What do you say to someone with cancer?
How do you show how much you care?
It may feel awkward, but there is hope.
Welcome to my wonderful world! Seem like a strange way for someone with cancer to describe her reality? Not at all. And I hope you come to understand why.
As a cancer survivor and author who speaks and writes about how to best support people rendered especially vulnerable by cancer or other life challenges, my life is deeply satisfying. To use my skills as a researcher and communicator – an Emmy-winning documentary producer, former newspaper editor, and lifelong writer – to inspire closer connections and better understanding between patients and their friends, loved ones, and caregivers fulfills me beyond words.
I invite you to look around this site for resources and tips, including how to get a temporary pass from Cancerland. I welcome feedback, and invite you to my other online communities on the Huffington Post, EverydayHealth/CarePages, and Caregiver Village.
Recent News
• Review of Help Me Live on Oncolink
• New review – the kind – from a reader – that almost makes having cancer worthwhile! -LH
• New Speaker Reel – Thanks to Michelle Mahoney, Brett Blake, and Noah Lagin -LH
• Huffington Post blog, “Everything I Need to Know I Re-Learned from Cancer”
• New article, “When a Co-Worker Has Cancer…”
“Extraordinarily moving and helpful, this book is essential reading for cancer patients as well as their families and friends.”
–Marc Silver, author of Breast Cancer Husband and former
U.S. News & World Report editor
“Please, please, read this book!”
–Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Bright-Sided: How the Pursuit of Positive Thinking is Undermining America and Nickel and Dimed