by Jackie Acho, Ph.D. | Jun 20, 2022 | #CurrencyOfEmpathy, #EmpathyStartsAtHome, Cancer, Cancer Treatment, Healing from Cancer, Ovarian Cancer
I am home, most of the time, these days. John and I packed up in Istanbul and flew home on May 20th. On May 22nd I rallied to give a commencement address. On May 23rd, I felt the weight of the moving, the 7-hour time difference, the ongoing cancer battle and...
by Jackie Acho, Ph.D. | May 2, 2022 | #CurrencyOfEmpathy, #LifeOverCancer, Cancer, Cancer Treatment, Empathy, Empathy in Medicine, Ovarian Cancer
I’m no champion, but I do like chess, ever since Uncle Jack taught me to play as a kid. It’s a strategic game, in which you can think your way out of a fix, picture several moves ahead, and revel in beating a worthy opponent. Lately, it’s been helping me to think of...
by Jackie Acho, Ph.D. | Apr 28, 2022 | #CurrencyOfEmpathy, Cancer, Caring
Susan and Jackie in Balat neighborhood of Istanbul I’m lucky. Oh, yeah, not so fortunate to have cancer, but… I have friends who are willing to travel around the world – literally – to be with me. This week, Susan Colby, a longtime, dear friend whom I first met...
by Jackie Acho, Ph.D. | Apr 20, 2022 | #CurrencyOfEmpathy, #EmpathyStartsAtHome, Cancer, Empathy
John, Sophie, Grant, and Jackie; May 2021 Home is where the heart is…held safely, lovingly, and earnestly. Home is where empathy and love flow. One month from today, I will be Home for the first time in 6 months. I dreamed of returning fully well, triumphant,...
by Jackie Acho, Ph.D. | Apr 15, 2022 | #CurrencyOfEmpathy, Cancer, Empathy, Integration, Trauma
John and Jackie at Kadikoy Market Integrating life experiences can be tricky. People come and go. Locations change. We grow up and out of certain mindsets. We move on from relationships, sometimes necessarily. Perhaps one of the hardest things of all is to...
by Jackie Acho, Ph.D. | Mar 20, 2022 | Cancer, Caring, Currency of Empathy, Empathy, Empathy for Self, Empathy with Our Bodies, Fun, Healing, Healing from Cancer
Sharon and Jackie enjoying Istanbul, March 2022 While living in Istanbul, I’m learning Turkish. It’s not an easy language to pick up, but it’s a fun, rhythmic, and poetic language to practice. It’s also succinct. A few words say a lot. People appreciate that I try and...
