I am no expert, but I want to share my cancer battles and my mental health journey with you, some stress reduction ideas for your life, and hopefully some fun things along the way. Plus strategies I have found successful for me and give you tools for success with your health and life. Life can knock us down through health or life challenges 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!
I know so many of us have questions about the future. Ok, well it might just be me but I know I have a lot of questions. If you think this post will answer all of your questions about the future, unfortunately I will have to disappoint you. That will not happen. I do not …
Just tell me what I have to do. Don't we all feel like that at some points in our lives? Just tell me what I have to do, and then I can do it, or decide how to move forward. That way we don't have to do those dreaded things like having to think, decide, …
Stories. Some people open up a conversation by asking, "So what's your story?" or "Tell me a story." What would you say to that? Would that strike fear in to your soul? I admit there have been moments in my life when the fear of doing that was tangible. Do you have a story to …
Today is Victoria Day in Canada. It's a wonderful holiday here in the great white north. Usually thought of, and set aside as the day (or weekend) you officially should put your garden in and clean up the dead, gross stuff in your yard from the harsh, cold winter. And for those of us without …
It happens every year. Yes it's true, every year! Spring, happens. Not necessarily earth-shattering news. Well I hope not anyway. While there are some times when it feels like spring will never arrive, (like this year), I can guarantee that it will definitely arrive, eventually. How and when is usually a mystery. Especially up here …
Continue reading "Spring – A Time for Renewal and a Restart"
Well the day has swung around again. It's Bell Let's Talk day. Bell Let's Talk is a day set aside in Canada to give attention to and fundraiser for mental health, since it began in 2010. Today, Bell will donate more towards mental health initiatives in Canada by contributing 5¢ for every applicable text, call, …
Have you ever started looking for something new to buy? Maybe like a vehicle. After you start to research, walking through car lots and going for test drives, you begin to see just how many people around you, own the model you are looking at. Before you started looking, you didn't think there were many …
Continue reading "Careful – You Won’t Look at Things the Same Way"
The last thing you want to do after you have a cancer diagnosis is put the energy in to fighting to get another doctor. At least I didn't. But cancer round two was my opportunity. I very quickly realized that the oncologist that I was working with, or more realistically fighting with, was not the …
Writing things down is so effective. Right? Do you agree? Being grateful is also effective. Right? Do you agree? What about writing down what you are grateful for? What about creating a gratitude journal? Aagghh journaling. I can hear you groaning. Yes, you. Groaning. Don't worry I groaned too. Journaling is one thing I have …
It has been 7 months since I started this blog. WOW!! Hard to believe, really. How has it been going? Good question. Hhhmmmm how do I answer that? It's been an up and down journey for sure. I guess I would start out by saying just the fact that I am still going is success …
Melodee Glassford 