by Joe Birch | Aug 25, 2025 | Blessings from Nature
An Article/Video About Life Transitions This is little 3 month old Lakota Joy the first week we adopted him. The Vet said his feet couldn’t touch the sidewalk until he was vaccinated, but he was still too young. I was dying to take him on our public sidewalk, to...
by Joe Birch | Aug 19, 2025 | Blessings from Nature
Welcome To Santa Fe Indian Market I have been coming to Indian Market for over 30 years. My husband and I first came on our honeymoon. Each time, I go early in the morning on the first day and am like an excited child who can barely contain herself. Over the years, I...
by Joe Birch | Aug 15, 2025 | The Battle with Cancer
Until today, I have purposely avoided any posts about cancer.I came with Lakota Joy to recover from 8 months of 2 chemotherapies and their cumulative side effects – which caused me to almost lose my Self and gave me a severe depression.We have now been here for...
by Joe Birch | Jul 31, 2025 | Finding and Nurturing Your Spirit
We are finding our rhythm over here for 2 weeks already. It’s a whole different world: Western, natural, wild, simple, small, our own property with so many beautiful trees, space, birds, magnificent sky, rain, red earth and stones against the green trees. We...
by Joe Birch | Jul 11, 2025 | The Battle with Cancer
I am back in my role as a writer and investigative reporter in this article. You may be wondering why am I writing about this topic? I have been unable to have a Mani-Pedi for 8 months because my fingernails and toenails were severely damaged by my chemotherapy. The...
by Joe Birch | Jun 22, 2025 | The Battle with Cancer
From the moment of diagnosis, it’s crucial to recognize the power within yourself. Our bodies have an incredible capacity to rejuvenate, repair, and heal. Embrace faith in your ability to overcome treatment and live the life you envision. Strengthening this belief...
by Joe Birch | Jun 17, 2025 | Miscellaneous
This post and video represent one of the darkest periods in my 4-year-8-months journey with Pancreatic cancer. It occurred during the months of April, May and June 2025.It documents my slow slide into depression and almost immobilization – and the reasons this...
by Joe Birch | Jun 9, 2025 | Blessings from Nature
This video is a combination of a cancer patient preparing life-saving juice of vegetables and fruit, and a “how to train a young puppy” to sit and stay and not jump up on cabinets and tables for food. From preparing and washing organic veggies and fruit,...
by Joe Birch | Jun 3, 2025 | The Battle with Cancer
Join Lakota Joy and Me for Yoga in our Japanese Minka.For a cancer patient, life can change so much from day to day.Cancer is unpredictable, and so are the side effects of treatment – whether surgery, radiation, ablations, hormone therapy, chemotherapy.This...
by Joe Birch | May 19, 2025 | Blessings from Nature
When our Beloved Hopie Boy passed over the Rainbow Bridge on 4-27-25, the hearts of my Husband and I were broken and saddened. So much grief and sadness! The following morning, we sat in bed and spent two hours discussing our feelings and thoughts. I shared my Journal...
by Joe Birch | May 7, 2025 | Lessons From Brutie and Hope
In all my years writing on LinkedIn, this is one of the most raw, personal, and intimate Articles I have ever written. The first was in 2017, when our Beloved 15 ½ -year old Australian Shepherd boy, Brutie, passed. This is my second, when his little brother, Hopie,...
by Joe Birch | Apr 14, 2025 | Lessons From Brutie and Hope
Nothing affects me more than the Health and Wellbeing of my little Boy Hopie. At 2:30am he woke up feeling ill – lethargic, nausea, on the verge of throwing up. He has Stage 2 Kidney disease and his symptoms can vary from day to day. He is restricted to eating...
by Joe Birch | Apr 11, 2025 | The Battle with Cancer
For those who do not know me, I am Judith Anne Desjardins – 4-year-six-month Pancreatic cancer Thrivor, Holistic Psychotherapist, and cancer Advocate.In this video I am inviting you to visit me in my brand-new outdoor Sauna.I purchased this sauna as a...
by Joe Birch | Apr 10, 2025 | The Battle with Cancer
For those who don’t know me, I am Judith Anne Desjardins and I have been living with Pancreatic cancer for 4 1/2 years now. I was first diagnosed in October 23, 2020, and after my Distal Pancreatomy and Splenectomy, in January 2021, I started what would be 8...
by Joe Birch | Mar 27, 2025 | The Battle with Cancer
In this video you will see the start of my second Infusion with Oxaliplatin, in conjunction with taking Xeloda (5FU) at home. I sat in the chair in a peaceful, relaxed state. And why not? Three weeks prior I had had my first infusion and innocently thought this round...
