Anthony Aquan-Assee – ANTHONY AQUAN-ASSEE – Motivational Speaker, Author, Educator

Quest for healing

“We must be willing to let go of the life we had planned, so we are able to accept the life that is waiting for us.” **By: Joseph Campbell I am creating a new life following an aggressive Stage 4 metastatic prostate cancer diagnosis. Prostate cancer is also known as a “Couple’s Cancer”…

Prostate Cancer Information

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Myself and my wife, Jen, are working very hard to find a new balance in our lives ever since I was diagnosed with Stage 4, Metastatic Prostate Cancer in 2026 at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto. Here is some information that would have helped us if we knew this before I received this diagnosis.…

The Butterfly

BlogJune 12, 202639Views 1Like 0Comments

Hi there. I chose the picture of the Butterfly for the cover picture of my most recent song “The Teacher,” as the Butterfly symbolizes transformation, hope and new beginnings. My brother Michael painted this picture. The Butterfly also has very special meaning for me when I am volunteering in the Trauma and Neurosurgery Intensive Care…

Cancer & Brain Injuries

BlogJune 11, 202643Views 1Like 0Comments

I am an experienced Brain Injury Survivor having sustained a severe Traumatic Brain Injury after a very serious motorcycle accident in 1997. Living my life now as a cancer patient is a new health challenge for me. I was recently diagnosed (in 2026) with serious, Stage 4, Metastatic Prostate Cancer. Cancer and Brain Injuries share similar…

“One day, the world will start without me, but not today.”

BlogJune 5, 202651Views 1Like 0Comments

“One day, the world will start without me, but not today.” Living with cancer is a waiting game. Waiting for scans and blood tests. Waiting for test results. Waiting for appointments. Waiting for treatments. Regardless of the test results or the appointments with the Oncologists, I am not Waiting to Live. I…

Awareness saves lives. Compassion changes lives.

BlogMay 28, 202667Views 0Likes 0Comments

It helps a lot when others show support, care and compassion for people navigating difficult situations. After I sustained a Traumatic Brain injury (TBI), people would often say to me, “You look fine.” It is important that people are aware that a Brain Injury frequently results in symptoms that cannot be seen from the outside. …

My Spiritual Solution

BlogMay 24, 202663Views 0Likes 0Comments

In 1997, Dr. Wayne Dyer prayed and meditated beside my hospital bed when I lay in a very deep coma in the Trauma and Neurosurgery ICU (TN-ICU) at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto. A close friend of mine, Sam, had gone to a presentation by Dr. Wayne Dyer that he and I had purchased tickets…

Cancer Care is a Shared Decision

BlogMay 20, 202665Views 0Likes 0Comments

I am learning a lot in my cancer journey. I recently learned that I am S.O.L., which means “Something Out of Luck”, as I don’t swear, at least not online. (Lol). When I was diagnosed with Stage 4, Metastatic Prostate cancer, the Oncologist told me that the first line of treatment will be with Hormone…

Cancer Care – What You Can Do

BlogMay 6, 2026128Views 5Likes 2Comments

CT Scan I had another Medical Imaging procedure (CT Scan) to help my Oncologists determine how much cancer is in my body and how far it has spread. Oncologists informed me that the same Inherited genetic mutation that causes aggressive Prostate Cancer in men also significantly increases the risk of breast cancer in women, within the…

Real Magic

BlogFebruary 22, 2026188Views 1Like 0Comments

Anthony volunteering by playing his guitar in the Palliative Care Unit at St. Michael's Hospital. There is an invisible energy that is part of us. Some may call this mind, spirit, soul, thoughts, consciousness or whatever they like. This invisible force connects everything in our physical life all together. Surviving my extremely serious motorcycle accident forced…