Survivingbreastcancer.org2 minBlogHow To Stay Positive During Difficult TimesSmile, though your heart is aching. Smile, even though it’s breaking. When there are clouds in the sky you’ll get by. If you smile...
Survivingbreastcancer.org5 minBlogDisenfranchised GriefThis year more than “forty-two thousand (42,000) woman in the US will die of breast cancer” (BreastCancer.org). At...
Survivingbreastcancer.org3 minFeature FridayEstrogen Depletion and SnoringAccording to the American Sleep Association, 50-70 million US adults have a sleep disorder; 48% of people report snoring and 21% of women ha
Survivingbreastcancer.org3 minBlog20 Sleep Hacks For A Better Night's RestSleep problems are known to alter the balance of at least two hormones that can influence cancer cells. These are cortisol and melatonin.
Survivingbreastcancer.org3 minBlogNavigating Breast Cancer Around the HolidaysThe holiday season can be a magical, joyous time of year. There’s nothing quite like the period from Thanksgiving (for our friends in the...
Survivingbreastcancer.org2 minBlogPerfect Is The Enemy Of GoodThe 80–20 concept explains it this way: it commonly takes 20% of the full time allocated to complete 80% of a task, while to complete the l
Survivingbreastcancer.org4 minMental HealthCoping with COVIDI can only imagine even more so for our breast cancer community members who are immunocompromised and are at a higher risk if exposed to the
Survivingbreastcancer.org4 minBlogThe Emotional and Mental Side of Breast CancerThe mental and emotional health from a breast cancer diagnosis puts a toll on us. Breast cancer isn't just the physical, but the mental too
Survivingbreastcancer.org3 minBlogWhat Is Palliative Care? Palliative care is what we call a holistic and all-rounded treatment option that could be offered to breast cancer patients. Palliative care
Survivingbreastcancer.org3 minPositive Mindset & InspirationBreast Cancer, Collective Trauma, and Collective HealingSeptember 28th, 2019 was a monumental date. It was the weekend before the pink explosion of breast cancer awareness month takes over the...
Survivingbreastcancer.org3 minBlogSurvivor's Guilt This is such a real thing amongst breast cancer patients and I confess that I had no real concept of how this works until the first person
Survivingbreastcancer.org6 minBlogEmpathy and CancerBy Kristie Konsoer Empathy: the ability to understand and share feelings with another. I recently read a blog written by an older woman...