Recovering Man

Personal Perspectives

Juggling Mental Health and Wellness After Cancer

Mish Middelmann on September 14, 2022

Personal Perspective: You can't control the chaos. Find ways of adapting to the wobbles instead.

Personal Perspective: You can't control the chaos. Find ways of adapting to the wobbles instead.

Personal Perspectives

Energy Changes After Cancer: Losses and Gifts

Mish Middelmann on May 21, 2022

Cancer is a notorious energy drain. But life energy can be found and shared in new and redeeming ways - relevant far beyond the world of cancer survivors.

Cancer is a notorious energy drain. But life energy can be found and shared in new and redeeming ways - relevant far beyond the world of cancer survivors.

Sex

Cancer and Aging Have Widened My View of Eagerness

Mish Middelmann on February 26, 2022

A Personal Perspective: “Forgive me,” I want to tell my partners from younger days, “my cis male body taught me that sexual arousal is something very obvious.”

A Personal Perspective: “Forgive me,” I want to tell my partners from younger days, “my cis male body taught me that sexual arousal is something very obvious.”

Motivation

Open to Outcomes, Not Attached to Them

Mish Middelmann on January 9, 2022

Internal navigation systems for humans need both the firmness of set goals, and the delicate flexibility of being open to outcomes

Internal navigation systems for humans need both the firmness of set goals, and the delicate flexibility of being open to outcomes

Sex

Radical Adaptability: The Zeitgeist for Survivors in 2021

Mish Middelmann on November 17, 2021

Radical change is on the menu whether we like it or not. Be inspired by these extreme adaptation stories from cancer survivors to dinosaur businesses.

Radical change is on the menu whether we like it or not. Be inspired by these extreme adaptation stories from cancer survivors to dinosaur businesses.

Personal Perspectives

The Healing Power of Stories

Mish Middelmann on October 29, 2021

Struggling to listen to (or tell your own) cancer stories? There is a way to share stories that heals and connects, and honors the voice of the storyteller.

Struggling to listen to (or tell your own) cancer stories? There is a way to share stories that heals and connects, and honors the voice of the storyteller.

Personal Perspectives

The Emotional Impact of Losing an Invisible Body Part

Mish Middelmann on August 16, 2021

Personal perspective: When barely understood body parts are lost or removed, it helps to take time and go below the surface.

Personal perspective: When barely understood body parts are lost or removed, it helps to take time and go below the surface.

Relationships

Love and Awkwardness Intertwined

Mish Middelmann on July 5, 2021

Get over your fantasies about spontaneity. You were not born yesterday. Things have changed. You might as well laugh or else you’ll cry.

Get over your fantasies about spontaneity. You were not born yesterday. Things have changed. You might as well laugh or else you’ll cry.

Diet

5 Easy Ways to Eat Healthy Organic Food and Resist Cancer

Mish Middelmann on June 30, 2021

Resisting cancer got us to eat healthy organic food, which also boosts mood and general mental outlook.

Resisting cancer got us to eat healthy organic food, which also boosts mood and general mental outlook.

Personal Perspectives

Finding New Pathways Boosts Health

Mish Middelmann on June 9, 2021

Things don't always go the way we want. Managing energy flow can help in navigating these blockages.

Things don't always go the way we want. Managing energy flow can help in navigating these blockages.

Sex

Rehabilitation for Men Recovering From Prostate Cancer

Mish Middelmann on June 1, 2021

Many men and their partners are devastated by the impact of erectile dysfunction after prostate cancer treatment. Here's a practical way to support healthy recovery.

Many men and their partners are devastated by the impact of erectile dysfunction after prostate cancer treatment. Here's a practical way to support healthy recovery.

Marriage

Impact of Erectile Dysfunction on Me and My Marriage

Mish Middelmann on May 20, 2021

ED affects millions of men and their partners. Here's my personal story. What it's been like for me in this existential wasteland. You are not alone.

ED affects millions of men and their partners. Here's my personal story. What it's been like for me in this existential wasteland. You are not alone.

Sex

Rediscovering Physicality and Manhood After Prostate Cancer

Mish Middelmann on May 6, 2021

Questioning your self-image or identity after physical loss and changes? Here's how gratitude for my remaining physicality and re-imagining manhood after prostate cancer helped me.

Questioning your self-image or identity after physical loss and changes? Here's how gratitude for my remaining physicality and re-imagining manhood after prostate cancer helped me.

Sex

Let's Talk About Erectile Dysfunction

Mish Middelmann on May 3, 2021

Prostate cancer treatment saved my life, and prompted open conversation about erectile dysfunction. Here are some ways to engage support from partners and remove the shame.

Prostate cancer treatment saved my life, and prompted open conversation about erectile dysfunction. Here are some ways to engage support from partners and remove the shame.