Getting diagnosed with cancer is scary. Bam! Suddenly you’re in a bewildering whirlwind of unsettling appointments and diagnostic procedures. It’s chaos and confusion and then you’re confronted with cancer treatment: chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, second opinions, unsolicited advice on essential oils, soursop, and alternative therapies, and who knows what else. Sometimes the advice is helpful, sometimes […]

Exciting news – I have officially launched the High Vibe Thriver Tribe! It’s a place for cancer thrivers to connect over all things wellbeing and ‘life after cancer.’ If you’ve noticed that I’ve been a been rather quiet on all my outlets lately, this is why 😉 I’ve been working a lot behind the scenes on the […]

Cancer Diagnosis Anniversary April is National Stress Awareness Month. It also happens to be the month I was officially diagnosed with lymphoma. It’s the month I found out I had cancer. Months of stress culminated in a cancer crisis in what apparently is a month dedicated to awareness of how stress impacts our wellbeing. No […]

Not-So-Springlike Lack of Sunshine Killin My Vibe Happy Spring! Or at least that’s what the calendar tells me I should be saying. Reality: maybe not quite yet. I don’t know what winter’s deal is this year, but it definitely isn’t moving on without a fight. Winter is making sure to get the last word in […]

Raising Awareness and Hope Today is #worldcancerday – a day meant to raise awareness of this silent but deadly disease about which we know so little. Because really – cancer can impact anyone (like me!). And a diagnosis can hit you out of the blue (hi!). I’m lucky – I’m here, and I’m doing great. […]

Life after cancer: Young, fancy and free A year ago last Wednesday – August 23rd – was my last day of chemo. The first step on the road back to normalcy. My unofficial return to freedom, to life. To life after cancer. My last day of chemo was a big deal for me. While I […]

What a weird start to the year I’ve had. We typically view January 1st as a clean slate, ripe for fresh beginnings. A time for resolutions and goal-setting. I’ve never been big on resolutions myself, because 1) people rarely stick with them 2) it’s a great way to set yourself up for failure and the accompanying […]

So the first part of my detailed account discussed the alternative approaches I took in addition to treatment in order to properly heal myself and mitigate suffering. When there is so little definitive information out there, how does one make the best decisions? Was all of this necessary? When it comes to life or death […]

Cancer is expensive. That’s a fact. A few people have wondered about my use of funds on the yoga retreat I went on in September. This did cross my mind when booking the retreat – how it might look. The fact is, I didn’t use the donation money to fund it. I earned that money […]

[Originally published May 4, 2016] My Post-Diagnosis Reality Thank goodness I have a really good planner with a to-do list for every day as well as a daily agenda. And extra space for notes on this and that. It even has motivational quotes at the top of each page. Because wow every piece of this process […]