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Networking & The Power Of Connecting the Dots Backwards
When I started in recruitment, I equated networking with a sleazy, underhanded activity reserved for people who wanted to use others to get what they wanted. I couldn’t have been more wrong. Now...
Diana On What Ifs And Gratitude After Cancer
Today I drove from my home to my doctors office in Los Angeles. I have been making this hour and a half drive for the last four years and four months. After my cancer diagnosis this became my norm, se...
Proust Questionnaire: Interview With Melanie
Melanie Vuynovich is a member of the A Fresh Chapter Board of Directors. A communications consultant based in San Francisco, she has been volunteering with AFC for the last four+ years.
ReFresh 2018: A Space For Advocates to Reflect & Connect and… A Special Announcement
Back in 2011, when I had a vision for creating A Fresh Chapter, I was blissfully naive. I didn’t think about building a strategy (or a community) to process the stories of deep suffering or how ...
The Upside of Getting Uncomfortable
For as long as I could remember, I craved routine. I brought my own pillow to sleepovers, wore the same pair of jeans almost every day of the 6th grade, and set my alarm at the same ungodly hour every...
Facilitator Janet Ottersberg Leads By Example
In addition to her work as a facilitator for AFC, Janet also had a personal connection to cancer. When she was 18 years old, Janet’s much older brother was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. His ...