Finding the Perks to Beat the Odds: | Florence Strang | TEDxStJohns

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Connecting & Empowering the Survivor Community

Florence Strang is a Registered Psychologist who has 22 years of experience in the areas of Psychology and School Counselling. She is the single mom to three kids, an autism mom, an avid gardener, and a cancer survivor. Florence’s story of battling cancer with an unwavering faith and an unbeatable positive attitude is told in Woman’s World Magazine © April 2012, and Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Power of Positive ©2012. She is an award winning blogger and the author of 100 Perks of Having Cancer Plus 100 Health Tips for Surviving It (Basic Health Publications, California). Along with her co-author, Susan Gonzalez, Florence is the founder of the world’s first on-line cancer survivorship program: Cancer Plan 4 Life.

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