It’s been a long time since I wrote a blog. There’s a lot of reasons for it but the most powerful one has been shame. The last time I wrote a blog I declared that I was going to quit smoking weed. And I did successfully…. For about a month…
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Day 1095- 3 Year ‘Re-Birthday’- Messages from the Universe
Today is my third ‘Re-Birthday’. Three years ago today, a kind and incredibly selfless person gave part of themselves to me, so I could win my battle with cancer and have a chance at a second life. To many of you I’m sure, three years seems like a long time,…
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Do the Thing
Lately one question seems to cross my mind about a million times a day: What’s the point? My internal dialogue sounds something like this: “You should get dressed…..What’s the point?”“You should write a blog….What’s the point?”“You should go for a walk… What’s the point?” Normally I would analyze these feelings…
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You are enough
I’ve been wanting to write a blog for a while, but every time an idea or the mood strikes, something peculiar seems to happen. A voice, barely even loud enough to be heard, but somehow forceful enough to stop me in my tracks always says, “NO.” “No one wants to…
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The power of movement and body connectedness in healing
January 24th, 2018, The day I was told I had cancer, I was three weeks away from getting on a plane to go to Nicaragua and complete my yoga teacher training. I needed a physical to ensure I could safely stay on an isolated reserve far away from immediate medical…
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The Jody Seeley Show- Podcast
I had a blast on coffee club with Jody Seeley recently talking about my personal cancer journey, and it was turned into a podcast, which you can listen to here on whatever podcast player you use 🙂
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What’s Your Ripple?
I see a lot of discussion on Covid lately, and I just want to take a moment to allow you to see a different perspective of it. A lot of the focus is on covid itself, and how serious the virus is versus how seriously we should be thinking about…
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Let’s Talk/ I Knew You Could
OK- This is an unorthodox “Bell Let’s Talk” mental health day smorgasbord of which 90% is a children’s book. Don’t be afraid. Read on. It has admittedly been a couple rough weeks. The damage to my kidneys is severe and not reversible- approximately 90% of it is scarred. My clinic…
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Day +636
I have been home from rehab for just over two months and I’m generally doing ‘well’ and am happy with the slow but steady progress I am making. I recently had several neurological tests done to determine the cause and severity of the ‘neuropathy’ that I was experiencing in my…
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Day +592
It’s been a while since I wrote a blog, but a lot of stuff has happened and I’ve truly been in the hardest, darkest stretch of recovery. I just couldn’t do it. This is a long one, but it’s been a long three months and my hands wouldn’t agree with me…