Live Outside Work

janice | March 23, 2010

During my very first week at MD Anderson, we had a presentation with three senior physicians and scientists talking about how they manage their time. One, a department chair who I had known during my reporting days in Galveston, instructed the crowd to have a life. He also said that if you didn’t have a [...]

This Old House and Me

janice | October 13, 2009

I know it’s been a while since I’ve posted. That’s because I closed on my house and moved. It’s been a little chaotic to say the least.
You learn a great deal when you move.  Throw in the fact that you’re moving into your first house, and it’s even more of a lesson. My brother had [...]

Doing Yourself a Kindness

janice | February 23, 2009

What have you done for yourself lately? Done anything nice for yourself? We all deserve a few acts of random kindness from ourselves.
Go buy yourself some flowers, take the time to listen to your favorite tunes, paint your toe nails, or take a stroll through a museum or a park. You deserve it. So what [...]

Keeping the Self-Talk Positive

janice | February 18, 2009

I was sitting in my hairstylist Robin’s chair on Saturday when her daughter Madison, a spunky blonde fifth-grader, bounced into the salon. Having known her since she was born, Madison is probably one of the happiest kids I know and definitely the most extroverted. She quickly made her rounds with all of us in the [...]