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  • What Two Breast Cancer Healing Journeys Taught Me

    What Two Breast Cancer Healing Journeys Taught Me

    The 7 Essentials System® and the Conquering Breast Cancer Together online program is my life’s work punctuated by the healing stories of our fellow Breast Cancer Conquerors worldwide. They can also be YOUR story of hope, community, healing, and never fearing breast cancer again! Today I will dig deep and share my personal story about…

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  • 6 Simple Ways to Calm the Stress

    6 Simple Ways to Calm the Stress

    We all know that we need to stimulate the relaxation response. The question most of us still have, however, is how? In this article, I highlight 6 of my personal favorite go-to ways to calm stress, elicit the relaxation response for healing, and simply unplug and relax! My Favorite Ways to Relax There are literally…

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  • Emotional Freedom Technique: How Tapping Can Change Your Life!

    Emotional Freedom Technique: How Tapping Can Change Your Life!

    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…

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  • Do you Need Support For Your Healing Journey?

    Do you Need Support For Your Healing Journey?

    Many people feel isolated these days. If you are on a healing journey, then you may feel this even more so. A survey conducted by Cigna Insurance before the COVID pandemic found that three out of five Americans experience deep feelings of loneliness on a regular basis. A CDC report put out in September 2020…

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  • Peptide Therapy: Potential Support for a Healing Journey

    Peptide Therapy: Potential Support for a Healing Journey

    You may have heard about peptides in terms of their skin-tightening and beauty-enhancing properties. Indeed, peptides are the key ingredient in collagen (and the collagen supplements that are all the rage these days). The anti-aging benefits of peptide therapy, however, are not just skin deep. Since the 1970’s, Russian scientists have been investigating what they…

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  • Is Fear Impacting Your Healing Journey?

    Is Fear Impacting Your Healing Journey?

    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…

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  • 5 Action Steps to Support Healthy Breasts

    5 Action Steps to Support Healthy Breasts

    Even if you have been on a Healthy Breast Journey for a while, it is good to remind yourself about the simple things you can do to prevent Breast Cancer and Breast Cancer re-occurrence. These FIVE SIMPLE ACTIONS are simple yet powerful! The 5 MUST DO’s for Breast Cancer Prevention #1 Get Early Detection Blood…

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  • EMDR and Cancer Trauma: A Tool To Support Healing

    EMDR and Cancer Trauma: A Tool To Support Healing

    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…

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  • Studies Show: Adrenaline Sparks Breast Cancer Growth

    Studies Show: Adrenaline Sparks Breast Cancer Growth

    One of the major changes that occurs when a person suffers from chronic stress is too much adrenaline and cortisol in the system. Now research has discovered a direct link between adrenaline and Breast Cancer. Adrenaline and the Fight or Flight Response Adrenaline, also known as epinephrine, is a hormone that is produced by the…

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  • Emotional Acceptance and Breast Cancer

    Emotional Acceptance and Breast Cancer

     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…

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  • Have You Tried Coloring for Stress Relief?

    Have You Tried Coloring for Stress Relief?

    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,…

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  • Never Fear Breast Cancer Again

    Never Fear Breast Cancer Again

    How do you feel when you hear the words “You have Breast Cancer” ? More than likely, a wave of fear and dread comes over you. You may remember someone whom you loved who was diagnosed in the past or recall the sad images of women suffering from the effects of traditional treatments.  Now imagine this…

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