Over the last five months, I’ve knocked out two hip surgeries, a car accident, one brain injury, and a break-up. People are starting to keep their distance from me. Seriously. I don’t... Read more >>

In December 2009, I learned that I have a rare form of ovarian cancer. When an emergency trip to the nearest hospital led to the discovery of a giant malignant tumor, I underwent a complete... Read more >>

An article from DivineCaroline appeared on Yahoo relating to birthmarks on May 5, 2009. I was delighted that she had written about a topic I knew all too well. I have a port wine birthmark on half of... Read more >>

All over. Actually, that’s not true. I just had breast cancer surgery and beginning reconstructive surgery. Right now, it feels like a giant rubber band across my chest. The drain tube under my... Read more >>

I never thought that my meditation practice would lead me down the path to having emergency root canal surgery, but that’s exactly what happened. I was thrilled to be able to devote my entire... Read more >>

In May of 2009 I retired from a job I loved to enter retirement alongside the man I loved. He had long understood what he wanted for the second section of his life.  We had sold our home in... Read more >>

You might think I would be hungry after not eating a real food for nineteen years, but I am not. Almost twenty years ago, at age forty, I was diagnosed with throat cancer. Yes, I was a smoker.... Read more >>

Your life can turn on what you notice and what you ignore. You focus on the ringing telephone and not on the tick-tock of the wall clock in the kitchen; you focus on the game and ignore the child... Read more >>

I recently coached a client through a hysterectomy; we worked on her fears about the surgery, her worries about anesthesia, and her concerns about her doctors. Health crises bring surges of emotion... Read more >>

I have always had some female complications, which after years of hormones, finally came down to having to have an emergency hysterectomy during the middle of the semester in 2006. I was scared... Read more >>