For a long time, I think I took some things for granted. The ability to move my body. To run. To go to work. To pursue a goal that felt just out of reach. Cancer changed my perspective on a lot of things. And while […]
People keep asking me, “How are you?” I never know how to answer. Not because I don’t know how I am… Because I don’t know how much of the truth people actually want. I think they’re hoping I’ll smile and say, “Good.” “I’m cancer free.” […]
What dream have you quietly placed on a shelf? Not because you stopped wanting it. Not because it wasn’t important. But because life got busy. Because there were children to raise, papers to mark, meals to make, appointments to keep, and a hundred responsibilities demanding […]
At my breast cancer support group today, I said something out loud that I haven’t been able to stop thinking about since… “I’m not sure if I’m coping… or avoiding.” And the truth is… I don’t know the answer. What I do know is that […]
Lately, I’ve been reminded of a quiet, uncomfortable, and strangely freeing truth: Two things can be true at the same time. Breast cancer has a way of stripping life down to its rawest emotions. It doesn’t ask for neat, tidy feelings. It doesn’t allow for […]
Last night, something truly special happened. One of those moments that stops you in your tracks and makes you think, wow… the universe really does its thing sometimes. I went into Lululemon for a very specific reason. I’m training for a marathon, and I was […]
Most of us have seen the videos… In movies. On social media. In reels that make us tear up before we even know the person’s name. Someone stands in a hospital hallway, surrounded by nurses and strangers and applause. A bell hangs proudly on the […]
I recently listened to the latest Dave Burgess Show podcast with Tara Martin, and something Dave shared has been sitting with me ever since. He talked about getting Jesse Itzler’s BIG A$$ Calendar and the system that goes with it. At the heart of it […]
I’ve been thinking a lot about what a “New Year” post is supposed to sound like. Fresh start. New goals. Big energy. Bold declarations. But as this year begins, I’m still very much in the middle of something hard. 2025 was not gentle with me. […]
There’s something that keeps circling in my mind lately… something that feels both obvious and impossible at the same time: how hard it is to see what you need when you’re in the middle of something really, really hard. A few years ago, I wrote […]