by Kristen | Feb 15, 2023 | Resilience When Life is Challenging
Valentine’s Day can be a wonderful holiday if you’re in a relationship with someone you care for (and who cares for you). But whether you’re in such a partnership or not, there is one person you should love above all others: yourself. “What??” you might ask. “What...
by Kristen | Oct 27, 2022 | Being Resilient When You Have Breast Cancer, Life Coaching for Women with Breast Cancer
Many of us with breast cancer become close friends with others that we meet in support groups, online forums, and through friends. Sadly, some of them pass away, leaving us with grief and, sometimes, survivor’s guilt. Survivor’s guilt is real and we all experience it...
by Kristen | Oct 27, 2022 | Breast Cancer as a Catalyst for Positive Life Changes, Life Coaching for Women with Breast Cancer
“I wish I’d lived a life true to myself rather than the one others expected of me.” That was the number-one regret expressed by dying people cared for by Australian palliative nurse Bronnie Ware, who worked with hospice patients for almost ten years and who wrote...
by Kristen | Oct 27, 2022 | Being Resilient When You Have Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer as a Catalyst for Positive Life Changes
As if having breast cancer isn’t bad enough, many women find that they put on unwanted pounds due to the specific treatment they’re on and/or feeling too tired to exercise the way they used to. I am not a metabolism expert but did some research and found that the...
by Kristen | Oct 27, 2022 | Being Resilient When You Have Breast Cancer, Life Coaching for Women with Breast Cancer
In the same way we can imagine beautiful futures like a cure for cancer and watching our grandchildren thrive, we can imagine the most awful futures: disease progression, painful treatment, devastating side effects, dying. Imagination is a uniquely human capacity,...
by Kristen | Oct 26, 2022 | Breast Cancer as a Catalyst for Positive Life Changes, Resilience When Life is Challenging
It’s completely normal to feel disoriented and detached from our old lives and original selves after anything as life-altering as a breast cancer diagnosis. It’s like we’ve been picked up in a personal tidal wave, tossed and tumbled, and washed up on a new shore,...
by Kristen | Oct 26, 2022 | Resilience When Life is Challenging
Recently we held my son’s wedding at our house. After months of planning, we were finally ready. The tent was up, the tables were set, the decorations were in place, and the rehearsal had gone beautifully. We knew there was a possibility of rain in the forecast but...
by Kristen | Oct 25, 2022 | Being Resilient When You Have Breast Cancer, Life Coaching for Women with Breast Cancer
It’s so easy when we have breast cancer and when we experience awful side effects to think of ourselves as victims of our circumstances. While it absolutely sucks to get cancer and tolerate treatment, it’s how we think about it–and the actions we take–that can make...
by Kristen | May 19, 2022 | Resilience When Life is Challenging
One of the ways I like to feel is inspired. I feel it in my heart center the most, but often get goosebumps and feel “zhoozhy” all over. I can get this feeling from a beautiful vista, the smell of pine sap on a warm day, music, Super Bowl ads, stories of overcoming...
by Kristen | May 4, 2022 | Resilience When Life is Challenging
There is an area extending about five degrees north and south of the equator that scientists call the “itch” (for Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone, or ITCZ) and sailors call the doldrums. In this belt, the prevailing trade winds of the northern and southern hemispheres...
