In today’s episode I to talk about the importance of leaving our immediate environment and creating the opportunity to observe our lives outside looking in, and how making a few small adjustments can make a big difference for your cancer healing. I also explain how slowing down, is one of...

Anxiety and cancer go hand-in-hand.

Even if you’ve never struggled with anxiety before, you might find yourself overwhelmed with it after a diagnosis. And if you’re somebody who has dealt with anxiety throughout your life, you’re probably consumed by anxious thoughts about your...

I was driving away from LAX in my rental to the magnificent land five hours and five centuries east of Los Angeles. I finally arrived to this ancient desert where its beautiful jewels – mottled bark, roots running 20 feet or more under the arid ground – gracefully stood five feet...

One of the topics that comes up time and again with my cancer clients in the group setting and 1:1 is fear of missing out. Something that a lot of the women I work with talk to me about is their fear that they won’t see their children grow up, or that they will die too young and without...

 Anxiety and cancer go hand-in-hand.

Even if you’ve never struggled with anxiety before, you might find yourself overwhelmed with it after a diagnosis. And if you’re somebody who has dealt with anxiety throughout your life, you’re probably consumed by anxious thoughts about...

Not all cancer communities are created equal. While some are helpful with treatments and side effects information, others are useful for emotional support. The key factors for a successful cancer community, I found over the years, are that the community provides a safe space for its members to...

While I was in college one of my part-time jobs was to work as a Math Assistant in a Math Lab which was a safe place within otherwise ‘scary’ Department of Mathematics -- or at least that’s the rep it got from the majority of students at this quaint liberal arts school tucked in...

Many people diagnosed with cancer also experience post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and for some, this persists and sometimes worsens with time, even after successful cancer treatment. PTSD is most often associated with traumatic events such as war, sexual and physical attacks, natural
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Self-judgment creeps in for many, especially when we are on the cancer journey. In today’s episode, I share my struggle with recognizing, understanding, accepting self-criticism, and I also share the ways I self-coach myself through it all. It is all the process and we have to be honest...

As my mentor and teacher Martha Beck says “you hold the keys to your own healing.”

Don’t look outside of yourself for happiness, success, freedom – the same goes for true healing. You hold all the power, wisdom and knowledge you need to heal your body, mind and soul...