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Coping With Breast Cancer & Survivorship

You are totally allowed to not feel alright after being told everything alright now by the doctor. It takes time. Here we talk about breast cancer survivorship issues, from feelings to relationships.

  • men checking for breast cancer

6 Uplifting Life Lessons from a Man with Breast Cancer

2018-10-09T22:50:36+00:00

Like many breast cancer organizations, we don’t talk about male breast cancer very often. Yet, if we tune into our breast cancer brothers, we all gain. We may even learn a little about the female

6 Uplifting Life Lessons from a Man with Breast Cancer 2018-10-09T22:50:36+00:00
  • health benefits of forgiveness

Why Is Forgiveness So Important to Cancer Patients? [Podcast Ep. 26]

2018-08-22T00:09:26+00:00

This week's episode is certainly for those who go through cancer, but it's uniquely relevant to all the family members and caregivers of someone walking through cancer. We know forgiveness is healing. However, newer research

Why Is Forgiveness So Important to Cancer Patients? [Podcast Ep. 26] 2018-08-22T00:09:26+00:00
  • after cancer treatment ends

How to Piece Together Your Post-Cancer Life [Ep. 24]

2018-08-22T00:11:44+00:00

Cancer doesn't end just because you've rung the bell. Maybe after cancer treatment ends, you find yourself asking, "Why do I still feel so terrible?" Apart from being an APRN and a Certified Functional Medicine

How to Piece Together Your Post-Cancer Life [Ep. 24] 2018-08-22T00:11:44+00:00

3 Vital Questions When You Want to Get Your Body Back

2018-10-09T22:55:27+00:00

By Cathy Leman, MA, RD, LD How much time have you spent mourning the body you had in the past? Maybe it's your high school or college body, your pre-kids body, your before breast cancer

3 Vital Questions When You Want to Get Your Body Back 2018-10-09T22:55:27+00:00
  • breast cancer body image issues

Sorting Body Image Issues After Breast Cancer [Podcast Ep. 23]

2018-08-22T19:55:19+00:00

Breast cancer can dig up even old middle school insecurities about your body. Once diagnosed, breast cancer body image issues may sprout up overnight. That’s why we’re welcoming back Cathy Leman.   You may remember

Sorting Body Image Issues After Breast Cancer [Podcast Ep. 23] 2018-08-22T19:55:19+00:00
  • breast cancer self-care

Where Breast Cancer Self-Care Starts: Loving Your Hurting Self

2018-08-01T12:26:27+00:00

Society likes to talk a lot about self-care: which often translates to a box of chocolates, a bubble bath, and perhaps a glass of wine. Our guest writer, Kim Fredrickson, however, takes the idea of

Where Breast Cancer Self-Care Starts: Loving Your Hurting Self 2018-08-01T12:26:27+00:00

New Career After Cancer? 4 Things to Keep in Mind

2018-06-15T05:17:40+00:00

You’ve finished treatment and your doctor says you're hopefully cancer-free. You may find that things are a bit different. This doesn’t just refer to your outlook on life or the physical changes you went through.

New Career After Cancer? 4 Things to Keep in Mind 2018-06-15T05:17:40+00:00

10 Tips to Help You Look and Feel Good During Breast Cancer

2018-08-01T09:51:37+00:00

Not feeling so good during breast cancer? Sometimes it’s hard to recognize the person looking back in the mirror. Breast cancer treatments may rob you of your hair (eyelashes and eyebrows included), complexion, nails, and

10 Tips to Help You Look and Feel Good During Breast Cancer 2018-08-01T09:51:37+00:00
  • breast cancer and the flu

Breast Cancer and the Flu – What You Should Know

2018-03-20T10:38:08+00:00

It’s flu season. A particularly bad one, too, according to nurses and medical professionals. If you’ve been following the news, you’ve likely heard of outbreaks throughout the country.   We all know the basic tips

Breast Cancer and the Flu – What You Should Know 2018-03-20T10:38:08+00:00
  • Friends are therapists.

Friends & Therapists

2018-04-30T06:25:26+00:00

Do you agree? Friends make the best therapists.

Friends & Therapists 2018-04-30T06:25:26+00:00