Author Archives: Sue Cochrane

    I was surprised and honored to be invited as a keynote speaker last month in Atlanta for an innovative national health care organization. A few years ago, my brother introduced me to his friend, the CEO of this … Continue reading →

A special message to all the dear people that have signed up to follow my blog, and wrote me kind messages:   I have been posting mainly health updates for the past two years on caringbridge.org, but you and my … Continue reading →

  We may have gotten one step closer thanks to Fetzer Institute. They chose to feature an excerpt of an article I wrote called, “Five Ways to Put a Heart into The Body of Family Law” on their internationally acclaimed … Continue reading →

I traveled to a remote spot on the Pacific shore in northern California for a week-long Commonweal Cancer Help Retreat in 2005. I wasn’t five years out yet from treatment for triple negative breast cancer—chemotherapy, radiation and surgery. Recurrence rates … Continue reading →

  No Ordinary Trip This past June I drove a van packed with teenagers up north, to a lake resort we have enjoyed for years—Northern Pine Lodge on Potato Lake, in Park Rapids, Minnesota. It is about a 4-hour drive … Continue reading →

I fell in love with Raymond Carver’s poems and short stories during the 1980’s, just as people fall in love with each other. His words are woven into that decade of my life, a challenging time where I found sobriety … Continue reading →