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Cancer Journey


What My Eyebrows Taught Me About Self-Acceptance
Over time, eyebrow trends came and went (thanks, Patriarchy, for your ever-changing beauty standards), so I was genuinely shocked the first time someone told me mine were beautiful. In a world of eyebrow pencils, microblading, threading, tinting, laminating, and an entire industry devoted to making eyebrows look like something other than what naturally grows above our eyes, I gradually came to appreciate mine.
Jennifer Dolinka
Oct 275 min read


Who Are You When the Role Changes?
Who are you when a role that defined your life suddenly changes? After cancer, caregiving, grief, divorce, retirement, career change, or another major life transition, your identity may take time to catch up. Explore why changing roles can feel so disorienting, how to carry forward what still matters, and how hypnosis can help you release old beliefs and discover who you’re becoming.

Jennifer Dolinka
Sep 266 min read


What Brachytherapy Is Really Like: My Experience with Internal Radiation for Uterine Carcinosarcoma
An honest look at vaginal brachytherapy, cancer treatment, healing, humor, and finding freedom in unexpected places. ☢️ Fair warning: this is a post about my vagina. ☢️ If you clutch your pearls, avert your gaze, cover your ears, or quietly back out of the room, I still love you. But since I've chosen to live this cancer journey out loud, I feel like I'd be doing a disservice if I only shared the inspirational parts and left out the weird, awkward, uncomfortable, deeply human

Jennifer Dolinka
Jun 114 min read


Never Meant to Be Tamed: A Love Letter to My Hair
"When nothing is certain, everything is possible."
THAT has always been the story of my alchemical life. And maybe the story of my hair, too. Neither of us was ever meant to behave. So if this is another shedding, another undoing, another wild and sacred molting before transforming, then let it be honest.
Jennifer Dolinka
May 145 min read


Dayenu: A Cancer Journey of Strength, Healing, and Trust
A candid cancer journey through surgery, healing, and uncertainty—woven with Passover themes of liberation, Dayenu, and the power of trusting your body and inner wisdom.

Jennifer Dolinka
Mar 268 min read
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