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For Better or For Worse

by Tambre Leighn | Feb 5, 2017 | Communications

When we enter into an agreement to love another, whether it is in choosing to parent a child or two people deciding to be together, there is a sometimes spoken and always unspoken commitment to care for each other. Though it is probably for the best, for most of us,...

The Invisibles

by Tambre Leighn | Jul 2, 2015 | Caregiving

According to AARP, in 2017*, 41 million caregivers provided over 30 billion hours of care valued at over $470 billion[1]. Though the number of caregivers supporting loved ones annually in the United States and the amount of care they provide is so significant, they...

MLK on Interrelatedness

by Tambre Leighn | Jan 20, 2014 | Communications, High Performance

Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. This is the interrelated structure of reality. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. When one person is diagnosed with cancer, the impact on their life...

Shattering Misperceptions of Palliative Care

by Tambre Leighn | Dec 17, 2013 | Cancer Survivorship

I vaguely recall hearing the term palliative care somewhere along the continuum of Gary’s cancer treatment. I distinctly remember breathing an inward sigh of relief that he hadn’t, to that point, required it because that would have meant we were in a hospice...

Welcome to living Well Beyond Ordinary

by Tambre Leighn | Oct 22, 2012 | Cancer Survivorship, High Performance

When I launched coaching by tambre, several years ago focused on assisting cancer survivors and caregivers, my mission was to help them to move from surviving their circumstances to thriving in spite of them. My clients have made incredible strides and many have moved...