Michael Holtz

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  • Fighting Back Hope

    Islands of Hope

    BRANSON, Mo. — I can scarcely wrap my mind around the events of the last two days. I’ve been privileged to participate in a retreat…

    September 11, 2022
  • Fighting Back Vigilance

    Bottom’s up!

    When I experienced my first colonoscopy in 2012, saying ”bottom’s up” beforehand was laugh out loud funny. Ten years later it still is, but my…

    September 3, 2022
  • Hope Love

    Life, peace and memory in the water

    “All water is holy water.” ― Rajiv Joseph For as far back as I have memory, I have been drawn to the water: lakes, rivers, streams, waterfalls,…

    August 23, 2022
  • Gratitude Love

    Trying to do the unimaginable

    Losing the love of your life once in a lifetime is tragedy enough. How do you go on when it happens twice? My mom is…

    August 18, 2022
  • Thriving Vigilance

    Know your numbers, even the obscure ones. Knowledge can change your life

    As a colorectal cancer survivor, “knowing your numbers” is practically a lifestyle. The Carcinoembryonic Antigen, or CEA, is a tumor marker that indicates the activity…

    June 19, 2022
  • Gratitude Positive Attitude

    Thanks mom, for everything

    I told the following story before a live audience on Monday, June 6, 2022, as part of the Knox News Storytellers Project. I’m grateful to…

    June 7, 2022
  • Fighting Back Life After Cancer

    Paging Dr. Carter: code brown in trauma two

    I’ve been binge-watching the classic show, ER, the last few weeks. I loved the show when it first ran from 1994 to 2009. It has…

    May 13, 2022
  • Friends Gratitude

    My media relations and advocacy roots run deep

    I’ve been talking a walk down memory lane the last few days. All the way back to high school. I’m being inducted into the William…

    April 28, 2022
  • Gratitude

    Meditation on the beach

    I’m not terribly choosy when it comes to making escapes from the real world. I’m equally comfortable and content in the mountains or on the…

    April 22, 2022
  • Fighting Back

    Why I continue to hang out in Cancer-land

    It’s a question I get asked almost every time I share my cancer journey and my passion for cancer advocacy. “Why stay?” Trevor Maxwell, founder…

    April 20, 2022
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  • The power of connection, even when it hurts

    September 12, 2024
  • In remembrance of my mother-in-law

    August 30, 2024
  • Following my heart means making a change

    July 30, 2024
  • On sacred ground and listening to the still small voice

    June 17, 2024
  • It always comes back to this: the human connection

    June 4, 2024

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