I remember my first winter after treatment ending. I had just had my final surgeries, and I was still recovering from them when I got a cold. I was already feeling pretty low physically, and this cold …
Cancer’s compromising positions
Yes, this is cheeky innuendo, and yes, this post is about sexuality and how the impact of cancer interventions put you into compromising positions regarding the long term side effects. No one lines …
Reaching towards
Prior to experiencing cancer, my psychotherapy practice had specialized in eating disorder and trauma work, which I continue to do and love. This weeks blog is inspired by the difficult and life …
Storytelling, a powerful tool for healing
This week I had the opportunity to do an in-service for the Dempsey Center staff about Expressive Arts Therapy. It gave me the opportunity to share again the healing power of art through the example …
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Unexpected opportunities
In a couple of weeks, I will be packing up my boobs and mailing them off to Illinois. That is, the casts of my breasts, that I have used as the canvas to process my experience of having cancer. They …
For when you’ve lost your way in the sea of normalcy
Have you ever felt adrift in a sea of normalcy? In which everywhere you look it appears as if everyone is carrying on as usual, and you are not, even though on the surface it may appear as if nothing …
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