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Welcome to Because Life Isn’t a Dress Rehearsal, a blog written by life and business coach Kathy Santini, owner of Arbutus Coaching. This blog contains coaching tips and advice to help you become the most self actualized, effective person you can be, both personally and professionally. If you’re serious about “growing your possibilities,” and transforming your life, then you’re in the right place. My goal in writing this blog is to help you create a life that is easier, bigger, richer and more rewarding than the life you’re living now. So let’s get started shall we, because life isn’t a dress rehearsal and time’s a wastin’.

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Life After A Cancer Diagnosis

By arbutuscoaching | September 18, 2009

I recently got an email from an employee with the B.C. Cancer Foundation who was busy getting ready for The Run for the Cure, on Oct. 4. Seeing that sea of pink shirts always chokes me up and makes me cry.

Last week I met a woman on the Bainbridge Island ferry who’s a young cancer survivor and from the looks of it still very fragile from the experience. Betty Davis said “aging ain’t for sissies,” and I wonder what she’d say about cancer. I promised to send her (the young woman, not Betty) a hard copy of my book – the electronic version is at www.arbutuscoaching.com/products.php

Like most survivors, my friend on the ferry was encouraged to hear about my longevity – I’m cancer free after 10 years – and that there’s an incredible life after cancer. And although I don’t feel the preciousness of life anywhere to the degree that I did after my diagnosis, (as a friend of mine a cancer survivor as well said, it would be hard to live at that level of intensity for the rest of your life) I still know how lucky I am to be alive.

Whether you’re a cancer survivor or not, what are you doing to make this precious time here on earth memorable for you? What goals are you striving toward, who are you spending your time with, what are you tolerating that you shouldn’t be, and how do you practice self care? Now that you know better than most just how precious life is, what one large or small step could you take today to maximize your happiness?

Topics: Surviving Cancer |

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