After cancer treatment ends, it becomes a time that some people refer to as “finding a new normal” as you navigate your survivorship experience. Also cancer recurrence is prevalent, how can one address this fear and/or find a new “normal” that is not rooted in fear?
Read MoreThe National Cancer Institute states that the term "Scanxiety" describes the apprehension felt by people with cancer as they wait for their next scan. Though I would say this also includes the anxiety that is felt during the scan, and the time leading up to receiving the results too. Cancer patients and survivors like myself know this form of anxiety all too well, and we have a good reason for why we experience it.
Read MoreWellness Within's Stevie Hannickel recently interviewed Nancy Birang for a podcast episode about the healing properties of Herbs and Spices
Read MoreThe word chakra means wheel. In yoga philosophy we focus on these areas of the body as storehouses of energy. They help us to move attention from the earth to the sky, from heaviness to lightness, and from the physical to the spiritual. This can bring us greater focus, lift our awareness, elevate our health, and will serve to bring harmony to the entire being. Practicing yoga with the chakras in mind helps to deepen our understanding of this process and how yoga offers a complete system of transformation.
Read MoreListen to silence. It has so much to say. Rumi
More and more, I am silenced by loss. Finding it harder and harder to know what to say. Grasping for words that heal, comfort or soothe and coming up empty. Acknowledging that there is no repairing the damage, fixing the loneliness, touching up the despair. The suffering is too deep and too wide. To speak is to offer simple solutions that don't come close to suturing the wound.
ANNUS MIRABILIS
Annus Mirabilis. Translation: a remarkable or notable year in history. I think we can all agree 2020 was indeed remarkable! And arduous! It exposed our vulnerability and disorientated us in ways that demanded many of us to delve deep into our reservoir of coping mechanisms.
Read MoreElizabeth Klein had the privilege of interviewing Terri Wolf, RN MS OCN, for a Wellness Within podcast recently. The topic: You received a cancer diagnosis. Now What?
Read MoreOne of my biggest revelations going through cancer was discovering and making time for self-care. I suppose this shouldn’t have been a revelation, and probably is just plain common sense to many. But for me, it was HUGE.
Read MoreIt happens. The unexpected call, the unforeseen difficult conversation, a relationship in turmoil, a new health diagnosis, a job change or loss of a loved one.
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