Recent Blog Posts
Why Cancer Patients Are at Risk for Eating Disorders
You can’t truly solve a problem without first understanding what caused that problem in the first place. Without addressing the root cause of an issue, you can only offer temporary, band-aid solutions. For example: If you are having persistent headaches, is it better...
Why Cancer Patients Are at High Risk for Anxiety, Depression, and PTSD
The goal of this post today is to be informative and bring attention to something that is incredibly important but rarely discussed. So bear with me. It is worth the read. One of the biggest challenges I faced during my battle with leukemia was something...
Why it’s Important to Support Someone With Cancer and Why You Are Capable
Before we get into the crux of this first “For Loved Ones” blog post, I have one very important thing I want everyone to know: I WOULD NOT BE HERE TODAY IF I DIDN'T HAVE THE SUPPORT OF MY LOVED ONES DURING MY CHEMOTHERAPY TREATMENT FOR LEUKEMIA. My family did not just...
From the Soccer Field to the Hospital
When you’re a kid, you don’t know much about yourself or life. Most people can easily admit this. When I was twelve, my knowledge of the world was very limited. I can openly admit this with no shame. However, I wasn’t completely clueless. In the first decade of my...
How One Inspirational Quote About Stars Impacted a Cancer Survivor
Today I wanted to share one of my all-time favorite inspirational quotes with you. It was the first quote that resonated with me after my chemo treatment. Yes, in the words of our dear old friend and astronomer, Galileo: “I’ve loved the stars all too fondly to be...
How Surviving Cancer Can be Like a Journey Through Hell (AND BACK)
No one who survives cancer emerges from the battle unscathed--- No one comes face to face with death, undergoes months or years of intensive chemotherapy, and walks away without physical damage and some degree of mental or emotional trauma. Most cancer survivors are...
You did not come to face reality. You came to create reality. – Abraham Hicks
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