Dec 30, 2023 — This New Year’s Eve, why not resolve to take just what you can carry and leave the rest behind
Dec 21, 2023 — The most wonderful time of year is the worst for many
Dec 16, 2023 — Why are we so scared of asking for a second opinion?
Dec 9, 2023 — Interview with the cancer collaborative: Amplifying the Patient Voice
Dec 8, 2023 — How can we treat and prevent an illness that hides stealthily under our skin?
Dec 2, 2023 — There’s no room for stigma in healthcare
Nov 24, 2023 — Canada’s decision-makers have an all talk, no action, way about them and it stinks
Nov 17, 2023 — Canada’s advocates are burning out
Nov 11, 2023 — The power of the broken-hearted can drive compassion, empathy and change
Nov 4, 2023 — You can’t talk healthcare spending without knowing the needs of those who depend on it
Oct 28, 2023 — Glass children, glass adults: When illness makes us invisible
Oct 20, 2023 — People with dementia don’t lose their identity, so why do we care for them like they do?
Oct 14, 2023 — Medical trauma isn’t recognized as PTSD, but it should be
Oct 6, 2023 — Why is it so hard for doctors to acknowledge side effects?
Oct 2, 2023 — Should we be treating ‘easier’ chronic cancers in community hospitals?
Sept 25, 2023 — Prescriptions for pleasure reimagines care in a system that can barely hold itself up
Sept 20, 2023 — Having an ‘easier’ time with a disease doesn’t make it any less awful
Sept 11. 2023 — Change is one of the most ‘insidious’ stressors we face as humans
Sept 5, 2023 — It’s time to dismantle a system that makes survival too expensive
Aug 28, 2023 — Skin-to-skin contact is critical to healing, recovery and mental health. Imagine if touch was a standard of health care?
Aug 21, 2023 — Are we making educated decisions about DNR orders?
Aug 14, 2023 — Is it wrong to lie to someone with dementia?
Aug 8, 2023 — Would you stop taking life-saving medication if the side effects made it hard to be alive?
Aug 1, 2023 — Plant-stealing, or ‘proplifting’, sounds absurd, but it’s a thing
July 31, 2023 — Stop assuming that lived experience is the same experience
July 17, 2023 — If staffing shortages and burnout mean people left sitting in diapers, we are in big trouble
July 10, 2023 — How can we serve patients properly if we never ask them what they need?
July 5, 2023 — Why does change, even when it’s a good thing, make us sad?
June 26, 2023 — AI has the power to transform health care for the better. But is losing the human touch too high a price?
June 19, 2023 — Science says bad things don’t come in threes; they actually come in fours, fives
June 12, 2023 — Why can’t doctors talk seriously about fatigue without blaming it on stress, or the kids, or alcohol, or your diet, or….?
June 5, 2023 — Blame the ‘Vacation Paradox’ for why it feels like time is passing faster than ever before
May 29, 2023 — Cross your fingers. We may (finally) be getting to the point where patient and caregiver voices matter
May 24, 2023 — Would you keep a scary diagnosis a secret?
May 1, 2023 — When dimes, birds, butterflies and squirrels are signs from lost loved ones
April 24, 2023 — What doesn’t kill you, doesn’t make you stronger
April 17, 2023 — #GriefTok has become a subgenre for processing loss, but is it good for us?
April 4, 2023 — When did we stop valuing life?
March 24, 2023 — Death is absolutely certain, so why are we always surprised?
March 19, 2023 — Dementia steals people, but also the future plans of those who care about them
March 6, 2023 — Advocacy takes a certain amount of badassery. Isn’t it time we reimagined a system that makes it easier for advocates to make big change?
February 27, 2023 — Sharing stories come at a cost, but it’s worth it
February 19, 2023 — Does a doctor’s responsibility to a patient end with their death?
February 13, 2023 — Caregiving can be traumatic. But why do we feel so bad saying it out loud?
February 6, 2023 — Another World Cancer Day, yet cancer is still that dark horse nipping at our heels
January 30, 2023 — Life isn’t always a straight line. How are you taking the corners?
January 23, 2023 — When will caregivers be recognized as a non-negotiable part of the health-care team?
January 16, 2023 — Canceling game after Hamlin’s collapse shows taking a break after trauma is non-negotiable
January 9, 2023 — The identity crisis that happens with a serious diagnosis
January 1, 2023 — Regrets, have you had a few? Perhaps too many to mention?
December 27, 2022 — Are you faking peace, joy and love?
December 19, 2022 — If a disease is well-managed in Canada, but a killer somewhere else, is it a true treatment success story?
December 12. 2022 — Old breast cancer screening guidelines have nothing to do with good outcomes
December 6, 2022 — When will our government finally be brave and care for us the way it should?
November 28, 2022 — Doctors can’t know everything, but AITA for expecting a Google search?
November 21, 2022 — Between relentless COVID, a broken health-care system and lettuce that costs $15, it’s hard not to feel under at
November 14, 2022 — My doctor thinks I am complicated
November 7, 2022 — How is it that we live in a world in which people can’t get the medications they need to stay alive?
October 24, 2022 — Why does smell trigger memories more than any other sense?
October 9, 2022 — It’s OK to say things are crappy: How gratitude can mess you up
October 3, 2022 — Prescription errors are just one more thing for patients to worry about
September 26, 2022 — Can you wish away the feeling of middle-age dread?
September 17, 2022 — What if living in the moment isn’t that good for you after all?
September 10, 2022 — A system “in crisis”: When you call 911, someone should come.
September 6, 2022 — Diagnosed with ALS at 44, this advocate left this world swinging.
September 1, 2022 — WATCH: Lisa Machado talks to the CBC about the value of caregivers, and impact of cabinet shuffle
August 31, 2022 — Zoomer Magazine: Life with CML
August 27, 2022 — Hey quiet quitters, you have one life. Why spend it doing the bare minimum?
July 23, 2022 — WATCH: What’s it going to take to get caregivers recognized as a valuable part of a health care team?
June 27, 2022 — COVID has made socializing a little like having sex without protection
June 21, 2022 — WATCH: How to get the most out of time with your doctor
June 20, 2022 — Being told that ‘there’s going be a little discomfort’ is not good enough when we’re talking about pain
June 13, 2022 — Have we forgotten the focus and energy that it takes to be out in the world?
June 6, 2022 — The impact of illness in a family is immeasurable
May 30, 2022 — What happens in your brain when you don’t feel safe?
May 23, 2022 — Joining a clinical trial was the best decision I ever made
May 14, 2022 — Couple privilege makes it hard to to be single
May 7, 20222 — The rituals around death are about honouring a life, but also a reminder of the fragility of our own
April 30, 2022 — Talking about how hard it is to be a caregiver isn’t a sign of defeat
April 25, 2022 — There’s a new blah in town and it’s called malaise
April 18, 2022 — Why do cancer patients have to jump through hoops to get life-saving medication?
April 11, 2022 — When it comes to what to say to someone who is grieving, there are no words
April 9, 2022 — WATCH: Lisa Machado talks to the CBC about caregiver restrictions in hospitals and LTC
April 4, 2022 — What do you do when your friends stop listening?
March 28, 2022 — What happens to patients in a war?
March 18, 2022 — Does Megan Thee Stallion’s ‘Hot Girl Summer’ have anything to do with body positivity?
March 13, 2022 — COVID showed us that we have reason to be very afraid of ending up in LTC
March 7, 2022 — The threat of nuclear war has always existed, but something about Ukraine feels different
February 28, 2022 — The death of Canadian artist Matthew Wong reminds us that success doesn’t always equal happiness
February 21, 2022 — Life can be short. So why is living in the present so hard?
February 14, 2022 — How hope lives on, despite a rodent-filled shelter, pain, and a can of beans
February 7, 2022 — “No one cared about us before the pandemic, and now it’s worse”
January 31, 2022 — Is five days really enough time to grieve?
January 24, 2022 — “It’s unclear how patients and caregivers were engaged during COVID”
January 17, 2022 — I have Omicron, and an insatiable desire for salt and vinegar chips
December 27, 2021— How can we get through a pandemic with no finish line?
November 29, 2021 — “Imagine women waiting for years while their cancer grows, just because of some rule”
September 22, 2021 — The day I became a patient
September 13, 2021 — Fall has a feeling, and there’s a name for it: Autumn anxiety
July 5, 2021 — Why do the homeless make us uncomfortable?
June 7, 2021 — Have we tossed aside the idea of dignity?
June 4, 2021 — First dose feelings range from joy to meh
May 3, 2021 — There’s a cost to missed diagnoses
April 26, 2021 — I’m languishing, you’re languishing
January 19, 2021 — There’s nothing OK about an 80-year-old lying in a hospital hallway
January 2, 2021 — 2021: The year to let ourselves off the hook
September 23, 2020 — Cancer was not a fight I signed up for
August 3, 2020 — The humanness that patients need is being lost
July 26, 2020 — WATCH: How safe are hospitals?
July 24, 2020 — Despite COVID-19, people are still gross
July 22, 2020 — My friend had a stroke and I didn’t call 911
July 15, 2020 — WATCH: Do my house guests have to quarantine?
July 15, 2020 — Mask etiquette: How to avoid the mask meltdown
July 6, 2020 — WATCH: We asked the experts your questions: What about masks?
June 3, 2020 — Is the news giving you “mean world syndrome”?
May 26, 2020 — “So if dying isn’t enough of a motivation, what is?”
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