Cancer Rocks

How Do You Approach Life or Death?

How do you approach life? Are you afraid of living or dying? Here is an approach that has served me throughout my life as an optimistic and positive person who can live through daily challenges. I have pancreatic cancer and have discovered that I have lived with an outlook that inspires people to realize life is beautiful and can be lived without a lot of fear. I want to share the gifts of living that make challenges easier to accept and to see conclusions that result out of love and kindness.

I begin each day by thanking God for returning my soul to me. I think of how I will make each day the most beautiful and positive. That means I will refrain from making judgments about people. My optimism is found in my ability to make the best every day has to offer.  These are points I think about as I write these posts on helping others find their gifts, their passions, their fears, and their abilities to see how we are all perfect as we are and how we are all one.

As we age, we do not have to fear those fears that come with aging. Tomorrow, I will post those fears.

How Do I Face Death?

The Journey Evolves:

 

• Through these blogs or writings, you witness a person who represents something all of us have to face. This journey continues to evolve; there are days when the house is bubbling with gayety and laughter and other days when you don’t hear very much at all

 

• Will television help relive the boredom? When I find an interest among the many channel selections; I consider my self lucky. When I find a show I like which keeps my interest, it helps give me purpose.

 

• Depending on my energy levels, reading becomes a best friend. If there is “concentration power,” reading really perks me up and helps me be part of a new conversation.

 

• At this particular time, what really is most helpful is being with people. People, acquaintances, or friends, those who will come, not for me to entertain, but for them to talk with me, I want to hear what’s happening to them. I still love being around people.

 

 

 

 

What Are Your Fears?

Questions arise regarding friends and family. What fears did I have or do you have?

Are you afraid of not existing any longer? We grow up in a culture built on fear and competition. If we accept and understand how much life changes, we can experience life through an optimistic lens.  That optimistic lens begins with having faith in a higher power. I call it G-O-D. In order to feel whole, confident, and at peace I needed to follow a faith that supported these beliefs. Judith Orloff, www.drjudithorloff.com/   in her book Dr. Judith Orloff’s Guide to Intuitive Healing, lays the foundation for having such a faith, We need this in order to grow beyond these common fears.

• Will the friends we have as children be those same close friends as we mature and encounter sickness and or loss of a job etc.?
• Will family members be willing or available to support us when we are down?
• How will family members react?
• Will family members remain close or will they turn away because they cannot face or cheer people who are going through a serious life challenge? We do not know how people will react. Depending on out expectations, we may form certain conclusions.

 

In my mind, there is a way to view the world. It seems to me there are three principles that apply, They are:

• Developing a positive self –esteem which stems from a sense of loving yourself, and the world from your heart focusing on love
• Developing a learning style that helps you focus on judgment free conclusions.
• Accepting what life brings and then acknowledges the resources you have to solve problems.
• Hear is a question that helps me remain positive. When someone asks “Do you have to have the correct answer and the last word to every thing? I answer with “no.” Listening with openness and a kind heart provides an opportunity to reduce feelings of stress and fear.

Story Telling: Every Person's Guide To Telling Stories of Healing and Renewal

Do you have to be a professional "story teller" to tell impactful stories? No Indeed!

My friend and colleague Susan Trivers has graciously shared with me her simple step-by-step how to Guide to craft and tell stories that are remembered. Stories are magical and you can be part of the magic. They touch people's hearts, they inspire, they make you laugh and cry, and they create bonds and relationships that last a lifetime. Not only that they teach you what's important in life and open up doorways to a life of joy.

Follow Susans Guide and you will be able to tell fun stories and play story games right from my new book "Cancer and the Healing Power of Play." Go for it and have a good time.

Taking Fun Seriously

By Roz Trieber, MS, CHES

One of my favorite words is Fun.  Life has to be fun. Isn’t that what we really wish everyone when we send birthday and holiday greetings?   Our greetings convey a message for a healthy, happy, vibrant, life --- Every single day of our life.

What is Fun?

FUN is pure energy. It reflects a certain attitude and willingness to live.  Having fun means being amused, creating more opportunities to play, sing, and dance, doing what you love, and feeling the joy of living.  When we are experiencing fun, we are living in the moment, with a smile on our face, and a twinkle in our eyes.

Cancer: It Doesn’t Have to Hurt All of the Time

The time has come for me to share with you the opportunity to discover how much having fun, playing, and being spontaneous helps you regain balance in your life when you have cancer or any other chronic illnesses. My co-author, Izzy Gesell and I have finally completed our first e-book; “Cancer and the Healing Power of Play; A Prescription for Living Joyously with Presence, Acceptance, and Trust. We discovered a very talented graphic artist, Joni McPherson of McPherson Graphics, who read the manuscript and designed the exact artwork expressing the feelings we wanted this book to convey.  We are proud.

 

Izzy and I have had incredible fun writing and playing the games that you will find in this book as well as, learning how humor and fun have healing power. When chemotherapy is messing with your brain, and you feel depressed, or alone, participating in these experiential, no training needed, improv games, your spirits will be lifted, you'll feel fully alive, your healing power will be enhanced, and you will laugh.

 

Click on the book to the right and get your bonus gift and extended discounted price.

 

The Bad Day Trap: How To Get Out And Stay Out

3 Tools to help you have a good day.

I recently conducted a survey of my subscribers wanting to know what their greatest challenges were. I venture you could guess what they were. Yes, you are right; work, too much to do and not enough time, and finances. Given our economic status, I was not too surprised at the results. Because you wake up every day with these heavy worries and concerns, you’re caught in the “Bad Day” trap. When you live everyday stressed and worried, the quality of your life and health suffer. Yes, Dis-ease results. Is there a way out? What can you do to wake up and not wish you were somewhere else?