This year, for the first time, I did dry January. I wasn’t sure how I’d do because most of my January ‘new starts’ have failed. I also wasn’t sure of the dry month’s success because I viewed it as having to give something up. After a month of not drinking, I don’t consider what I […]
I always had the best intentions to have a healthy diet. But before the diagnosis, my diet wasn’t healthy. Quite far from it. I wrote in an earlier post that changing my diet to eating more fruit and vegetables and less processed and sugary foods, was one of the changes I made following the cancer […]
I have mentioned in previous posts that I made some big changes to my lifestyle since the cancer diagnosis. I wanted to share these with you because I think they helped me get through my treatments. In the long-term, I hope that these changes will help my body fight off any recurrences of the disease. […]
We all know that exercise comes with various benefits for our health and wellbeing. But did you know that regular exercise can help prevent certain cancers from recurring and lowers the risk of getting cancers in the first place? Since my cancer diagnosis, I have been reading a lot about the benefits of a physically […]
A few weeks ago, I wrote about things that I’m grateful for. In that post I touched upon the benefits of being grateful. I wanted to expand on that and dive deeper into the benefits of gratefulness. The Science of Gratefulness According to the Harvard Education website on health, two psychologists, Dr Emmons and Dr […]
Often amidst tough times, it is easy to forget to be grateful. To remember what is good in our lives. At such times, we must attempt to remember: there may be challenges, but there are good things in our lives, too. Today I want to share with you all the things I am grateful for. […]
Let’s face it, returning to work after a long absence is exhausting. Whether it is after a personal absence like cancer treatments or a joint experience like the pandemic, it takes its toll on our physical and mental wellbeing. As people in many countries are returning to the physical workplace, I thought I’d share some […]