Sitemap - 2023 - We Are All Made of Stars with Gina Jacobson

The gift of self-care this Christmas

My first personal speaking experience

My first personal talk at the CIMA fundraiser for Cancer + Careers

Five lessons over five years

Strive for Five is now We Are All Made of Stars

What's next, after five years and one month

Today: My five-year Cancerversary

(Still trying to) throw the bowl

Here we go! Part two.

Part swearing and part meditation

Steroid star save

Remembering How to Norway

My delayed reaction

Optimistic AF

The perspective I really needed

Deciding to write a memoir, and the good that followed

A master class in fear and a lesson in humility

Fear, lifting

Not all that sparkles is stars

More treatment, more work, more learning the hard way

Expecting to win!

"My future will find me."

Room to love, coverage, and impact

Uncertainty, untold

"Am I naïve to believe this will end well?"

Delaney's gift

A chemo break for Christmas

Healing Through Cancer: a podcast with Nancy Heap

Reflections on the eve of my 50th birthday

Healing the gray baby

Clear scans, cloudy future

The night I made a call for stars

From ego-driven to soul-drawn

Healing Waters at last week's Write-to-Heal retreat

Processing my recurrence via memoirs and writing

The value of being versus doing

Savoring the days before returning to chemo

A quick break from Strive for Five for some good news

It's back: and my ego knew it

COVID, Cancer and Creativity

The end of stents, drains, chemo and cancer

Our trip to Istanbul

I can't keep my hopes down

Down a drain, up an appetite

Not quite ready, but done waiting

Fine, it's situational depression

The maxi-pad on my chest, and other cancer indignities

Ultimately, an almost-perfect resection

Recovery is no straight line

(The meltdowns I didn't mention)

The taqueria meltdown

The halfway point of Strive for Five

Liver resection #2: the end of the beginning

Accidental Advocates

A recollection of the earliest signs

It's Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

Bouncing back and seizing joy

Shouldn't I feel happier?

On connection and caregiving

Post-surgery updates: Day One and Three

Liver resection #1

Living through uncertainty

The update I never wanted to share

A quick break from Strive for Five

Ready for my next rotation

Grateful for the good

Positive momentum

#workingwithcancer

Sharing and support: how my vulnerability affected everybody

An invitation to join the Strive for Five subscriber chat

Welcome to our Strive for Five chat

What the kids learned from my cancer

Recommended Reading

Colon Cancer Diagnosis Details

Terrible surprises

A New Year's reflection on the lessons of cancer

Time to start healing