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When Anxiety Wakes You Up at 5 AM: A Lesson in Zooming Out
When anxiety pulls you into everyone else's world, how do you find your way back to yourself? One early morning lesson in zooming out â and why it changed everything.
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My Star Trek Moment: How AI Is Supporting Me in Breast Cancer Survivorship
After years of navigating breast cancer survivorship, I found myself wishing for something that could help me think more clearly and feel less overwhelmed. This post shares my âStar Trek momentâ â when AI became a supportive tool in my survivorship. I walk through how it helps me ease mental fog, stay organized, and move through each day with more…
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When Mastery Creates Margin: Rebuilding Routines and Rethinking Productivity After Breast Cancer
Productivity after breast cancer involves rebuilding our routines and embracing margin when we have time to rest. Do we add one more thing to our list, or do we choose to relax with the extra time we have?
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Managing Home Life During Breast Cancer: The Mental Load Doesn’t Pause for a Diagnosis
Breast cancer doesnât press pause on the laundry, dinner, or school drop-offs. If youâre overwhelmed by the mental load of managing home life during treatment, this post offers honest reflections and simple ways to share the loadâwithout guilt.
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Introducing Encourage: Breast Cancer and Beyond
When I was newly diagnosed, I longed for a space that could guide me through each stepâwith clear information, real support, and a place to ask the hard questions. That vision became Encourageâa survivor-led membership designed to support you from the moment of diagnosis through treatment and beyond. In this post, Iâm sharing how it came to life and how…
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Choosing Where My Energy Goes After Breast Cancer
After breast cancer, I realized I no longer had the energy to do everything I once did. The âboth-andâ life I used to manage became âeither-orââand that shift changed everything. In this post, Iâm sharing how I began honoring my energy, making intentional choices, and letting go of the pressure to do it all.
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Medical Anxiety
Medical anxiety doesnât always end when treatment does. Sometimes it sneaks in during follow-up appointments, scan results, or even when supporting a loved one. In this post, Iâm sharing how it showed up for meâand the tools I reach for when it does.
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When Good Results Don’t Feel Good
The scan results were in, and they were good. So why didnât we feel the joy? We were overwhelmed, exhausted, and still had questions. This was supposed to be the finish line. Or was it?
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Vaginal Estrogen: Low Dose, High Impact
It is one thing to write about how vaginal estrogen can be safe and highly effective. It quite another thing to experience it first-hand!
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My Favorite Post-Lumpectomy Bra (even years after breast cancer)
It has been years since my lumpectomy and I still wear my Molly Plunge Bra. It's excellent for recovery, radiation treatment, and life after breast cancer.
