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Sunday poetry: Why not get started immediately

We are just out of Cancer season, but Mary Oliver wrote this poem when she was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2012. In these current times, we have been made aware of the finite nature of time and this poem is more relevant than ever. ❤️

The Fourth Sign of the Zodiac

1.
Why should I have been surprised?
Hunters walk the forest
without a sound.
The hunter, strapped to his rifle,
the fox on his feet of silk,
the serpent on his empire of […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2020-07-26T07:57:40-04:00July 26th, 2020|Inspiration|2 Comments

Sunday inspiration: Why me?

Art by NC Wyeth

I have two good friends with cancer, so this question is coming up a lot these days. And recently I did a reading for someone who was taken ill with pneumonia and since then suffered a seemingly never ending series of health problems and pain. I’ve had clients who have been in terrible car accidents that paralyzed them. Horrific abuse as children. Being fired from a job at which they excelled.

These events may seem terrible on the surface, and it would be […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2023-11-21T18:36:44-05:00August 14th, 2016|Favorite posts, Inspiration|2 Comments

The astrology of cancer surgery

I have been trying not to take too much fodder for this blog from actual client charts for fear of violating privacy rights, but occasionally something comes up that is too valuable not to share. When this happens I try to present the information in as vague a form as possible so as to maintain the privacy of the client’s identity.

I saw a woman today who had had two different cancer surgeries but we did not discuss the details before the session. I try not to know too many details about the client before we start the session so […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2018-07-15T07:41:38-04:00October 20th, 2007|Health & Healing|0 Comments

The bright side of cancer

i-hope-cancer-is-zodiac-sign The New York Times had an article by Jane Brody the other day that is so beautiful I had to share it:

Can getting cancer make you happy? For Betty Rollin, survivor of two breast cancers, there’s no question about it. In her newest book, “Here’s the Bright Side,” Ms. Rollin recounts:

“I woke up one morning and realized I was happy. This struck me as weird. Not that I didn’t have all kinds of things to be happy about — love, work, good health, enough money, the usual happy-making stuff. The weird […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2023-11-19T12:05:36-05:00August 17th, 2007|Health & Healing|Comments Off

Housework fights breast cancer

I can’t wait til the evangelicals get their hands on this. At first I thought this article was at the very least a joke, or at worst a conspiracy on the part of the patriarchy to send women back to the dark ages of household drudgery:

The researchers analysed data on work, leisure and housework activity levels among 218,169 women aged 20 to 80 from nine European countries including the UK.

They followed the women for an average of 6.4 years, during which time 3,423 developed breast cancers. When all forms of activity were combined, being active appeared to offer a protective […]

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By Lynn Hayes|2023-11-18T15:35:02-05:00December 29th, 2006|Health & Healing|Comments Off