How to Make Your Body Inhospitable to Cancer: A Physician Couple's Guide to Your Terrain Sep 11, 2026

We have sat across the table from hundreds of people who just heard the word cancer for the first time. And almost without exception, once the initial shock settles, the same question surfaces: “What ...

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Is There a Best Diet for Cancer? Why the Answer Is Not the One You Want Sep 10, 2026

Within days of a diagnosis, almost everyone I work with arrives at the same question.

What should I eat?

It may be the most searched question in all of medicine. Every month, hundreds of thousands o...

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Sep 09, 2026

The Safest Man I Met Had Every Reason Not to Feel Safe by Dr. Alona & Dr. Matt

What a chance encounter at an LAX rental car counter taught me about the difference between trying to control what hap

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Sep 01, 2026

When Someone Else Gets Upset, Does It Become Your Emergency? by Dr. Alona & Dr. Matt

How I Learned to Stay Anchored Without Letting Go of Compassion

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Aug 25, 2026

The Door I Wish Other People Would Walk Through by Dr. Alona & Dr. Matt

Why it hurts when we can see possibilities for people we love that they don't seem ready to pursue.

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Aug 18, 2026

Build a Life You’re Not Ready to Leave by Dr. Alona & Dr. Matt

When embracing life becomes more important than avoiding death

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Aug 11, 2026

The Three Stages of Emotional Liberation by Dr. Alona & Dr. Matt

Why learning to honor your needs often gets worse before it gets better

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Aug 04, 2026

There Was More Room on the Card by Dr. Alona & Dr. Matt

What happens when we stop assuming someone’s needs have to come at the expense of our own

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Jul 21, 2026

What Hope Looks Like When Life Won't Give You Answers (Part 2) by Dr. Alona & Dr. Matt

Living with uncertainty without putting your life on hold.

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Jul 14, 2026

What If Hope Doesn't Need Certainty? (Part 1) by Dr. Alona & Dr. Matt

The exhaustion of trying to feel safe by predicting the future

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Jul 07, 2026

Why Would Anyone Want to Feel Scared? by Dr. Alona & Dr. Matt

What a jump scare, my daughter, and a surprising moment of self-awareness taught me about nervous system activation.

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Jun 30, 2026

Stage Is Not the Whole Story by Dr. Alona & Dr. Matt

Why a cancer diagnosis tells us where we are—not necessarily where we’re going

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