Cancer Truth Notes: #178

Cancer Truth Note: #178 A cancer journey is a trauma. Or maybe even a series of traumas depending upon your situation. In the early days of diagnosis and throughout treatment there are a lot of things happening that can make us respond to things in a more emotional...

Cancer Truth Notes: #177

Cancer Truth Note: #177 When you are prepared for other people’s crazy, responding and letting the comments go, gets easier. Because I talk about how weird people can be, myself included, I often am asked “How can I respond better when someone tells me something...

Cancer Truth Notes: #176

Cancer Truth Note: #176 Someone who disappeared after your diagnosis and reappears later may not need to be vanquished from your life forever, unless they do. You get to choose. Yesterday I flipped the script a bit on ghosting. Remember it is about them not you. Often...

Cancer Truth Notes: #175

Cancer Truth Note: #175 People are weird. If someone ghosted you after diagnosis or treatment it may just mean THEY were not strong enough at the time to face your situation.   Say it with me now… People are weird. Every single cancer survivor I have met has this...

Cancer Truth Notes: #174

Cancer Truth Note: #174 If you experienced something crazy during your cancer journey and thought surely no one else has been through this… you may be surprised what you find if you ask another survivor.  This is another one of those common situations I...

Cancer Truth Notes: #173

Cancer Truth Note: #173 Retreats that are cancer or age survivor specific can be life changing. I recently helped out at a Casting for Recovery retreat. I attended as a participant in 2021. It was a wonderful experience. One of the most common things I hear from folks...