Tag Archives: cancer surviver

The Life of Pi

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Joy Parker

Warning: There are a few spoilers in this blog, but I don’t think anything I could say could possibly take away from the experience of actually seeing this film. A couple of days ago I saw Ang Lee’s Life of … Continue reading →

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Soaring through Life on the Wings of the Eagle

Posted on November 18, 2012 by Joy Parker

I am astonished that it has been over six months since I wrote my last blog. I imagine people finding my blog on WordPress, reading about my battle to overcome cancer, and saying, “What happened to her? Is she still … Continue reading →

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An Eagle Touched By God

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Joy Parker

Every so often a story comes to me in an email that I feel compelled to share. The last time this happened was when someone forwarded an email to me called “Hope in Japan” about how many of the residents … Continue reading →

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Won’t Bow. Don’t Know How.

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Joy Parker

In her book Eat, Pray, Love Liz Gilbert was lucky enough to meet an earthy, caring, and wise southern gentleman called Richard from Texas who alternately kicked her ass when she needed it and gave her all the love he … Continue reading →

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Dare to Believe

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Joy Parker

Ultimately, our power to really live this life we are given and to rebirth ourselves after long illness depends on who we are willing to accept as our authority. Illness can be transformational, a vehicle to a more vibrant and … Continue reading →

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A Living Practice

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Joy Parker

The question I have been asking myself for over a year now is “Why am I still here? How does someone who had cancer, and became healthy again, stay alive?” I can’t answer for the whole world, but I believe … Continue reading →

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Our Scars Are What Make Us Beautiful

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Joy Parker

In the tradition in which I was trained, one of the skills you have to learn in order to be an effective healer is the ability to “transfigure,” to go into a meditative state and see your body as it … Continue reading →

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Surrender: Releasing Fear, Opening the Heart

Posted on October 30, 2010 by Joy Parker

On Monday, October 25 I had a call from my oncologist’s office about “elevated liver enzymes,” which could have meant that my liver cancer had returned. I went through a very difficult week, culminating in a stressful PET/CT scan on … Continue reading →

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Coyotes Never Give Up

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Joy Parker

“I have cast my gaze two hundred years down the road to dreamers I’ll never know who may, like me, hear sensible voices lovingly telling them to stay safe and not take foolish chances. I want The Coyotes to whisper … Continue reading →

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A Prayer for Those I Call Beloved

Posted on October 15, 2010 by Joy Parker

This evening I read an email sent to me by my dear friend Larry who shared the story of one of his clients who had miraculously moved from stage 4 cancer to stage 2 cancer. When she talked about the … Continue reading →

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