Journal

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 lives, it’s this same breath that sustains us.

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 lacking in it?

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 that there is only one of us, we are truly unique — t...

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 trigger an inflammatory response. In other words, f...

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 school schedules and trying to stay focused on the nex...

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 awareness around two of the most common breast and ovarian...

How to Choose the Best Mastectomy Bra

One of the most perplexing (and often disheartening) moments following a mastectomy is when we realize that our bras and other undergarments that we wore before surgery no longer fit…

How Cancer Changed Us – Wise Words from Our Community

Change is one of life’s only guarantees. It is something we all go through – sometimes happily, and often times, painfully and out of the blue. Many of us expend quite a bit of energy either making...

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. And why not? This year, after embracing the shelter...

In Her Words: Mikiala Spadaro

We are thrilled to share the incredibly brave and inspiring healing journey of Mikiala Spadaro whose perspective and wisdom gives us the chills (in a great way). A mother, wife, holistic health ent...

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 breaking point. On average, two out of every five Ame...

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, is pure fantasy. Bad news first: The CDC has ide...

21 Reasons to be Joyful in 2021

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

Everviolet Chats: Erika Stallings, BRCA Advocate, Co-Founder of the Black&BRCA Project & Writer

Erika Stallings is making waves in the Black breast cancer community, spreading her first-hand experience as a BRCA2 carrier and extensive knowledge around racial health disparities impacting Black...

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 we explore just how deeply our sexual patterns ar...