Radical Remissions
This is my new favorite book! I read it while I was on vacation and it is a gem I wanted to share with all in our Parenting Community. Did you know that there are a number of people who have had life threatening and advanced cancers who have been able to attain life long remissions? I have seen this in my own career as an Oncology Nurse/ Nurse Practitioner. However, I...
Champions for Change
This month I wanted to highlight two more people that are doing wonderful work on Nutritional and Environmental issues. As my patients have taught me so well, what we are knowingly or unknowingly exposed to in the environment or in our food and what we choose to eat for food can have a huge impact on keeping us well OR increasing our risks for cancer. Both of these women are...
Celebrating Cancer Survivorship Month and Those Making a Difference
June is a Special Month. We get to Celebrate Cancer Survivorship Month! Our world is in the process of transformation, I am sure that you have noticed and can feel it too!! There is so much energy on this planet now. It is in transition so not all of it feels comfortable but it is changing and is moving towards a new Paradigm that is even better! We are developing newer treatments to help...
Thrive on Five
July is a wonderful month for eating whole, fresh, delicious fruits and vegetables. I remember as a child growing up on Cape Cod, my mom would take all of us to the back roads of Truro early in the morning so that we could pick wild, ripening blueberries off the bush to eat for breakfast. My mom always made an adventure out of it! We had the music cranked up with some rock and...
Taking Time to Renew
August is a wonderful month to take a deep breath and recover from the busyness of the year before the new academic year begins! I love this month, like many parents, as it is the last time for a year when we have more time as parents for ourselves and just being present with our kids. So often as our kids are growing up, there are so many activities such as homework, sports, music lessons and...
Connecting with Nature
September is the season for the kids going back to school, students starting or returning to college or graduate school and parents to design a new schedule for the academic year. While it can be very hectic, it can also be a wonderful season of new beginnings as we carve out a brand new schedule for the year! It is often a season when the days are warm and nights increasingly cooler...
Building Fun and Traditions
Don’t you just love the fall, it is full of fun and silliness, especially when it comes to Halloween and fall activities! From apple and pumpkin picking, to hikes in the woods when the leaves are turning colors to dressing up in a costume to go Halloween Trick or Treating! Oh, Mama’s to be a kid again and have the freedom to just be, enjoy, try on your favorite character for a night and then...
Breast Cancer Awareness Month Living the Good. Better. Best. Life Through W.E.L.L.N.E.S.S.
As a Mom and long time Clinical Oncology Nurse/ Nurse Practitioner, one of my most passionate goals, as a parent, is to keep my daughter healthy and cancer free for the Long Term. I know that I only have the most influence in the first 18 years of her life but I also know these are some of the THE MOST IMPORTANT TIMES FOR LONG TERM HEALTH!! What we eat in childhood, the exercise habits that we...
Build A Network of Support
For about 10 years I worked on an amazing Inpatient Medical Oncology Unit with dedicated, team-oriented health care professionals consisting of nurses, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, physical therapists, Nutritionists, social workers, residents, attendings, housekeepers and our Chaplain par excellence. We were all focused on one mission-to meet the needs of the patient. This team is what I...
Craft a Family Life You Love
I am not a crafty person. My sister Laurie is. Even as a teen I was amazed how she could sew together a stuffed bunny rabbit, or make her own lamp shade for an existing lamp that needed refreshing! I am sure you know members of your family just like that too! They have a gift! Building a family life we love is also a gift but a secret is that We All Have the Gift to Build that Family Life...
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