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As many of you know, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. In that light, it is fitting that as we continue to explore W.E.L.L.N.E.S.S.©, W.inning E.very L.iving day through L.ove N.utrition E.xercise S.erenity and S.pirituality, that I introduce you to … Continue reading →

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month as well as the time when we bring greater awareness to Mesothelioma Day on September 26!  We are  introducing you to another W.E.L.L.N.E.S.S. Champion, Linda Wells who is pictured here with one of the … Continue reading →

This month we share another amazing Healing Champion, Kristi Cromwell! Kristi grew up in Michigan and that’s where her love of taking pictures began. She enjoys sharing her view of the world through her camera lens with her fine art … Continue reading →

This month I would like to share with you one example of someone with an amazing story about her process of healing from breast cancer by incorporating the W.E.L.L.N.E.S.S.© practices we have just been sharing these last 6 months. Julia … Continue reading →

This month we continue on our Exploration of W.E.L.L.N.E.S.S.-W.inning E.very L.iving day through L.ove N.utrition E.xercise S.erenity and now S.pirituality, our Soul Purpose in our Life! It is one of the strongest determinants that I have seen towards healing and … Continue reading →

This month we continue with our W.E.L.L.N.E.S.S. theme: W.inning E.very L.iving day thru L.ove N.utrition E.xercise S.erenity and S.pirituality. Serenity is an inner feeling of tranquility or peace.  In that light, I would like to introduce you to two people … Continue reading →

Spring Greetings to all in our Parenting Community! Don’t you just Love Spring as the world seems to come alive again, the flowers bloom, baby birds shout out to their “bird parents” that they are hungry or another day is … Continue reading →

Welcome to March and the beginning of Spring! This month we will continue exploring the keys to building a Life of Good Health thru W.E.L.L.N.E.S.S.  WELLNESS stands for W.inning E.very L.iving day thru L.ove N.utrition E.xercise S.erenity and S.pirituality.  It … Continue reading →

If you are like most people that I see in my work caring for those with cancer, you try to live your best life and hope that you can avoid cancer. You probably know someone who has had cancer or … Continue reading →

I am not a crafty person.  My sister Laurie is.  Even as a teen I was amazed how she could sew together a stuffed bunny rabbit, pictured here…and still so so cute,  or make her own lamp shade for an … Continue reading →

This is a picture of my dear friends at work who I have worked with for many years on our inpatient Medical Oncology floor.  Katrina was our Chaplain par Excellence who had creative ways of meeting patients spiritual needs when … Continue reading →

Meet Gilda the Silly Witch…at least that is what I affectionately call her!  I saw her while travelling through Maine one day this fall and I couldn’t help but laugh and enjoyed the silliness of the moment!! Don’t you just … Continue reading →

September is the season for the kids going back to school, students starting or returning to college or graduate school and parents to design a new schedule for the academic year.  While it can be very hectic, it can also … Continue reading →

August is a wonderful month to take a deep breath and recover from the busyness of the year before the new academic year begins!  I love this month, like many parents, as it is the last time for a year … Continue reading →

          July is a wonderful month for eating whole, fresh, delicious fruits and vegetables.  I remember as a child growing up on Cape Cod, my mom would take all of us to the back roads of … Continue reading →

June is a Special Month.  We get to Celebrate Cancer Survivorship Month!  Our world is in the process of transformation, I am sure that you have noticed and can feel it too!!  There is so much energy on this planet … Continue reading →

I Love the Month of May!   As a Mom, every day is Mother’s Day because being a Mom is the BEST  and no one can explain how Amazing and Overwhelming the feelings are until one has actually held that baby.  … Continue reading →

This month I wanted to highlight two more people that are doing wonderful work on  Nutritional and Environmental issues.  As my patients have taught me so well, what we are knowingly or unknowingly exposed to in the environment or in … Continue reading →

This is my new favorite book!  I read it while I was on vacation and it is a gem I wanted to share with all in our Parenting Community.  Did you know that there are a number of people who … Continue reading →

As we now enter a whole new year of 2018, I am excited to refocus on where we are going and share some Food For Thought!  As a Mom who is raising a millenial and cares about health, education, the environment … Continue reading →

As a Clinical Oncology Nurse, I have taken care of many different patients with a variety of illnesses.  One of the wealthiest patients I ever took care of said something to me one time that stuck with me and I … Continue reading →

This is a picture of my daughter and I when she was about 2-1/2 months old.  So precious!! I am sure that you remember those days…who could forget!!  It is a precious time for moms, dads and babies when all … Continue reading →

In keeping with the theme of Believing that Good Health is Possible, this month I wanted to share a story of a couple that I met on a nature walk I had at the Rachel Carson Wildlife Refuge in Maine … Continue reading →