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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...

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The Psychology of Lingerie

Looking comfortable and confident on the outside, while feeling feminine and sexy on the inside, is what wearing lingerie is all about.

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Life After Pandemic: Adapting Back to Our (New) Normal Lives

Let’s try an experiment. Imagine that we all live underground, inside of a deep cave. It’s not a scary cave, but it is dark. The colors all fade to...

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Fertility Preservation: Young Women with Breast Cancer

Choosing the path of motherhood is a courageous and selfless act. For some of us, it is simply a calling. But for many young women, it is not so cl...

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Breathe Deep: The Healing Benefits of Pranayama

When we enter the world, our very first, triumphant act is to fill our lungs with air and cry out. And throughout the moments that make up our live...

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Vitamin D, The Super Nutrient

Most of us know that vitamin D is something we get from the sun, but why is this nutrient so essential, especially to women, and why are most of us...

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Loving Our Body After Breast Cancer

Learning to love our body during and after breast cancer takes courage. It also takes kindness, compassion and time. It’s important to remember tha...

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Top 10 Anti-Inflammatory Foods

Every time we open the fridge or scan a menu, we have a choice – to either select foods that help our bodies fight inflammation or pick ones that t...

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Finding our Voice — Journaling Throughout Illness

As many of us have learned the hard way, our lives can change in an instant. One day we’re busy taking care of our families, managing work and scho...

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Let's Discuss: BRCA1 & BRCA2

While there are many factors and genetic mutations that can increase our risk for cancer, we’re taking a moment to discuss and create some awarenes...

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5 Reasons to Become a Plant Lady This Year

We’ve heard them all: Green Thumb, Crazy Plant Lady, Garden Gremlin. For the horticulturists who live for their potted friends, there’s no shame. A...

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How to Schedule Our Healthcare in 2021

While Coronavirus cases appear to be decreasing across the country, according to experts, hospitals and medical institutions are still at their bre...

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Staying Safe (and Positive) While Waiting for a COVID-19 Vaccine

It is a fresh new year, and first on our list of “things-we-really-can’t-wait-to-do” is to put the Coronavirus nightmare behind us. That, of course...

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21 Reasons to be Joyful in 2021

Welcome to the start of something new. We’ve got a lot riding on 2021.

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How to Set Intentions, and Actually Keep Them!

With a new year, comes a new list of resolutions. We’re going to lose weight. Start a new skin regimen. Have a Dry January. Meditate more. Eat heal...

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The Truth About Sex & Breast Cancer

Virtually all women who are diagnosed with breast cancer will also experience a shift in their sex lives – some temporary, some permanent. But when...

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10 Sweet Ways to Show Love From Afar

A few ideas on sending love from afar, as we find ourselves leaning into gratitude and forcing ourselves to get over Zoom fatigue to keep connectio...

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The Fight of Our Lives: Cancer, Health & Advocacy

2020 will go down in history as a challenging year due to Coronavirus. But it’s even more upsetting that when we think about how far medicine has c...

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Hope & New Discoveries for the Cancer Community

Just six months ago, we were facing the unknown, the uncertain future, and the collective anxiety of a community sheltering at home. Yet, today, we...