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!
Cancer. I call it The Big C. But I am sure it goes by many names, some not so nice either. It first directly entered my life at the age of 16. And since then, it's been constantly in the background. Sometimes taking centre stage, and other times shifting more to the back seat. But …
Health, what if you lose it? There are likely a few types of initial responses to that question, but 2 that are probably very common. Well for the majority of people I think, anyway. There are those who think about this question constantly. They think about it, they dwell on it, and it can consume …
Politics. Just that word can make you immediately imagine division or distrust. Or give you hives! Or make you close your ears. Common response for so many people. It's unfortunately a sign of where things are today. But what if that didn’t happen? It doesn’t need to. Politics, whether you want to admit it or …
Hhmm is depowered a word? I'm not too sure, but let's go with it just for me. Like so many things in life, it comes down to choice or choices. Are your choices going to empower you or remove your power? Are you going to take back power and control or give it away? Every …
Do you notice how the beginning of a new year tends to carry with it more hope? More expectation? More positivity? More anticipation? Why do you think that is? I guess there is just something about starting something new. Why are we more prone to drag our feet and feel worn out at the end …
Control. It’s something that we all would like, even if we won’t admit it to others and we can’t admit it to ourselves. You know it's true. I am right in the middle of dealing with a huge loss of control. I’m out of the country on a trip right now, and one of the …
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 …
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 …
The following is a post I shared quite a long time ago. I wanted to share it with you again. I think it's critical for us to be able to look back and be able to see how far we have come in our lives in different areas. Also important is to be able to …
Continue reading "(Repost) I Jumped In-There Is No Turning Back Now"
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 …
Melodee Glassford 