Asking for help has been really bothering me lately… Before writing this post, I read a lot about the topic. It seems that the experts agree that it is a strength to ask for help. They actively promote asking for help. But that just felt wrong to me. I’d been advocating for months for a loved one and getting absolutely nowhere. Maybe it was...
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Guest Post: Cancer On Facebook–A Patient’s Perspective
Dawn Goo is a waitress, former comedian, breast cancer survivor and is now under treatment for Non Hodgkins Lymphoma. She lives in El Paso, Texas. This is a post from her Facebook page which is gathering momentum in social media among people who have experienced cancer, especially those who are dealing with Stage 4 disease. DAMN IT DAWN! WE ONLY WANT...
Read MoreKindness Isn’t Rocket Science, Is It?
“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”~Aesop Research on Giving People who donate a kidney to complete strangers are called extraordinary altruists. They’ve been the subject of recent research by Abigail Marsh of Georgetown University. Her research looked at extraordinary altruists’ brains, specifically the amygdala....
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