Cancer Truth Note: #239 Massage therapy and movement are your body’s friends to improve and/or manage chronic pain. It is common to think, “I am in pain. Exercise might make it worse.” Or “My body...

Cancer Truth Note: #238 Chronic pain is a common long term cancer side effect. Do not let pain run the show. Get curious!  Chronic pain is one of those things we need to get creative with....

Cancer Truth Note: #237 Bucket list items are meant to be conquered.  My oncologist used to be convinced that my husband and I traveled more than we were home, simply because whenever I saw him, we...

Cancer Truth Note: #236 We choose our response in every moment to everything. Are you living in fear and worry or gratitude, happiness, and action?  It is absolutely necessary and ok to feel all the...

Cancer Truth Note: #235 When you are a young cancer survivor new cancers and recurrences can happen.  I am going to leave that there. They do happen. It is also reasonable to think, the more people...

Cancer Truth Note: #234 People are WEIRD AND everyone is doing their BEST.   I say the first part a lot. It is true. If we accept that everyone is weird it makes it a bit easier to view behavior...

Cancer Truth Note: #233 Many non-profit organizations have been created because people could not find the support or services they needed after a cancer diagnosis. Where I live there are more than...

Cancer Truth Note: #232 There are gifts in EVERY challenge, including cancer. There is a positive intelligence strategy that I use where I look for the gifts in the challenges. Whatever the...

Cancer Truth Note: #231  Hindsight is 20/20, especially after a cancer diagnosis. Tell me, do you see work more clearly? Where you are valued for your skills or where you may be taken advantage of?...