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It’s Owning Pink’s Anniversary, My Birthday & Nobody Should Go Through Cancer Alone
Lissa Rankin, April 26, 2012
Today is Owning Pink’s 3 year anniversary (Throw confetti, pop corks, do cartwheels, and light firecrackers! WOOT! Happy Anniversary, Owning Pink!)
And that’s not all. 3 days ago was my 43rd (gasp!) birthday.
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The Least Of These Things - Surviving Vs. Thriving
Sheena LaShay, March 19, 2012
Do you consider yourself a victim? A survivor? How about a thriver? While the word survivor conveys a positive outcome to a tragedy, upon reading the definitions of the word awhile ago, I realized I wasn’t satisfied with calling myself, a survivor, despite my many tragedies. I insist on the word thriver. How about you?
Read More...10 Things I Learned From People Who Survive Cancer
Lissa Rankin, August 21, 2011
When I interviewed women who had survived breast cancer for my art project The Woman Inside, I noticed that they all shared one remarkable thing in common.
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To Battered Women Everywhere - Just Go Get A Pedicure???
April Sweazy, August 8, 2011
In response to the Obama Administration’s decision to have insurance companies cover the costs of counseling for battered women, (and other benefits), Fox News contributor Sandy Rios made the following statement:
“Is the White House out of their mind? Does the West Wing not know what the left wing is doing? We’re $14 trillion in debt and now we’re going to cover birth control, breast pumps, counseling for abuse? Are we going to do pedicures and manicures as well?” (Read more here and here.)
Read More...Say NO to Reality TV
Lissa Rankin, April 4, 2011
Life is precious. Every moment is meant to be savored. We all know that the only thing certain is uncertainty and that it could all be over in a blink. So we want to taste every sweet morsel of this life, let our freak flags fly, check things off our bucket lists, and live out loud. Right?
So then why is our society so caught up in reality TV shows?
Okay -- first, a disclaimer. I have to confess that I’ve never actually watched one. When Survivor came out ages ago, I was still working 4:00am to midnight during my medical training and didn’t have one split second to watch television. And by the time I was finished, I was so grateful to have some free time to actually live my life that I took a stand against television and pretty much boycotted it completely.
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Reclaiming Your Body and Spirit – Loving Touch and Trauma Recovery
Fred Krazeise, September 30, 2009
Pinkies, hold on tight for another incredibly powerful post by the original Pink God, Wellness Guru Fred Krazeise. Today, with his usual gentleness and generosity, Fred offers wisdom to Pinkies looking to Own their Bodies and their Pasts (and who among us doesn't fall in
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