Chronic Courage: The Quiet Force Behind Surviving Head and Neck Cancer
johndabell When you live with head and neck cancer, courage isn’t a one-off act. It’s not a single moment of bravery under the spotlight. It’s not a cinematic scene where you…
courage
The Stoic Pharmacist’s Medicine Cabinet of Virtues
Cancer patients get all sorts of medication given to them when they are going through treatment. But for anyone going through this so-called ‘journey’ then you are going to need…
The Apprentice Optimist: Training in Courage and Perseverance
You don’t become an optimist overnight. You don’t just wake up one morning, brimming with hope and courage, able to stare down adversity with a calm smile. No – optimism…
The C-Word And Cancer
There are many people who don’t like saying the C-word. They find it offensive and vulgar. This isn’t surprising, it is a powerful word dripping with trauma, emotion and ignorance.…
Be A Merchant Of Moxie
To get through any of life’s challenges and moments of madness then we need bucket loads of moxie. Merchants of Moxie make it their business to showcase moxie and to…
Donate Your Mental Wealth
There are lots of things that you can donate. Money is the obvious one. A philanthropic act works wonders and you don’t need to be a billionaire to make a…
Cancer Courage
What is courage to you? Some people make courage Some people take courage Some people mistake courage Some people fake courage Some people medicate courage Some people ache courage Some…
Be A Cancer Threshold Adventurer
Cancer is a ‘threshold moment’ that alters the course of your life and opens up doors that you never knew existed. It also closes quite a lot as well. Once…
Be An Audacious Annie
When you have the audacity to do something then it means you have the ‘nerve’ to do it. Audacity can come in two ‘flavours’. There’s the audacity that equates to…
Cancer And Who To Look For
When the world looks scary, what should we do? Well, Mr Rogers remembers his mum saying to him that we should ‘look for the helpers’ and that’s good advice. When…