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September 30, 2014 By: Jamie Penner When you fly on an airplane the flight attendants faithfully conduct the safety demonstration prior to takeoff during which they announce: “Remember to put on [...]

September 11, 2014 By: Noémie Robidoux It’s November 2012. I have been at my job for a few months, and I love the work I do every day. I am gaining confidence in myself. I am becoming more at [...]

July 31, 2014 By: Erin Havel As a young adult cancer survivor, I personally believe we need to hear as many triumph stories as we can find. It helps to know others have made it through difficulty [...]

July 17, 2014 By: Pat Taylor Meeting the vivacious, intelligent and super talented Jennifer Merschdorf, the CEO of YSC (Young Survival Coalition) is like awakening to a sunny morning on the first [...]

June 3, 2014 By: Erin Havel I had an interesting discussion with a friend the other day. We were talking about coping mechanisms. I volunteered that I personally felt better about having chronic [...]

May 13, 2014 By: Amanda Nixon When I entered my first yoga class a few years ago, I never thought in my wildest dreams that one day I would aspire to be a yoga instructor. I distinctly remember [...]

May 1, 2014 By: Jennifer Finestone As anyone reading this blog can attest to, cancer brings with it a lot of changes. Changes in relationships and sexuality. Changes in body image. Changes in [...]

April 8, 2013 By: Scott Adams Getting cancer as a young adult is beyond inconvenient and can slow you down in almost every aspect of your life. However, life (as the saying goes) slows for no [...]

July 2, 2012 By: Scott Adams To keep it simple, the one thing you need to take away from this post is that exercise can simultaneously and positively affect more of our body systems than any [...]

May 14, 2012 By: Scott Adams For years we have been told that, in order to get fit we need to set goals for ourselves. Annoying or not, goal setting is especially important for everyone [...]