by Tambre Leighn | Sep 13, 2022 | Advocacy
Helping pharmaceutical and healthcare organizations to support more self-advocacy by patients is one of my primary goals in the work I do. I first became an advocate for my late husband. I quickly realized that when someone experiences a health crisis, navigating the...
by Tambre Leighn | Aug 19, 2022 | Adherence
For people navigating the healthcare system, trust in their medical team is incredibly important. And yet, too often I see how healthcare organizations and experts either fail to establish trust or break it. Trust is a fragile thing. Building it requires improving how...
by Tambre Leighn | Nov 17, 2017 | Cancer Survivorship
It was a long time ago. We were yard jumping after dark. Pretty innocuous compared to some of today’s hi-jinks like cyber bullying. We’d reached the end of the run of fenced yards and so we sat there. Perched high off the ground like birds on a wire. Life was good. No...
by Tambre Leighn | Dec 28, 2014 | Cancer Survivorship
Like the disease, the language of cancer is complex and unique. It’s filled with potential land mines and what works for one person doesn’t necessarily work for another. I get it. As a coach, I believe strongly in the power of language, the words we choose, and the...
by Tambre Leighn | Mar 15, 2014 | Cancer Survivorship
Scrolling through my newsfeed a few nights ago, I came upon two posts, one on top of the other that captured a thing I know to be true about cancer…it gives and it takes. Hope Schaberg – I’ve never met her in person…but we became friends on July 17, 2012 after a...