Weight Gain after Breast Cancer
It may seem especially cruel that along with the stress of dealing with breast cancer, on average women gain between 5 and 8 pounds from the chemo and steroid cocktail used during treatment. I gained 10 that first year and another 10 this past second year since my breast cancer! What the heck? I mean, it’s […]
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5 Ways to Keep Cancer at Bay
Whether you’ve had cancer (like me) and don’t want it to ever come back or you haven’t had it and want to do your best to never get it, there are some things you can do to give yourself the best chances of keeping the beast at bay. In my book WTF?! I Have Cancer, […]
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5 Health Reasons To Hit The Beach
Aaahh, the sound of the ocean. The warmth of the sun. I have been a West Coast girl my whole life with only a couple of stints elsewhere—outside Chicago when I was 4 and a year in Boston when I was 21. Holidays are often spent at my parent’s beach house on the Oregon coast. […]
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Cancer and Alcohol: the Very Real Connection
I read another article this week adding to the several studies I’ve read showing that alcohol is no bueno if you have had cancer or if you want to avoid getting cancer. We all love a cocktail or a glass of wine and I don’t mean to be a party pooper, but the sad news is that […]
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Announcing The Permanent Remission Project!
Announcing…The Permanent Remission Project! This gives me goosebumps. And I am so excited I can barely stand it! Here’s the deal– I have shifted my health coaching program (really a small pivot) to exclusively help people in remission from cancer rebuild their health after treatment, and it feels like a puzzle piece in the big […]
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You’re in Remission! Now What?
I clearly remember the meeting where I heard that golden word “remission”. It was a meeting with the doctor and nurse who would be in charge of the stem cell transplant after the chemo I’d had for a rare and aggressive form of non-Hodgkins lymphoma. Over the next several months they would put my body through a […]
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5 Easy Ways to Have More Energy and Less Stress
You’ve probably heard by now that powerful hormones are released when you’re under stress. I have even heard urban legends of people doing extraordinary feats like the woman who could suddenly lift her car to save her trapped child. Superwoman strength aside, these same hormones that can help save us in an emergency, can also […]
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10 Tips for a Healthy 2017
Happy New Year! I’ve had a dicey few years and looking forward sometimes seems scary. Who knows what the future holds? But I can’t help but think of the new year as a perfect time to reflect on habits that don’t serve me and create new intentions. I am always looking for ways to improve my […]
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5 Pitfalls of Exercise and How to Avoid Them
I’ve made a commitment to myself to exercise daily now that I’m feeling pretty much back to normal energy-wise at least. Other things about my body may never be normal after the wringer it has been through, but fitness is currently something I’m working on. I’ve been walking at least 2–5 miles pretty much every day. […]
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How To Lose Weight Holistically
As I begin promoting my new Membership Club, I thought I’d bring back an old blog post about how to lose weight holistically, as in the way to do it so it stays off and becomes a lifestyle. Enjoy! [September 9, 2015] A few days ago I was interviewed/filmed for 6 hours by a […]
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