I really felt like I was disappearing. Not just because I’m very fair, now bald with absolutely no hair anywhere. But when you have cancer, it doesn’t take long for people to quit seeing... Read more >>

I can vividly remember as a child going to the dentist and having to make that all important decision: “Strawberry or grape?”  Once decided, the dentist would promptly place the... Read more >>

I’m a smoker. Oh no! you say, Not one of those. It’s true. I started smoking in nursing school, of all places. Between the stress, and the fact that my best friends in nursing school... Read more >>

In Martha Beck’s book, Finding Your North Star, she discusses the concept of the essential self. Your essential self is the calm, peaceful, wise you who knows exactly what you need in every... Read more >>

My former company is now in bankruptcy. The last two years I worked there was fraught with staff shortages, cutting back of hours and salary. “NO OVERTIME!” was mandatory. Many... Read more >>