by Orenda Cancer Community | Dec 18, 2020 | Latest News, Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Health, My Story
What a year it has been. Oomph. It’s been incredibly hard for so many people for so many different reasons. And when we have years like this, those soul-crushing, existence-questioning, normalcy-out-the-damn-window years, we can’t wait to jump into the new one...
by Orenda Cancer Community | Nov 20, 2020 | Detoxing, Exercise, Latest News
“Detoxing” is quite a buzzword these days, and like most things that become popular with Instagram influencers and celebrities, it has also come under a lot of scrutiny. It’s almost like a dirty word now, with people rolling their eyes when you say, “I’m doing a...
by Orenda Cancer Community | Oct 30, 2020 | Latest News, Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Health, My Story
Intuition. Some of you may be wondering what this has to do with cancer; I know I definitely would have been at the beginning of this whole journey. You may have decided to go with everything that your oncology team offered you, and there is of course absolutely...
by Orenda Cancer Community | Oct 16, 2020 | Latest News, Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Health
I was substitute teaching at a school today that I don’t go to very often. There is a subconscious reason for that, I’m realizing now. I was on my way there this morning, and this crazy sense of dejavu came over me. Not just dejavu, where you can see in your mind...
by Orenda Cancer Community | Oct 9, 2020 | Latest News, Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Health
I was asked recently what one word came to mind when I thought of cancer, and what first popped into my mind was “change”, both good and bad. When we get a diagnosis, everything just stops. Everything you’ve been doing up to that point becomes entirely about cancer...
by Orenda Cancer Community | Sep 25, 2020 | Diet and Anti-Cancer Foods, Latest News, Uncategorized
When it comes to diet and cancer, there are some things that are straightforward, like cutting out sugar, and then there are some that are a little less so. Carbs is definitely an area where things get a little less black and white, and it will often come down to...