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Fight For Your Life VI – The People in Your Corner
How to embrace, protect, and appreciate your support system The Nurse Who Got It Right It wasn’t easy to walk, but that was the point. The day after abdominal surgery, I was encouraged to make 3–5 laps around the hospital floor. I felt like I’d struggle to keep up...
Fight For Your Life V – Live Anyway
When life tries to knock you down, you have a choice: stop at survival or live anyway. This isn’t about waiting for a breakthrough moment — it’s about small acts of defiance that add up to purpose.
Get Busy Living
On Easter Sunday – April 9th, I made a decision as I went to bed. I was going to wake up and go to the gym. No matter what. I had to send the message to the cancer inside me that I was in control. I would not be its victim. It picked a...
Attitude and Gratitude
Around the time of my senior year in high school, my dad gave me an audio cassette and told me to listen to it. I had heard of Lou Holtz. I knew he was the football coach at Notre Dame. What I didn’t know is that he was also a motivational...
Other Than the Cancer Diagnosis, I’m Pretty Damn Lucky
Cancer is a fight. It’s in your body trying to kill you. If you take no action and don’t fight back, you’re gone. But it’s not a fight you take on willingly and it’s not a fight that you train for. But if you could train for it, what would that look like?