The Healing Chronicle – Volume 35
My Grasshopper Revelation… One of the harder parts of dealing with the ups, downs, twists and turns of the cancer journey is discerning what God is doing. “What is really going on here? Why aren’t his answers clearer? Doesn’t he even care?” I was recently reminded of an experience I had several years ago, that […]
The Healing Chronicle – Volume 34
On the Journey With… Joyce I have to be honest, doctors have not always been my favorite people, nothing personal, just hated to go. But I have always kept my appointments. So, when I first noticed blood in my stool, alarm bells didn’t immediately go off. At the time, life was quite stressful. My parents […]
The Healing Chronicle – Volume 33
Asking the deeper question… Why Me? When you first receive a diagnosis or you receive some form of bad report, we often find ourselves going inside and asking ourselves the question for which there is no good answer. Why? Why is this happening to me? What did I do wrong? Why did God let this […]
The Healing Chronicle – Volume 32
A Fresh Look At… Personal Affirmations The words you speak become the house you live in… ~ Persian Proverb For all too many years I was skeptical of the practice of repeating personal statements to myself about myself. It felt disingenuous, fake and forced. It reminded me too much of the name it and claim it religious […]
The Healing Chronicle – Volume 31
A Word About Worshipping God With Our Bodies If you have been following my story for any length of time, you know that healthy eating and attentiveness to general physical fitness has always been – and may always be – a bit of a challenge. I wish it weren’t so, but it is… And yes, […]
The Healing Chronicle – Volume 30
A Word About Navigating Offers of Help A cancer diagnosis often elicits an outpouring of support, advice, and offers of help from friends, family, and well-meaning Facebook folk. While this attention and care generally comes from a sincere place, it can also feel overwhelming and often confusing. Navigating this influx of rightly-motivated, but not always […]
The Healing Chronicle – Volume 29
A Word About Mental Health and Physical Healing I keep running across this time and time again! And candidly, I tend to resist the correlation. But it is getting harder and harder to ignore! Our mental state has a significant impact on how our bodies heal. Here’s why: Stress and the Immune System Chronic stress […]
The Healing Chronicle – Volume 28
A Word About Being Your Own Advocate… We have all seen it… a friend faces a change in their health status, and suddenly, everyone’s an expert. The internet is overflowing with “cures” and “miracle treatments,” and well-meaning family and friends are chiming in with their own advice. It’s like a tidal wave of information, from […]
The Healing Chronicle – Volume 27
On the Journey With Jeramy Luckasavage… I met Jeramy and his wife Rachel at Hope4Cancer in Mexico. Like many of the patients there, we developed a bond that is not easily shaken. We have also walked similar paths since then. We have explored a wide-variety of treatments and protocols – some traditional and some experimental. […]
The Healing Chronicle – Volume 26
On the Journey In Prayer With Yourself… This week, I wanted to focus on a subject that I have been thinking about a lot lately. We all know about the importance of prayer, but interestingly there are many people (especially in the cancer community) who don’t know if it’s OK to pray for themselves. I […]
