Coping with Cancer: Handling the Hard and Scary Stuff
It's always exciting to be a guest writer on someone else's blog. Last year, I was honored to be asked to contribute two articles to Shannon Miller's Lifestyle online magazine. This article [...]
Coping with Cancer: Getting through the first few days
It's always exciting to be a guest writer on someone else's blog. Last year, I was honored to be asked to contribute two articles to Shannon Miller's Lifestyle online magazine. This article [...]
3 Brené Brown quotes that moved me from fear of rejection into action
An old fear monster has been hanging out in my brain a lot these last few months. I have an inspiring, well-written and edited book available for publication (The Gift of Crisis: [...]
10 Lessons From Mothering a Teenager through Cancer
In late September 2005, my sixteen-year-old son, Nick, sat down next to me on the couch and told me that he thought he had testicular cancer. Knowing that Nick had a streak of hypochondriac in him [...]
Surviving Your New Year’s Resolutions
Like many people, I enjoy setting resolutions for the coming year--even though I never achieve them perfectly. Earlier in life I judged myself harshly for any slip-ups in keeping those resolutions—believing that [...]
Control, Chaos and Trust
I hit that magical 60th birthday in July this year and, since my family tends to stay active until their 80s and 90s, figure I have at least 25 years of [...]