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Oct 28, 20204 min read
There is no true care without self-care
As a carer, it is not only important to know how to truly care for someone else but also how to truly care for yourself. I have learned a...
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Aug 23, 20181 min read
Empowerment, Responsibility and living with cancer
In the beginning after the first cancer diagnosis I looked everywhere outside myself for the cause of the breast cancer and blamed ‘God and
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Aug 6, 20181 min read
Trying to cure breast cancer naturally
When I was first diagnosed with breast cancer 16 years ago, I looked all over the world trying to find a natural way to cure breast...
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Apr 25, 20181 min read
Living joyfully with terminal cancer
'Living joyfully with terminal cancer' is the first video in a series I plan to release about the 16 years that I have been living with...
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Mar 27, 20184 min read
Growing up with Anxiety
As a little child I already had anxiety in my body and it was part of my daily life. After the war in Germany my parents put me in and...
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Jan 28, 20184 min read
From shock to deep joy – living well with a chronic disease
Living with breast cancer nearly 16 years now my relationship, approach, attitude and feeling about it has changed dramatically over the...
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Dec 30, 20176 min read
From wine to water: How I finally quit drinking alcohol with the help of Universal Medicine and Serg
I was drunk for the first time when I was in primary school (by accident – I didn’t know what I was drinking). I was at a friend’s...
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Oct 30, 20173 min read
To care and to be cared for
I have experienced what it is like to be cared for after several surgeries and I have also cared for a terminally ill friend until and...
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Oct 24, 20173 min read
Learning to self-nurture in my elder years – how it has enriched my life
Over the years and living with breast cancer for 15 years I have developed a good (and quite different) understanding of self-nurturing....
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Aug 8, 20176 min read
Judith and Ingrid – the unfolding of a beautiful friendship
This is the record of a beautiful and loving friendship between Judith and me. It took me 2 years to start writing about this deep and...
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Aug 8, 20177 min read
Warning: Sympathy hurts and can be harming to your health
Take it from someone who has lived with cancer for over 14 years – if you want to support a friend, a family member, a colleague, anybody...
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Jul 25, 20175 min read
Preparing to pass over . . . and having fun with it
It can be fun preparing for passing over. That might sound crazy because passing over is usually perceived as something scary, unknown,...