October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, a cause that is very dear to me because my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer almost 15 years ago. I’m happy to say she is healthy and cancer free, and we now look back on the experience with gratitude for how it changed our lives for the better.
In honor of my mom and the hundreds of thousands of women, mothers, daughters, sisters, wives… who have been diagnosed with breast cancer, I wanted to share my personal experience with my mom’s illness, my own personal prevention strategies and why I so strongly believe in a holistic approach and that we need a stronger message of prevention.
When my mom was first diagnosed it was the scariest time in my life. I was in my third year of University and couldn’t imagine my life without her in it. I was terrified. The logical, solution-focused part of me wanted answers. Unfortunately the general message from the doctors was only that “no one knows why this happens”. We decided to educate ourselves in an effort to better understand the illness and what else we could be doing to increase my mom’s chances of recovery. In the process of learning about holistic and alternative treatments, we began to feel empowered and hopeful. And with what we learned, we changed our eating habits and lifestyle permanently. More
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This past month I’ve attended four conferences and had the pleasure of listening to and meeting many accomplished, career-minded, and successful women. Part inspiration and part networking, the audience, speakers and panels were a mix of self-made entrepreneurs and corporate executives. I noticed a common theme of discussion at every one of these events. This being the idea of “having it all.” Having the career while balancing family, relationships, self-care, and creating purpose and fulfillment in addition to financial security and professional success. More
