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I have learned so much, and I keep learning every day. I bring joy to my life on a daily basis, and make sure I’m surrounded by like-minded people. I have a mission to pursue happiness, and to receive it. I know that everyone can bring these feelings into their heart, and I want to be there to support them as they do this. Life can be challenging, but it’s possible to find your own strength and rise above the challenges — this is what I’m here to teach.
My next mountain to climb…
It looks like I have been assigned another mountain to climb. Cancer is back BUT different and easier this time around. It has been almost 4 years since I was given a death sentence after a stage IV incurable metastatic lung cancer diagnosis.
In the Fight Against Cancer, Survival Isn’t a Good Enough Goal
Living is not the same as surviving. Living means choosing to live an extraordinary life. Making that decision means focusing on the outcome you want for yourself, removing negativity from your life, and being open to trying anything that will help you heal.
How to Assemble a Medical Care Team that Supports Your Needs
I learned a hard truth when I was diagnosed with “incurable” stage four cancer. The people around you will shape your journey in one of two ways: they will either support you and bolster your positive mindset or increase your stress and hinder your ability to heal.
Your Immune System Can’t Do Its Job When It’s Burdened by Toxins
Chocolate soufflé is my favorite dessert. But was it worth dying for? I had to ask myself that question—and many like it—when I was diagnosed with “incurable” lung cancer…
How Clean Eating Can Heal and Prevent Illness
As a trained chef, it was only natural that I immediately turned to food as medicine to help heal my cancer. When I realized I needed to heal with food, I had one of the first “ah-ha!” moments I would experience throughout my journey.
How Integrative Medicine Can Change Your Approach to Cancer Treatment
A huge disconnect exists between Western treatments and holistic therapies when it comes to preventing and treating cancer.
What Does It Mean to Be Healthy?
If you want to be healthy, don’t just focus on your body. Revisit the core questions that will reshape your life. What kind of life are you fighting for? How do you want to transform yourself? Where is the incredible life that you are supposed to have?
Spreading hope and empowerment
I would like to do my part to keep spreading that hope, inspiration, and belief that this coronavirus pandemic, like the cancer that was in my body, will pass.
I Had Two Options: To Be Cancer’s Victim or Heal
Despite what my doctors told me, I felt it in my bones that the cancer invading my body would be a short-term problem. I felt so determined to live, I didn't even cry when I heard the diagnosis.
The story of my book cover…
Everything about writing The Grace of Cancer was so fluid. Every time I sat down to write, I couldn’t write fast enough as words and emotions started to just come out of my head and my heart...