Does Positive Thinking Actually Work?

It can if you do it right

Shefali O'Hara
a Few Words
Published in
3 min readApr 9, 2022

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People have been telling me I’m a positive person a lot lately. I was diagnosed with metastatic brain, lung, and liver cancer last April. The doctors gave me 6 months to live, but I’m still here and enjoying my life as much as I can. There are things I can no longer do, but I do what I can. My oncologist told me on my last visit that we are charting new…

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Shefali O'Hara
a Few Words

Cancer survivor, writer, engineer. BSEE from MIT, MSEE, and MA in history. Love nature, animals, books, art, and interesting discussions.