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What if We Supported Depression Like we Support Breast Cancer? End the Stigma, World Mental Health Day
October is breast cancer awareness month, & today, Oct 10, is World Mental Health Day; it’s also one year since I started chemotherapy to beat triple negative, or the most aggressive type of, breast cancer. It’s the perfect day to talk about the vast differences between how we support cancer warriors and how we support…
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You Cant Tell by Looking, So Ask: Depression, PPD, PTSD, Breast Cancer
I posted this picture one year ago with the following words: “August 8, 2019, Post-#DoubleMastectomy Day 15: You’ll think I’m crazy…& I’ll think you’re right. …’ “Yes. This is a picture of me, today. I dressed up & left the house for the first time in weeks to speak at a conference across town. I…
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What it’s Like to Hear, “You have Breast Cancer”
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How to Honor Cancer Warriors, National Cancer Survivors Day & Everyday
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PROTECT, CALM & EMPOWER YOUR FAMILY: COVID-19 EXPERT’S 4 RULES
You’re not alone. In this time of chaos and uncertainty, emotions naturally run high and feelings like anxiety, worry, fear, and panic are the everyday norm for most. I, too, have felt the surge of intense emotions in the world around me and in my own body as I’ve just finished my 6th breast cancer-related…
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NEW YEAR SELF-CARE: 12 SURPRISING GIFTS OF WORTH
“What is the true meaning of self-care?” I’ve been asking myself this over and over these past many months. Since my diagnosis of breast cancer in July, my entire world has turned upside down. Not only do I need constant care from medical providers, medicines, family, and friends; I need constant care from myself. For…
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When the holidays don’t feel like holidays: dealing with Grief, trauma, Depression, illness…
It’s 4 am and my brain’s been awake since I rolled over at 2. Despite completing my last round of chemotherapy yesterday, the exhausting side effects that are already beginning, and the sleeping medicine my oncologist finally prescribed, it seems I’m destined not to sleep. Why? Trauma. Loss. Illness. Emotional duress. What makes it especially…
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What to do the next time life beats you up
“When Life Throws You In The Mud, Plant Yourself And Grow.” When I wrote those words as I crafted my first book, This is How We Grow, I was definitely in the mud. In fact, I’d often say it felt like I was “knee deep, thick in the mud,” attempting to walk one painfully slow step…