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How Cancer Treatment “Treated” Me: A Graphic Story

Cissy White — Mon, 08 Mar 2021 22:13:19 +0000

Cancer and fun rarely go together in a sentence but when creativity, curiosity, and a community gather to combine words and images to capture our complicated, cancer-related experiences – it is fun! And healing – even though the topics being explored – death, diagnosis, brutal treatments, and side effects, and countless losses, are heavy and […]

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What’s Healing & What Helps Most?

Cissy White — Tue, 28 Apr 2015 18:27:08 +0000

Maybe it would have been better for my own healing if I was more relaxed and less intense, had done more yoga and less therapy - the thing is - I don't know if I would have believed it.

When I was in pain and anxious and suffering I couldn't relax and find any respite in my body. My brain was the safe place I went to try to discover what brings healing.

Now, at midlife, I want to tell younger survivors, to go easy on themselves and that it's not a race and that they deserve as much joy, ease and peace as anyone.

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Welcome to Heal Write Now!

Cissy White — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 11:13:05 +0000

I’m so excited. I’m visualizing your fingers dancing across your keyboard clacking up and down like Irish step dancers as you explore the site. If you prefer to be shown around and given a tour let me show you what you’ll find. The blog. You are on it now. It will be about healing from post-traumatic stress, parenting well […]

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Sea Glass & Soul Books for When You Don’t Know What TO DO with Yourself

Cissy White — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 10:15:05 +0000

1. Seaglassing: Hunt Sea Glass Because there is beauty in the world. It’s easy to forget. I walk on beaches to remember, pocketing pieces and bringing them home and putting it on dispaly in my home. I’m a collector and once shattered pieces become gems worthy of art work, decoration and jewelry. Sea glass is […]

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Self-Care as a Second Language: Observations

Cissy White — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 09:36:29 +0000

I have a friend who fills out the gift tag option when ordering products online—for herself! When her item arrives, it comes with a love note, from her. Huh? Another friend, who I went to Alaska with for six weeks during college wrote herself a letter. She put pen to paper before we even boarded […]

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