I am no expert, but I want to share my cancer battles and my journey through depression with you, and some stress reduction ideas for your life. Plus strategies I have found successful and give you tools for success with your health and life. Life can knock us down through health or life difficulties but that doesn't need to stop us. Welcome friends, I am so glad you are here and that you learn something helpful along the way!
Do you look around and just see darkness? Difficulty? Struggles? Hopelessness? Quite honestly it's hard not to, especially in the darkness of the winter season. And so many people out there only see that. You might even ask how can anyone have hope in the middle of all of these bad things going on in …
-50 DEGREES!!!! Yes -50 degrees windchill outside friends. Yikes. 😨 I like to call winter the season we regularly ask ourselves "just why in tarnation do we continue to live here?" The answer to that question could be logical or even illogical. Depends on the day I suppose. Or perhaps the temperature outside more likely. Here in Saskatchewan, we are …
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It really feels like I have spent much of my life sitting in hospital waiting rooms and in clinics waiting for medical tests. It really started when I was 16, with cancer diagnosis #1. While I haven't done every medical test possible (thank goodness) I have definitely completed a whole lot of them. Some of …
Well it should surprise no one when I mention that Christmas time is right around the corner. Yes friend, it is already December! If you didn't know that, now you are up to speed. Christmas is coming quite quickly as is the usual. At least that is my experience. In one moment it seems so …
Recently I was able to go see someone I’ve known a long time, perform live on a big stage. It really got me thinking about a lot of things. Including just how great a live performance is! If you haven't been to a live event recently, I encourage you to go! I got to thinking …
Now normally I'm the one sharing and telling you all kinds of things. It's just how this has worked before. But now it's your turn to throw it back. I want to get some feedback from you and to learn more about you. That's right. I think you have some important things to share. Well …
New Year's resolution. Uuggghhh. I can just hear the groaning from you. I get it. I totally get it. It's just one of those things that comes around every year whether you like it or hate it. Lots of people have lots of suggestions and hints and explanations. Helpful or not. I'm wanting to take …
Have you done much travelling? It doesn't necessarily need to be going across the globe to a far away place. It could just maybe going to the country next door and exploring. Do you enjoy travel? Seeing new places and finding new things? Travelling and seeing different places and new cultures have so many benefits …
After you hear one of the most dreaded words anyone can hear, CANCER, the most likely word you really want to hear next from your doctor is remission. You are in remission. Your cancer is in remission. But what happens if you don't get that? You don't hear those words from your doctor? That word. …
Wondering if you need to act like a bear probably isn't your usual thought process but stick with me here. Winter has finally arrived in full force recently, at least here on the prairies. It arrived with the usual unexpectedness to many people who live where I live. It's the end of October and having …
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Melodee Glassford 