by Jackie Acho, Ph.D. | Feb 23, 2022 | Cancer, Cancer Prevention, Cancer Treatment, Entrepreneurship, Ovarian Cancer
Jacob Butze, on vacation in France, before being diagnosed with ALL (Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia) As an ovarian cancer warrior/survivor/patient/victim/thriver over 2 years, I’ve been told countless times to: Be brave! Be strong! Be positive! Here’s what I can...
by Jackie Acho, Ph.D. | Jan 21, 2022 | Cancer, Cancer Prevention, Cancer Treatment, Faith, Medicine, Ovarian Cancer, Science
Majestic Night Sky with a Full “Wolf” Moon over Istanbul (or anywhere you are!), January 17, 2022 I have always been a big believer in science. All the way to a Ph.D. in chemistry at MIT. That’s commitment. My career has also included lots of technology-related...
by Jackie Acho | May 28, 2021 | Cancer, Cancer Prevention, Currency of Empathy, Empathy in Medicine, Empathy in Research, Ovarian Cancer
Worn-out jeans are comfortable. Worn-out genes are not. We wonder why cancer is a raging epidemic. It’s not because of “cancer genes” or living longer. Cancer is the leading cause of death world-wide because our bodies are worn-out. I’ve learned this the hard way,...
by Jackie Acho | Apr 6, 2021 | Cancer, Cancer Prevention, Empathy in Medicine, Empathy in Research, Empathy with Our Bodies
illustrations by Mark Domann “I imagine you sitting still in the face of a fire-breathing dragon. Hair rustled back with the force of all the air. Knowing you are perfect. You are safe. You have a deep knowing that is accurate. It is not a dragon.” – Michelle...
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. | 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...
