I created a wellness guide of my favorite items that rejuvenate, restore, and revitalize—this list can save you time and money when you are looking for tools to support your journey or help improve the health of your loved ones.
These tools are, first and foremost, hand-picked for you, my brave and fierce Breast Cancer Conqueror. However, vibrant health is for everyone! These tools can help your friends, family, neighbors, co-workers, and everyone else you know. Sharing the gift of health is a present that keeps giving because wellness unleashes people’s capabilities in all areas of their lives. There’s truly nothing better than taking purposeful care of yourself and empowering your loved ones to do the same!
Dr. V’s 2024 Wellness Guide
Sweet (& Powerfully HEALING) Treats
Add a touch of opulence to your vibrant health journey.
Rootless Seaweed Snacks
Buy here: Rootless.
One of my breast cancer root causes was low iodine and thyroid issues (learn all about it here), and discovering the naturally potent effects of seaweed was a tide-changer moment for me. Rootless turns seaweed into delicious bites—coconut chai, cinnamon crunch, and orange pistachio are some of my favorites.
Dive into this podcast episode to learn more about the founder, Sachi Singh, and her mission to build the future of sustainable healthcare and planetary care by helping you achieve hormonal balance, sustain all-day energy, and nurture your gut.
ENERGYbits®
Buy here: ENERGYbits® and use code: BCC for 20% off!
ENERGYbits® are tiny bits of algae. Yep, this simple ocean plant can flood your body and brain with colossal amounts of chlorophyll, protein, and nutrients needed to stop the cancer and optimize your health. It’s also a potent detoxifier and energizer. Thanks, momma ocean, for both seaweed and algae!
I write extensively about algae via this blog post and interviewed the founder of ENERGYbits® via this podcast episode because she started the company to support her sister through her breast cancer healing journey!
Dry Farm Wine
Buy here: Dry Farm Wine
I do enjoy a glass of wine every now and again—I am French after all! During my second healing journey, I found a wonderful company that travels the world in search of small, non-toxic vineyards that produce sugar-free, no-additive wine. *Cheers* to that!
Their exquisite, naturally-produced, small-batch wines are good for you and the earth, and every bottle is lab-tested through an independent enologist. Pure Natural Wine is rare, so rare that about 0.01% of the world’s wine meets the strict criteria—which is why I ONLY drink Dry Farm Wine.
Butcher Box
Buy here: Butcher Box
Another surprising gift in this guide: meat and seafood. It’s true, for almost everyone, a 100% plant-based diet may NOT be what is best for you. No matter your relationship with meat, please read this blog post on why I encourage you (especially if you are over 50) to include Dr. V-approved animal protein in your diet.
And if you don’t want to start your own farm or search high and low for exceptionally high-quality meats and fish, just order from Butcher Box.
Wheatgrass & Water
The most simple necessities can be the best healers.
Dynamic Greens Wheatgrass Juice
Buy here: Dynamic Greens
I drink a shot of wheatgrass daily as ONE ounce has the nutritional equivalent of 2.5 lbs of veggies! Please read this blog post to learn more about wheatgrass and the safest way to consume it. Dynamic Greens, grown on STEM Family Farm, go beyond organic, is super easy to prepare, and is by far the quality I have found. Bottoms up!
Echo Hydrogen Water
Buy here: Echo
Hydrogen water is regular water (H₂O) infused with additional hydrogen molecules (H₂). This tiny addition provides major health benefits such as: lower oxidative stress (a main cause of most dis-eases), improve gut/immune health, promote cancer cell death, and, of course-hydrate! Swim on over this blog post and this podcast episode to learn more and check out Echo’s on-the-go bottle!
Timeless, Non-toxic Skincare
Since what you lather on your skin goes straight into your bloodstream, make wise choices with your beauty products.
Annmarie Skincare
Buy here: Annmarie
I love these products because ALL ingredients are completely transparent and often filled with organic herbs grown on the founder’s farm. They are wild-crafted and offer most of the products you want—anti-aging serums, hair products, makeup, sheer sunscreen, and so much more to help you blossom! Please rub on wild crafted education and solutions via this podcast episode with the COO and this blog post about beauty and skin products.
At-Home Healing & Detoxing Therapies
Effective therapies for vibrant health, wherever, whenever.
Sunlighten Sauna
Buy here: Sunlighten Sauna
Sunlighten Saunas’ EMF-protected infrared sauna regularly prevents various toxins (heavy metals to pesticides and everything in between) from becoming “encapsulated” in your fatty tissues. Both near and far infrared saunas allow your body to sweat and promote lymphatic drainage and deep-tissue detoxification to eliminate these harmful toxins. (Study) I look forward to relaxing and detoxing, as well as tapping (click here to learn how), breathing, meditating (click here for tips), and shutting the outside world out. Inhallleee…exhalllleee…
To learn more about the benefits of saunas for breast cancer, please read this blog post.
BioMat
Buy here: BioMat
I alternate between my BioMat and sauna almost daily. This combo stimulates heat shock proteins, a group of proteins that help cells survive stressful conditions. Additionally, the mat may also help reduce stress, boost immunity, lower fatigue, and promote relaxation. It also eases joint pain and increases circulation. The innovative combination of infrared, negative ions, amethyst, and tourmaline does wonders you can discover at BioMat.com
BrainTap
Buy here: BrainTap
Another option for receiving the healing benefits of infrared (see a trend?!) is via BrainTap’s LED visor and headset that also uses auricular therapy (Chinese medicine that stimulates specific ear
points) and various frequencies to relax and train your mind.
The device taps into different neural pathways to help you heal emotional wounds while unleashing your imagination, enhancing focus, and relaxing your nervous system. To further uncover your capabilities with BrainTap, please read this blog post and listen to this podcast episode with the co-developer.
Taopatch
Buy here: Taopatch and use code: BCC for 5% off!
These little patches provide you with the emotional, physical, and pain-relieving powers of acupuncture and light therapy, whenever and wherever. It’s a patented wearable nanotechnology device that captures heat from your body and converts it into light, emitting it into specific acupoints. This light stimulates your Central Nervous System and “reminds” it how it is meant to balance and communicate with the rest of your body. To learn more, please listen to this podcast episode with the Taopatch CEO.
Block Therapy
Buy here: Block Therapy, and click here to access their sampler program for FREE!
Therapy, exercise, and meditation—all in one—all done in your home. Aging vibrantly means being intentional with your breath and fascia system: the connective tissue that holds every organ, blood vessel, bone, nerve fiber, and muscle in place. It literally holds YOU together; the better you treat it, the better you will feel. Feeling achy doesn’t have to be standard; feeling loose and fabulous is within your control. This is why I do Block Therapy, and you can tune into my podcast episode with the founder to learn more!
GIFTT+ program (Guidance, Inspiration, and Fitness Through Treatment and Beyond)
Buy here: GIFTT+
Carly, a TNBC thriver and fitness goddess, recently joined my podcast (listen to her episode here), and I just love her at-home program! Give the gift of fitness (even if you are doing chemo!) to yourself or a fellow Conqueror. It will help them gain the strength to handle life’s toughest battles and move forward—one step, stretch, and breath at a time.
Happy shopping—and healing! Now, go squeeze a loved one, breathe fresh air, and thank yourself for being intentional about your mind-body-soul healing!
I’m grateful for YOU—and your dedication to living a bigger, healthier, and more fulfilling life. Your inspiration is contagious, and the ripple effects of what you do live on through everyone in your world. Big heart hugs, from me to you!