Coming October 2026
Healing doesn't end when treatment does.
Reluctant Warrior is a breast cancer memoir and emotional survival guide for women learning how to live again after diagnosis.
Join 12,600+ women already receiving guidance from Dr. Christina Hibbert.
Coming October 2026
Healing doesn't end when treatment does.
Reluctant Warrior is a breast cancer memoir and emotional survival guide for women learning how to live again after diagnosis.
Join 12,600+ women already receiving guidance from Dr. Christina Hibbert.
25 Years
Clinical Practice
90K +
43K
18k
Tiktok
7.5k
Youtube
Survivor
Breast Cancer
About the book
The companion you wish you'd had on day one.
Part memoir, part emotional survival guide, Reluctant Warrior follows Dr. Christina Hibbert — a clinical psychologist who spent twenty-five years studying grief and trauma, then heard “it is cancer” at forty-four — through the part nobody prepares you for: everything that comes after.
- Language for the grief, fear, and identity loss no one warns you about
- Honest company for the long after, when the appointments thin out and everyone else moves on
- The practices she actually uses — for scanxiety, for anger, for grief with nowhere to go
You are not broken. You are wounded — and wounds can heal.
Launching October 2026
Free resources
FREE Support While You Wait
Three gentle guides you can download today — written by a clinical psychologist who has been where you are.
Cancer & Chronic Illness Emotional Support Guide
Grounding practices and language for the feelings no one prepares you for.
Scanxiety & BIRADS Guide
What the results mean, and how to steady yourself through the waiting.
My story
I never wanted to be a warrior.
I was the psychologist helping other women through the hardest days of their lives — until the hardest days became mine.
Diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer..
Double mastectomy, followed by breast reconstruction and a hysterectomy.
Genetic testing comes back BRCA1 positive..
Chemotherapy, cold-capping to save my hair, and multiple complications.
Multiple rounds of chemotherapy, cold-capping through every one to preserve my hair.
17 surgeries, 7 chronic illnesses, and learning to live with what has come “after,” one day at a time.
Programs
Support that goes deeper than a book.
Three gentle guides you can download today — written by a clinical psychologist who has been where you are.
The Wholehearted Circle
A guided membership community of women healing together, with monthly live sessions.
Wounded, Not Broken
A structured emotional recovery program for life after diagnosis and treatment.
Walk With Me
One-to-one coaching with Dr. Christina for the seasons you shouldn't walk alone.
About Dr. Christina
Clinical psychologist. Author. Survivor.
Dr. Christina Hibbert is a clinical psychologist, speaker, and author specializing in women’s mental health, grief, and self-worth. After her own triple-negative breast cancer diagnosis, she turned her practice toward the women walking the same road — blending evidence-based psychology with lived experience.
- Psy.D., Clinical Psychology
- #1 Amazon Bestselling Author
- International speaker
- Award-winning breast cancer and chronic illness advocate
- Founder, AZ Postpartum Wellness Coalition
25+
Years in clinical practice
155K
Community across platforms
4
Published books
12.6K
Women on the email list
Reviews
You are not the only one who feels this way.
Stories from women who have found comfort, connection, and support through Christi’s work.
I read the first chapter and cried—not from sadness, but because someone finally described exactly what I've been carrying.
Dr. Christina writes like a friend who has been there and a clinician who knows the way through.
Her free guides got me through scan week. I can't wait for the book—it's the companion I needed at diagnosis.
Your healing journey doesn't have to be walked alone.
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