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Where Trauma And Emotions Get Trapped In Your Body

September 20, 2022

“My boss is a pain in the neck” “She is super hot-headed” “I got the weight of the world on my shoulders” “Why did I cry during my massage” “I often get a tight feeling in my chest when I have to talk to my ex-husband” Emotional Baggage The phrases and experiences above aren’t just…

Emotional Freedom Technique: How Tapping Can Change Your Life!

June 15, 2021

The natural health modality called Emotional Freedom Technique, or “tapping,” is an amazing tool that everybody on a healing journey can benefit from. Tapping is easy to learn, quick to work and has already changed the lives of so many who practice it. In this article, I will take a look at this amazingly simple…

Three Bioenergetic Technologies to Set You On the Path Towards Health

April 9, 2021

Energy medicine has been around for thousands of years. For example, the Chinese meridian system and their understanding of “Chi” go back more than 5,000 years. Science can now not only measure the body’s energy field but can also influence it positively in order to restore health. That is exactly what each of the following…

The Journey is Behind You – Now What?

January 11, 2021

If you have gone through Breast Cancer, then you know what a crazy (and often scary) journey it can be. Any kind of treatment protocol, conventional or natural can keep you in a “fight or flight” mode because you feel like you always have to be “on your game”. Then there is the whirlwind of…

Three Ways to Get to the Root of Your Subconscious Beliefs

December 19, 2020

You may be healing from Breast Cancer or wanting to prevent it. You may have just started on the Healthy Breast path or maybe you are a seasoned “Healing Diva.” Wherever you are on the journey, somewhere along the way you will inevitably get to the point when you are ready to tackle those underlying…

Is Fear Impacting Your Healing Journey?

March 2, 2020

In the 2019 Sundance awarding-winning movie The Farewell by director Lulu Wang, there is a powerful scene where the uncle expresses a common Chinese philosophy about cancer: “People don’t die of cancer — they die of the fear.” This dialogue occurs between the granddaughter of the diagnosed grandmother, and her uncle. The family has chosen…

Preventing Breast Cancer Nutritionally Part 1: The Healing Mindset

October 21, 2019

Did you know that one of the top Breast Cancer “prevention” organizations spends only 2% of their total budget on actual breast cancer prevention research? At Breast Cancer Conqueror, we take a different approach. In addition to using “food as medicine,” this month and every month we celebrate your Healthy Breast lifestyle. This includes learning…

EMDR and Cancer Trauma: A Tool To Support Healing

October 21, 2018

The relationship between trauma and cancer can go both ways. Trauma can be a long-time foundational stressor which kicks in the cancer process. Other times, a cancer diagnosis can create its own trauma. A well-established psychological tool called EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) Therapy has been shown by several studies to help ease cancer…

Emotional Acceptance and Breast Cancer

August 27, 2018

Science is finally beginning to catch up to what we all know is true: the connection between emotions and cancer is real. If you are a Healing Diva or have been reading my blogs for a while, then you probably know that Essential #4 of my 7 Essentials System ® is all about how “healing…

Have You Tried Coloring for Stress Relief?

August 7, 2018

It’s back-to-school time again. If you have kids or grandkids, you have probably made at least one trip to your local department store for school supplies. Pens, paper and, of course, crayons and colored pencils have no doubt graced the bottom of your shopping cart. All those supplies for creativity are great for the kids,…

5 Must-Read Books for Healing Breast Cancer

February 6, 2018

Books can inspire and support us in so many ways. We can get lost in beautiful fiction novels, or we can benefit from practical tips from a “how-to” book. As my team and I have supported women in over 39 countries, we always recommend a list of books that will encourage them through their journey. In…

Can PTSD Increase Your Breast Cancer Risk?

August 22, 2017

A few weeks ago I discussed the physical and mental benefits that go along with “turning on” the Relaxation Response and offered some tips on how to elicit this healing response within you. If you have not read that blog post yet, you can check it out HERE. But what about when a person cannot…