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!
Roooooaaadddd ttttrrrrrriiiiiipppp!!!!!! For most people that will bring up feelings of excitement or anxiety. I can hear the groans already. What about you? In my life I have taken many, many road trips. Some with family, some with friends and some alone. Some long and some short. Every road trip looks a little bit different …
Red light therapy. Right now it feels like a trend that's really taking off. I've known about it for quite a while, but now it seems like I'm seeing it everywhere. Including those scary masks you might have noticed also. Different kinds of light therapy have been around for years and years. Not just red. …
What do a stack of books, Queen Elizabeth and a 7 year old girl have in common?
100, well actually 101, but you won't tell, will you. I've written over 100 blog posts so far. Hard to believe it. Well I know I don't believe it. I remember considering writing this blog for over 3 years before I even officially launched it in 2021. And now I've been writing it for almost …
It’s incredibly hard to believe that it’s been 20 years this summer since I began my second cancer journey. The pictures above are from about 20 years ago if you can believe it. When I think back on all that happened back then and since I can hardly believe it. Apparently it's all hard to …
Encouragement. We all know what it is and we have likely been the recipient of it at some point or another in our lives. Well I would hope so at least. I would also hope that at some point in your life you have been the giver of encouragement. Encouragement can come in all shapes …
Let’s start off with a question. Or two. Hhmm or three. What do you know about sleep? How important do you think it is? Who knows what circadian rhythm is? I am sure those questions hit each of you in a different place. Some of you might have barely even thought about sleep and why …
I thought I might as well get it over with right from the start. Instead of keeping you waiting in anticipation to see if I was going to mention making personal choices again, I decided to just come right out and put it in the title. Don’t you just feel better about it all now? …
Seattle Christmas Market beside the Space Needle Oh no! Those were the words that ran through my mind numerous times just a few weeks ago. Very recently I got back from a trip I had been planning for almost 6 months. It was a unique trip. One I won't have the chance to go on …
Boom! Thyroid cancer! Cancer again! Seriously? Those were some of the things I was thinking at age 26 when I got the news. I actually received the news accidentally over the phone at work from one of my doctors. He spilled the beans by mistake to me because he thought one of my other doctors …
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Melodee Glassford 