Kiss Today Goodbye: Learning to Let GoIt's that time of year when folks traditionally review the many events that bring meaning to their lives. We especially tend to...reactionscomments
Moving Through Denial With Ovarian CancerSometimes, people admit they work best with a deadline or in crisis. It is so common to intellectualize things away rather than...reactionscomments
Everyone Has a Story: The Anatomy of a WorrierAdmittedly I am now and have always been a worrier. But, generally, people take on this style of being as the result...reactionscomments
Advanced Ovarian Cancer: You Are Responsible for Your ResilienceNo matter how difficult to accept, we all know life has limits. That is, there is a beginning and an end. Even...reactionscomments
It's Me - It's Not You: Coping Styles and New MotivationAs a therapist, I'm bewildered when I hear the message, "It's me. It's not you." People use this statement to indicate ownership...reactionscomments
Practicing the Virtues: The Power of PatienceI realize now, more than ever, that we are the sum of all our experiences. As a result, we create meaning in...reactionscomments
Waiting for Signs of ImprovementFour years ago, I learned that my life was about to change. Like many others, I discovered I had advanced ovarian cancer...reactionscomments
A Portrait of a Women With Advanced Ovarian CancerThis morning, I remembered an experience from long ago. My children were just 2 and 3. Although so very young, they attended...reactionscomments
On a Clear Day You Can See ForeverMy code throughout life includes accepting responsibility for my words and actions. I see this way of being as an essential virtue...reactionscomments
Ovarian Cancer: Rocking Our WorldAt this time in my life, I hear more about friends and family facing cancer. Yet, for many years I have known...reactionscomments
My Favorite ThingsI'm not quite sure when it all started. Despite being dedicated to planning for our future, everything suddenly stopped in the fall...reactionscomments
If I Forgot to Say Thank YouLearning you have cancer and coping with the news can bring on many complicated responses. Most of us begin by trying to...reactionscomments
If Ever I Would Leave YouI have been in love with life for the last 74 years. Yet, like many, I experienced great joy and unimaginable loss...reactions6comments
I Am Woman, Hear Me RoarBuried away in the world of chemotherapy, I lost my faith that I would emerge again with strength and wholeness. I isolated...reactionscomments
Will I Ever Be the Same Again?Many people dislike change. As a result, they plan their lives intending to maintain the status quo. They may even look for...reactions4comments
Surviving and ThrivingI am oh so happy to report...I overcame the hardship of GI symptoms and lethargy by stepping away from a plan that...reactionscomments
Despite CrisisI usually have so much to say to bring a sense of hope to others, but I suddenly feel angry and distraught...reactionscomments
This is Our TimeAs the fall of leaves stirs the air and winter settles in, so many of us look forward to this magical time...reactionscomments
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!As we begin December, it is almost impossible to ignore the coming of the Christmas and New Year holidays. Personally, I find...reactionscomments
...For Whom the Bell TollsKnown for his writings that included Elizabethan and Jacobean drama, John Donne wrote his famous Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions during the latter...reactionscomments
