Journal

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Just Diagnosed? Questions for Our Healthcare Team

A breast cancer diagnosis is a disorienting experience – even if we have a family history of cancer – hearing the news can catch us off guard, leav...

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The Mind-Body Connection & Finding Inner Calm

Our minds are powerful – so powerful that they have the ability to create physiological effects on our bodies. For example, when we’re overworked, ...

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Art Heals: Taking Creative Risks

Art is a universal language that gives voice to our true selves, and the act of being creative promotes a safe place to express our inner thoughts ...

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Breast Cancer 101: Risks & Disparities

Breast cancer is the second leading cancer among women, next to skin cancer. Its prevalence among us and our family members is one reason top scien...

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How Drinking Water Improves Our Health

When it comes down to it: Water is essential. Our daily H20 intake of eight to twelve cups (two to three liters) can mean the difference between op...

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Get Familiar with Your Breasts

Throughout our lives, breasts naturally and healthfully change a lot – fluctuating with our menstrual cycles, pregnancy, stress and the many phases...

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Conscious Brands Need Conscious Consumers

Have you ever found yourself in the middle of a move, to a new home or city, and wondered how you managed to acquire so many things? That’s one mom...

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The Power of Breathwork

It's that time of year where we could all use a little reminder to return to our bodies, and even more importantly...our breath. Between the stress...

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7 Harmful Skincare Ingredients to Avoid

These days, it’s common to hear chatter about the importance of what we put into our bodies – with lots of focus on balanced, healthy diets and nut...

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The Healing Benefits of Gratitude

As we prepare to gather and give thanks with our friends, families, and communities for the holidays, it’s worth taking a moment to pause and consi...

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Early Holiday Shopping Gift Guide

Here's some gift-giving inspiration from eight of our favorite like-minded, women-owned brands making waves in the breast cancer and femme wellnes...

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The Healing Powers of Self-Compassion & Self-Care

We're kicking off Breast Cancer Awareness Month by taking a moment to shine light on the healing powers of self-compassion and self-care in conjunc...

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Helpful Ways to Ease Stomach Bloat

A bloated belly now and then happens to everyone. But when we experience frequent bouts of gastrointestinal distress, whether we know the cause or ...

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Is Fall Cleaning the New Spring Cleaning?

Cooler temps, shorter days and crisp air have many of us eager to welcome the fall season into our lives. Whether we’re unabashedly pro-pumpkin spi...

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How to Be Kind to Ourselves

Being kind to others is in our nature. But being kind to ourselves can feel unnatural or uncomfortable, especially when it comes to our own inner d...

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Finding Balance Through Ayurveda

Thousands of years ago, before mainstream medicine recognized the connection between mind and...

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Parenting Through Breast Cancer

Parenting through breast cancer is never part of the plan. Thoughts like, "I didn’t sign up for this. How do I do this, raise my children, and be a...

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Is Diet Really Linked to Depression?

Our guts are amazing. Charged with the task of breaking down the foods we eat and converting them into real, usable energy, it’s worth taking a min...

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Life After Treatment: Living with Lymphedema

A battle with cancer forces us to focus on the here and now. Medical decisions may happen fast. We go into “battle-mode.” And we deal with uncertai...

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Easing Side Effects: Acupuncture & Cancer Treatment

Within each and every one of us, there exists a life force that flows through our bodies. Religions often speak of the soul, spiritualists may refe...

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Always Cold

Even on the warmest summer days I feel like I’m carrying around an ice pack on my chest. With implant reconstruction after mastectomy, there is too...

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Honoring Cancer Survivors, Thrivers & Warriors

Throughout the course of our lives, most of us will be touched by cancer, either directly or indirectly. For those who face a diagnosis personally,...

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Cancer-Related PTSD: The Trauma is Real

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, so we’re turning our focus to an issue that plagues many of us who have faced breast cancer or other life-thr...