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. | Jun 30, 2020 | #CurrencyOfEmpathy, Cancer Prevention, Empathy as Healing Medicine, Empathy with Our Bodies, Energy Healing, Healing from Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Toxicity, Women in Science
How are you today? “I am well in all the ways that really matter.” – Akua (aka Mary Alice) Saunders MEd, MSN, CNS My body knows why I have ovarian cancer. I’m finally listening, so now I do too. I didn’t get the answers from Western medicine, functional medicine, or...
by Jackie Acho, Ph.D. | Jun 9, 2020 | #CurrencyOfEmpathy, Music Therapy, Ovarian Cancer
“I will get well not out of fear of dying, but out of the joy of living…and self-expression.” – Belleruth Naparstek, Health Journeys Meditations, “Fight Cancer” Has music ever made you feel less alone? I hear it. I see it. I feel it…differently now. Music therapy is...
by Jackie Acho, Ph.D. | May 31, 2020 | #CurrencyOfEmpathy, Empathy, Good News, Leadership, Leading with a Conscience, Ovarian Cancer
Lila Lazarus and I talked about #empathy, #leadership, family, coronavirus, ovarian cancer…and more. I loved every second of our conversation, even the hard parts. Making people feel safe, seen, and heard is an empathic superpower that Lila has in spades. It has...
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 | Dec 9, 2018 | #CurrencyOfEmpathy, #LeanIn, #NotLeaningIn, Empathy, Feminist revolution, Inclusion, Innovation, Uncategorized, Women in Leadership
When Sheryl Sandberg’s book Lean In came out almost 5 years ago, it bothered me. I had been there and done that, and the book didn’t ring true as a panacea for women in leadership (or men, for that matter…or children…or anyone). Oh, it...
