Don’t you just love when you discover a new ritual or routine that completely changes and transforms the way you looked at your life and your body? I do. Especially when said ritual is Gua Sha massage and acupressure for the body. Gua sha meaning “to scrape sand” is…
In 2016, two months after my cancer diagnosis, I had to go through 10 cycles of radiation therapy in an attempt to shrink my tumor. Halfway through the treatment, my skin around the affected area started to peel off and ultimately created a large map of an open wound. This…
On my last visit to my oncologist, I asked her if my condition qualified to be called a disability. And whilst the question may sound weird. I had to know. She asked me why I kept asking her the same question even though I had the answer right in…
I can still remember the first time it happened. It was about 6 weeks after our daughter was born. I had decided to start pumping so that my husband could feed her in the mornings so I could get some much needed sleep. The first time it happened I…