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...
by Jackie Acho, Ph.D. | Mar 4, 2022 | Cancer, Empathy, Empathy in Medicine, Empathy with Our Bodies, Entrepreneurship, Healing from Cancer, Ovarian Cancer
Jackie and John, Istanbul, March 2, 2022 (2nd anniversary of ovarian cancer surgery) Maybe. At the beginning, those of us with difficult cancer diagnoses hope to do the unlikely: survive the treatment, ring the bell, and be in “remission.” We imagine all the ways and...
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. | Feb 5, 2022 | #CurrencyOfEmpathy, #EmpathyStartsAtHome, Cancer, Empathy, Gratitude, Healing from Cancer
Wonderful Turkish cookbook “Happiness equals reality minus expectations.” – “The fundamental question” of wellbeing according to economists Rakesh Sarin and Manel Baucells, in their book Engineering Happiness I should be dead by now. Talk...
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...