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As Lung Cancer Awareness Month comes to an end, I want to share something important. You may have noticed that I kept my posts to a minimum this month. That was intentional. I wanted every message to be meaningful, impactful, and worth your time. And before the month closes, there’s still one conversation we need to have— your new normal after cancer treatment . When the scans finally show positive results and your oncologist says,  “Go live your life,”  you expect relief, joy, maybe even celebration. But what they don’t tell you is how strange it feels to step outside the bubble you've lived in for months. During treatment, you played it safe. You protected your energy, your body, and your peace. You didn’t always know who to trust or where you felt safe. That bubble became routine. But now?  Now you’re free… and that freedom can feel overwhelming. So how do you find comfort in this new chapter—your new normal? 3 Ways to Find Comfort in Your New Normal After Cancer Trea...

If you’re reading this, chances are you or someone you love has just heard or had to process those two words that can flip a whole world upside down:   lung cancer. It’s not a club anyone signs up for. The meetings are emotional, the snacks are terrible, and the schedule? Completely unpredictable. But let me tell you this — the people who find themselves in this fight are some of the strongest, funniest, most determined humans out there. This post isn’t a medical manual or a list of side effects. It’s a reminder — a gentle nudge to breathe, to laugh when you can, and to keep that spark of humor alive no matter how heavy the days feel. Because sometimes, laughter really  is  the best lung exercise.   Stage 1: “Wait… What Just Happened?” The day of diagnosis hits harder than a toddler poking you in the eye— confusing, relentless, and emotional. Everything changes in a sentence. I remember my brother saying that cancer was  throwing a party in his lungs.  At f...

It’s hard to believe it’s already November — Lung Cancer Awareness Month — and almost a year since my brother, Josh, was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. Even writing those words still feels surreal. When we first heard the diagnosis, what I personally felt (and this is the first time I’ve ever said it out loud, outside of my own head) was that it was a death sentence. But what has unfolded since that day has been nothing short of remarkable. The months that followed were filled with countless trips from the East Coast to the West Coast — helping Josh through chemo, being a support system, and making sure he had everything he needed. There were many late-night calls, endless texts, and virtual visits to go over the information from his appointments. Josh wasn’t always retaining everything the doctors were saying, so we became his second set of ears, making sure nothing slipped through the cracks. After rounds of chemo and radiation — and now with a lifelong pill to help keep the can...