by Jackie Acho, Ph.D. | Oct 15, 2020 | Cancer, Cancer Prevention, Empathy, Healing from Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Resilience
“My cancer marker is still going down, now with natural healing.”- Jackie (mom) “I expect nothing less.” – Sophie (daughter) If you told me a year ago that I’d be thrilled to watch my eyelashes grow back in, I would have been horrified. But it’s true. Such is the...
by Jackie Acho, Ph.D. | Aug 19, 2020 | #CurrencyOfEmpathy, Cancer, Healing, Healing from Cancer, Music Therapy, Ovarian Cancer
“The LIft” “In our response lies our growth and our freedom. Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” – Victor...
by Jackie Acho, Ph.D. | Jul 21, 2020 | #CurrencyOfEmpathy, #LifeOverCancer, Cancer, Empathy, Fear, Healing from Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Resilience
LeMay Family 2007 and 2020 “Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.” – Nelson Mandela Do you remember quotes? I usually don’t, but some version of that one has been on the tip of my tongue for decades. I’ve been afraid many times. Stepping...
by Jackie Acho, Ph.D. | May 14, 2020 | #CurrencyOfEmpathy, Cancer, Empathy, Empathy as Healing Medicine, Healing, Science
“I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.” – Michelangelo As platinum drugs drip into my veins, one thing goes through my mind: It shouldn’t be this way. Don’t get me wrong, I’m grateful to have this option since I was diagnosed with ovarian...
by Jackie Acho, Ph.D. | Apr 23, 2020 | Attachment, Cancer, Culture of Empathy, Currency of Empathy, Yoga
“The root of suffering is attachment.” Buddha. It’s cold being bald. Come summer, it might be fun to feel the cool breeze, dunk in the ocean whether it’s hair washing day or not, or take a ride in a convertible without hair whipping my face. For now, I’m cold. I never...
by Jackie Acho, Ph.D. | Apr 13, 2020 | Cancer, Coronavirus, Currency of Empathy, Empathy, Empathy as Healing Medicine
I have a front-row seat to empathy these days, and not only in the context of a global pandemic. On February 20, 2020, I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. On March 2, I had extensive surgery. By the time I came home from the hospital, the country had begun going into...
