I’m guilty for relishing too long in a hot shower, getting licked and lashed by each lavish drop, distractedly brushing my teeth, preferring to wait and warm my washcloth.
I don’t want to take this precious commodity for granted, so casually slipping over and through my fingers down the drain.
I am a professionally trained and certified Life Coach with personal experience overcoming cancer as a mom in my mid-30's. After a diagnosis in 2014 I began blogging as a way to communicate with my family and friends, but it soon became much more than that. Writing was my lifeboat and connection with the outside world while immune compromised and healing from surgery.
Now I’m using my personal and professional experiences and living my dream of supporting others as a Healing Hope Cancer Coach. I help my clients understand their options, develop the best care team and a supportive network. Together we unpack the experience of having a cancer diagnosis, processing the emotional impact of a cancer. I offer stress reduction techniques to help manage fear and uncertainty, and coaching to support healing on all dimensions. After treatment ends, I help people find their personal roadmap through the pain and uncertainty, to a life fueled by clarity, personal strength and a connection to their unique life purpose. From diagnosis, through treatment and recovery, no one should go it alone!
I draw upon 10+ years of work immersed in holistic health and wellness. I was born and raised in the Mid-Hudson Valley of New York and live there still with my husband and son. My survivorship blog Melissashealinghope.com chronicles my healing journey. You can learn more about my work as a coach at MelissaEppardCoaching.com.
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4 thoughts on “Water, my Dirty Little Secret”
well said. i’d like to bring that mindfulness to everything.
Thank you for sharing Mellie!
PLEASE don’t forget http://kingstoncitizens.org this is where the information is coming from. This is where the spearheading and steady even approach to this effort is rooted… Please let people know that they can get clear and CURRENT and whole picture info here. This is a big and important issue, and needs to be scoped with a wider view than just cooper Lake.
As we face a Politically Charged, tax payer funded Corporate Water Grab, I am encouraging everyone to become educated…
This sunday at noon (til 3:00) we will be screening Tapped and answering questions on the proposal.
You deserve this guilty pleasure! At least once in a while. Cooper Lake and the Great Mother will forgive you. It’s funny how little things like a long, hot shower or soft sheets give our ravaged bodies when we’re going through chemo.
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well said. i’d like to bring that mindfulness to everything.
Thank you for sharing Mellie!
PLEASE don’t forget http://kingstoncitizens.org this is where the information is coming from. This is where the spearheading and steady even approach to this effort is rooted… Please let people know that they can get clear and CURRENT and whole picture info here. This is a big and important issue, and needs to be scoped with a wider view than just cooper Lake.
As we face a Politically Charged, tax payer funded Corporate Water Grab, I am encouraging everyone to become educated…
This sunday at noon (til 3:00) we will be screening Tapped and answering questions on the proposal.
Please come.
Thank you so much for this, Melissa. Such talent, such an important issue, such a prayerful image for all of us. xoxoxoo
You deserve this guilty pleasure! At least once in a while. Cooper Lake and the Great Mother will forgive you. It’s funny how little things like a long, hot shower or soft sheets give our ravaged bodies when we’re going through chemo.