Do you know why you need a sense of humor when your life goes off the rails? Because life is hard, and a sense of humor during tragedy is the best medicine. At least it was for me when diagnosed with breast cancer. Breast cancer is not funny. I did not laugh when the Doctor called me at 10:30 pm to tell me my biopsy was malignant. It was…
Are you good at letting go of guilt? Or, do you feel it always lingers and getting rid of it has become a lifelong effort? Does guilt ever go away? Why do we hold onto it for so long? It’s been well over forty years since Nannie (my grandma) was alive. As I’ve mentioned before, she lived with us in a two-family house in Queens…
Are you guilty of procrastinating? Me, too. Is a life-changing trauma holding you back from outwitting life? It can, but only if you let it. Procrastinating after cancer can be a good thing. I have been struggling with the fear of reinventing myself, and I have only recently allowed myself to face this fear. Denial is so much easier. Fear has caused me to procrastinate writing my blog. Fear…