Cancer Advice

Hit Cancer with a Hammer-Try It All!

It's not just one thing you do - it's everything you do. Pair your medical treatment with healing modalities to get through it.

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Wellness

Finishing - The Ultimate Accomplishment

Your call to action today is to consider your purpose. Once you’ve got your “why” written on your heart, think about what “finishing" looks like for you today.

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What to Expect

How to Advocate for Yourself During Cancer

If something isn’t sitting well with you, or you feel like you are not being heard, it’s time to pause and push back a little.

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Wellness

Tips for Staying Healthy During the Holidays & Cold Weather

Cancer survivors and their caregivers should take these steps to boost their immune systems during sick season.

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Understanding Alternative Therapies: Our Favorites

This space is confusing - so here are our favorite during & after cancer alternative practices that we think help the most.

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Caretakers

Cancer Didn't Play by the Rules - But Neither Are We

Partnering with the right team and advocating for yourself and your loved ones puts the power back in your hands.

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How I'm Surviving Stage 4 Inoperable Cancer - in my 80s

I am convinced that what I have done in addition to my medical treatment has greatly contributed to my success.

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A Husband’s Guide to Surviving Your Wife’s Cancer

You are embarking on a challenging voyage and the waters will be choppy. Here are some tips, words of advice, warnings, and general observations on what you can expect.

Cancer & Covid: My Experience and Protocol

Having brain cancer, I was worried about getting COVID. Grateful I made it out - sharing my COVID timeline and protocol.

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Caretakers

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What To Do When Someone You Love Has Cancer

If you're on the sidelines of cancer you may struggle with how to help, worry about saying the wrong thing, or feel out of the loop. Here's some ideas to help you navigate.

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Cancer Talk

Tips for Getting Relief in the Thick of Treatment

The weeks of surgery, chemotherapy, and brain radiation were tough. But - I made it! Simple, inexpensive, natural, self-care rituals are what got me through it.

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Why I Went to a Research Hospital for Treatment

Not only are these the ultimate experts in your cancer, they are on-par from a cost perspective with your local hospital.

My Life as a Care Partner: Tips for the Journey

Todd used to call me his “caretaker” but I never thought those terms truly captured my role in Todd’s cancer battle. We have since landed on the moniker “care partner."

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Wellness

What to Eat When You Don’t Feel Like Eating

Here’s some tips and ideas that blend listening to what your body wants, with a few healthy additions to give it what it needs.

My Experience with Hypnotherapy During Cancer

The Mayo Clinic describes hypnotherapy as “a state of heightened focus and concentration. It helps you to gain control over undesired behaviors or help with pain & anxiety."

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Cancer Talk

My New Normal: Lifestyle Changes I Carried Over from Cancer Treatment

My life will never fully go back to the way it was, and I say that as a positive. I realized my greatest joys come from the simple pleasures of life.

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Cancer Talk

Scanxiety is Real! How to Cope

Scanxiety: the fear, anxiousness and worry around an upcoming scan or scan results. Here's how I cope.

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Cancer Talk

Cancer Community: The Most Wonderful Group You Never Wanted To Be A Part Of

Knowledge shared by those who have been where you are is, in my opinion, the single most helpful thing to guide your healing journey.

Just Diagnosed, Now What?

Where do you focus? Who do you trust? Where do you begin? I’ve identified three buckets I think all those who are newly diagnosed should dig into.

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Wellness

What Cancer Taught Me: Focus on Self Care

It wasn’t until I was forced to take care of myself that I began to reflect on how such a “healthy” person was actually so unhealthy.

How to Talk to Someone Who’s Been Diagnosed with Cancer

Letting someone know you care deeply without worrying them, prying, being negative, insensitive, or glazing over something important is tough. Here are some ideas.

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