Today on the Truth & Dare Cancer podcast I’m talking about gifts to give yourself this Christmas. The holidays can be a strange time of year when you have cancer. Culture is telling you that Christmas is sparkles and twinkly lights and perfectly wrapped presents, which is...

Have you ever had an experience that stopped you in your tracks and brought you back into the present moment?

Recently I had a busy busy week preparing to launch my DARE Cancer structured coaching community. I knew I needed to get out of my head, so I left my home office and went out for a...

Today’s episode is about my DARE Cancer structured coaching community: get all the details and learn about its benefits, what it includes, membership levels, and transformation in provides. DARE Cancer is for you if treating your cancer isn’t enough. If your goal is to heal your...

Do you know what “white coat syndrome” is?

It’s the phenomenon by which we mentally give more authority to - and are more willing to obey - someone who’s wearing a white coat. Even if they’re not a doctor.

Here’s what I want to say to that: 

Get your own...

Today’s episode is the last part of the 3-part series called Cancer is a Path to Self-Discovery, and today’s segment is about self-healing. The first step in learning to self-heal is learning to receive. Most people who have cancer don’t know how to receive. We struggle to...

Having cancer is like a full-time job. 

And then we also have other commitments: our families, our friends, keeping our households running, and maybe (just maybe) still working part- or full-time.

The stress of it all can be crazy-making. (Plus … the holidays are coming up!)

Since...

Today’s episode is a start of part 2 in a 3-part series called Cancer is a Path to Self-Discovery, and today’s segment is all about self-care. Everyone’s talking about it: on TV, on social media, in magazines. The problem is that there are two different kinds of self-care:...

The other day, I was feeling super annoyed and frustrated with myself. 

I was fighting a bad cold and I was exhausted. I’m working to heal my adrenals (which are shot after my cancer ordeal). 

I was lying in bed beating myself up for succumbing to a cold and ruminating about how...

Today’s episode is a start of a 3-part series called Cancer is a Path to Self-Discovery, and diving into the first segment that’s all about self-love. The most important relationship you’ll ever have in your life is with yourself. That relationship guides all of your other...

In her book Bird by Bird, Anne Lamott tells a story about going shopping with her best friend Pammy, who was dying of breast cancer. 

Looking for a date outfit, Anne tries on a lavender minidress (which, she assures the reader, is not her usual style). 

Anne writes, “The dress fit...