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How to Help Someone Grieving During the Holidays

How to Help Someone Grieving During the Holidays Please allow me to re-post a piece that I did at this time last year.  Grieving during the holidays is especially hard…adding insult to injury as it were, so I thought that I would share this again. No matter how recent or far a death occurred, the… Continue reading How to Help Someone Grieving During the Holidays

Coping with Cancer During the Holidays

While I loooooove the holidays, they are also fraught with challenges You know what I mean?  Too many calories. Too little sleep.  Too many errands. Too little time. The year that I had FBC was especially difficult – obviously. DUH. I felt completely out of step from the rest of the world during that holiday… Continue reading Coping with Cancer During the Holidays

Relaxation During Cancer Treatment

I know that it will not come as a surprise when I say that cancer and its treatment can be stressful for people with cancer and their caregivers. Understatement of the decade, I’d say.  When I was sick, for the first time in my life, I started using relaxation techniques and other mind/body practices to… Continue reading Relaxation During Cancer Treatment

Gift Guide for Thoughtful and FREE Gifts

My inbox seems to be FULL of Gift Guides.  I used to really enjoy them, but to be honest, now they are driving me bananas.  So many of them feel so commercial and disingenuous. I really don’t mean to sound like a grinch, but you all know by now that I’m not one to shy… Continue reading Gift Guide for Thoughtful and FREE Gifts

The Illusion of Time After Cancer

Recently, I came across a new blog that I am crazy about.  It is called HerAfter.com. The author, Rachael Yahne, had cancer and is a writer and blogger (obviously) living in New York. After years as a fashion journalist (a girl after my own heart!), she now writes women’s lifestyle articles about life, love, style, and life… Continue reading The Illusion of Time After Cancer

Public Speaking Tips from a Champion

Public Speaking Tips from a Champion This year I have had some amazing opportunities to share my story, from small groups to enormous ones, from local television to national. I used to have serious, sometimes debilitating nerve bugs prior to speaking. The Silver Lining is that now, while the nerve bugs are certainly present, I do my very… Continue reading Public Speaking Tips from a Champion

Musical Monday: Holiday Playlist

Here are my all-time favorite Christmas Holiday songs in my holiday playlist.  I have to admit that I was a little befuddled when the Christmas songs started on the radio before Thanksgiving.  BUT, the day after Thanksgiving, I was ALL IN.  These songs are my Silver Lining of the busy-ness of the season and I have them playing in my… Continue reading Musical Monday: Holiday Playlist

Colorful Eating to Decrease Risk of Cancer

Earlier this week, I participated in the Living Beyond Breast Cancer Twitter Chat about eating during and after cancer treatment.  It was a super engaging and interesting “discussion”.  Btw, I’m still amazed that I actually have conversations via social media.  But the Silver Lining is that I DO have conversations and have met some wonderful people on… Continue reading Colorful Eating to Decrease Risk of Cancer

Giving Tuesday 2014

Giving Tuesday 2014 Knowing that today is Giving Tuesday is a Silver Lining start to the day! Since Thanksgiving, we’ve had plenty of days focused on shopping with “Black Friday” and “Cyber Monday” but now it’s time for the feel good day…”Giving Tuesday”. I believe that it’s incredibly important to teach children about philanthropy early in life. By… Continue reading Giving Tuesday 2014