It’s much easier to like your life – and yourself – when things are going well. When I had cancer, I felt a deep sense of shame at having somehow “failed” at life, at having become a “victim” of something I couldn’t control, rather than being a raging success at everything as we’re taught we’re [...]
People love stories. There are many reasons why. Stories connect us. They inform us. They help us feel like we’re okay. They excite us. Inspire us. They comfort us, and illuminate the past and the future. They make us feel special. They help us realise we’re not alone. What happened to me happened to them. [...]
Today, a friend asked me: “Name something you did today with all your heart.” It was an easy question to answer. Today I wrote some words about another day a few years ago – the day I decided I wanted to be alive for the rest of my life. I was about halfway through my [...]
