A recent LinkedIn post by Dr. Manoj Krishna, founder of the Human Wisdom Project, asking the question, “What does success mean to you-is it wealth, fame or something else?” got me thinking. Glenda Green, artist, minister and author of Love Without End: Jesus Speaks, describes how people tend to confuse…

It took some soul-searching to publish this photograph, but here I am chemo-bald, dressed as a hairless red devil to celebrate Halloween 2014. It was the one and only time I went out in public without a wig. Many people are familiar with that famous photograph of Joan Lunden when…

As a two-time breast cancer survivor and BBC-trained journalist, I have done a significant amount of research into the causes of cancer. …

Sometimes industry-funded medical studies are so biased and their outrageous conclusions are so bad that they’re good, at least in a Monty Python kind of way. “The Influence of Personality on Health Complaints and Quality of Life in Women With Breast Implants,” published in the Aesthetic Surgery Journal on September…

Yes, I’m a hypocrite and inconsistent. In the last four years I’ve compiled a list of spoof Christmas gifts for a cheating ex, I haven’t included links to get any of the items. The mantra of my book, Adulterer’s Wife: How to Thrive Whether You Stay or Not, is that…

As a daughter of World War II Jewish refugees who survived the Holocaust by the skin of their teeth, I have a visceral understanding of where marginalizing a specific group can lead. Thus, I’m profoundly concerned about the increasing polarization of views these days with an utter lack of acceptance…

My eyes were so blurred with tears, I could barely read the text on the computer screen. I was checking the final corrections to my husband’s latest book. A tear dripped onto my handwritten notes, smudging the ink. Our office manager sat beside me. I blew my nose and told…

The link between wearing a bra and breast cancer is stronger than that between smoking and lung cancer. That’s what I heard in a recent documentary I watched about alternative cancer therapies. Working on my forthcoming book, Hotel Chemo: My Wild Ride through Breast Cancer and Infidelity, I’ve researched the…

Coronavirus means lovers across the globe are spending Valentine’s Day apart. It’s ironic that after having been without a true Valentine for most of my youth, now that I’m romantically involved with someone, I can’t be with him. …