CONTINUING THIS WEEK LIKE LAST WITH A SHORTENED POST DUE TO OUR MOVE, WITH THE SERIES OF STANDING UP FOR YOUR LIFE. Hello followers, Well, today is the big move. Tonight, we will be in our new place! But, now it’s the time to speak in standing up for our health. It’s about building a strong healthcare team. Like I mentioned in the beginning of the week, it took Dan and I almost three years to find doctor’s that believed in functional medicine from the time we moved to Virgini

CONTINUING THIS WEEK LIKE LAST WITH A SHORTENED POST DUE TO OUR MOVE, WITH THE SERIES OF STANDING UP FOR YOUR LIFE. Hello followers, Happy Hump Day! Today is the day, moving day. And tomorrow the movers will move items that we cannot move ourselves. Until then, standing up for your health means being a strong self-advocate and an empowered patient. It means taking a more active role in your care to ensure you or your loved one receive the best care and treatment available. Wh

CONTINUING THIS WEEK LIKE LAST WITH A SHORTENED POST DUE TO OUR MOVE, WITH THE SERIES OF STANDING UP FOR YOUR LIFE. Hello followers, Tomorrow, we start putting our treasures in our new place. Kind of exciting for Dan and my new journey to begin! When moving three years ago to Virginia, the first thought was finding the right kind of doctor for us. For, as you know both Dan and I are more toward natural medicine. So, it was important for us to find the right doctors. In truth,

CONTINUING THIS WEEK LIKE LAST WITH A SHORTENED POST DUE TO OUR MOVE, WITH THE SERIES OF STANDING UP FOR YOUR LIFE. Hello followers, As a new week begins, Dan and I are preparing for our move. Lots of items, over 90 boxes. While packing, I realize that each item down to my socks; told a story of Dan’s and my life. Like my mother told me once, everything in her place makes her happy and she can’t part with. Likewise with our treasures! Switching now to standing up to your heal

RECAPPING THE WEEK ON A SERIES OF STANDING UP FOR YOUR LIFE. Hello followers, In standing up to your health, first; research your own health issue. This is what Dan and I did over eleven years ago when I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Ideally, your doctor should be researching your issue in order to do the right thing for your health and for your body. However, this is not always possible. In many cases, a doctor may know of one or a few treatments and they will stick with

THIS WEEK DAN AND I ARE PACKING FOR OUR MOVE NEXT WEEK, SO THIS WEEK ALL WILL BE SHORTENED. THE BLOGS WILL FOCUS ON A SERIES OF STANDING UP FOR YOUR LIFE. Hello followers, The past couple of weeks Dan and I have been focusing on standing up for your life. It’s time to blog about our health and standing up for it. Too often, we tend to think that doctors have all the answers on our health concerns. We think that we need to defer to whatever they suggest we do, leaving us helpl

THIS WEEK DAN AND I ARE PACKING FOR OUR MOVE NEXT WEEK, SO THIS WEEK ALL WILL BE SHORTENED. THE BLOGS WILL FOCUS ON A SERIES OF STANDING UP FOR YOUR LIFE. Hello followers, The weekend is approaching! Something to remember as spring begins, learning to stand up for yourself won’t happen overnight. It takes time to grow comfortable with being assertive. While you are in the learning stage, it might help to imagine that you are an actor learning to play a new role. Imagine that

THIS WEEK DAN AND I ARE PACKING FOR OUR MOVE NEXT WEEK, SO THIS WEEK ALL WILL BE SHORTENED. THE BLOGS WILL FOCUS ON A SERIES OF STANDING UP FOR YOUR LIFE. Hello followers, One of the qualities of standing up for your life is, recognizing that no one can invalidate you. You are in complete ownership of your feelings and actions. Through this blog, Dan and I share our experience and knowledge through our actions and feelings. It’s to share with you, for you to have an open mind

THIS WEEK DAN AND I ARE PACKING FOR OUR MOVE NEXT WEEK, SO THIS WEEK ALL WILL BE SHORTENED. THE BLOGS WILL FOCUS ON A SERIES OF STANDING UP FOR YOUR LIFE. Hello followers, Happy Hump Day! STANDING UP TO YOUR LIFE- Being assertive isn’t the easiest thing to do. It’s taken me almost a life time When you are so used to agreeing to what everyone says and doing what other people tell you to do, you’ll have to work on changing the way you think before you can stand up for yourself.

THIS WEEK DAN AND I ARE PACKING FOR OUR MOVE NEXT WEEK, SO THIS WEEK ALL WILL BE SHORTENED. THE BLOGS WILL FOCUS ON A SERIES OF STANDING UP FOR YOUR LIFE. Hello followers, STANDING UP FOR YOUR LIFE- Be deliberate. Today Dan and I will share a situation that many of us have found ourselves in. Sharing space with a messy co-worker or a roommate who is a slob. I know we all have experienced this! You might have remained silent while growing more aggravated at the situation. It m