lovely image on the Internet of a candle with the …
