Photo Attribute: https://www.facebook.com/ryanzippphoto Series 2 - Conversations You Avoid Having With Yourself Series Hello, lovely you! I've often said that a cancer diagnosis is a wake-up call of the highest order. Because when something interrupts life that dramatically, it has a way of stripping away all the distractions we've been hiding behind. The conversations we've been putting off suddenly become impossible to ignore. People usually come to me looking for guidance around their...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Photo Attribute to my friend, Ryan.https://www.facebook.com/ryanzippphoto/ Am I Actually Happy or Just Comfortable Hello, lovely you! Welcome to our new series about conversations you avoid having with yourself!! Every once in a while, a question finds us at exactly the right time. It lingers in the background while we're driving to work, washing dishes, or lying awake at night. We try to answer it quickly, but it has a way of returning because, somehow, it knows there's something deeper...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Photo Attribute to my friend Ryan Zipp - https://www.facebook.com/ryanzipp Hello lovely YOU! These days it seems most everyone I know is feeling stressed. And not just a little stressed, but completely stressed out and exhausted! Stress wreaks absolute havoc on the body from head to toe. Stress causes an overload on the adrenals, thyroid and sex hormones that in turn, completely weaken the immune system, allowing disease to take hold. The good news is, understanding the interplay between...
3 months ago • 3 min read
Photo Attribute: Ryan Zipp - https://www.facebook.com/ryanzippphoto “Kinney Azalea Gardens” Hello, lovely you. This is the last one in our 8 week series. I hope you have enjoyed the series. I'd love to hear your thoughts. Hit reply and let me know. I didn’t come to gratitude in a calm moment. It showed up somewhere in the middle of treatment, when everything felt tight and heavy and I was getting tired of pretending I was handling it well. There was a day I remember clearly. I was in the...
4 months ago • 5 min read
Wow! What a great shot by my friend, Ryan - Photo Attribution: https://www.facebook.com/ryanzippphoto Hello, lovely you! When I was finally told I was cancer free, there was a part of me that expected something to click back into place, like life would quietly return to the shape it had before all of it happened. I thought I would step back into my routines, my relationships, my way of thinking, and it would feel familiar again. But it didn’t. The life I had before didn’t quite fit, and the...
4 months ago • 5 min read
Photo Attribute:https://www.facebook.com/ryanzippphoto This is the 6th blog post in our “Spiritual Lessons to Create the Life You Love” series! Hello, lovely you. During my cancer journey 30+ years ago, I remember waking up one morning and feeling… decent. Not great, but my body didn’t feel like it was dragging me down. I made herbal tea and stood near the counter longer than usual that morning, like if I moved too fast I might lose whatever this was. I started thinking maybe things were...
4 months ago • 3 min read
New England Tulip Heaven - Photo Attribute: https://www.facebook.com/ryanzippphoto Hello, lovely you. This is the fifth post in our eight-part series on the spiritual lessons that shape the life you dream of. I didn’t realize how tightly I had built my identity around being the one who could handle things until I couldn’t anymore. Before cancer, I was steady in a way that looked admirable from the outside. I showed up, followed through, and kept things moving. If something needed to be done,...
4 months ago • 5 min read
"Newport Daffodil Days"- Photo Attribution to my dear friend 's son, Ryan.https://www.facebook.com/ryanzippphoto I'm dedicating this blog to Lisa, who is on her way to a new life without fear and anxiety of her recent melanoma scare. Please send in healing angels with lots of prayers, love, and great energy to help her on her journey. Thank you. 💝 Hello, lovely you. After my diagnosis, in the stretch of weeks that followed where everything felt jagged and unreal, I moved through the days in a...
5 months ago • 6 min read
Photo Attribution: https://www.facebook.com/ryanzippphoto/photos Hello, lovely you. I used to think I had all the time in the world. In my twenties, before my cancer diagnosis, I moved through life as if the next day, the next moment, was guaranteed. Plans, appointments, errands, social invitations I treated like they were endlessly renewable. Life felt infinite, and I believed I could always catch up later. Most of us live this way. We postpone, defer, and assume there will always be another...
5 months ago • 3 min read