Doowutchyalike: Rest, Recovery, and Learning to Listen to My Body

A silver-haired woman artist rests on a couch beside sketchbooks, coffee, and hand-lettered notes about rest, recovery, and self-care.

Last week, I found myself feeling unusually crazy, emotional, and just a little too close to the edge. Not movie-theater dramatic. Not “throw a drink in someone’s face” dramatic. More like, Why am I crying because someone breathed wrong in the kitchen? dramatic. “You’re in pretty good shape for the shape you are in.”— Dr. […]

Friendship Is the Best Medicine

Emily-Kate Niskey and Karin Miller sit together with coffee and sketchbooks in a warm image about friendship, breast cancer recovery, and support.

This is where the blog began. When I was diagnosed with breast cancer in March of 2011, my life changed in ways I could not have prepared for. One day I was moving through the ordinary demands of being a wife, mother, artist, and woman with a full life. The next, my calendar was filled […]