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Spring Cleaning: Breast Cancer Self-Care Edition
While most people recognize spring cleaning as a time to wash the windows and vacuum the baseboards after a long winter indoors, it’s also a great time to clean up your personal belongings and self-care routines!
This is especially helpful when you are living with a breast cancer diagnosis or history, because if you’re like me, it probably takes more than it used to keep you functioning at your best.
Ready to channel this fresh spring energy into refreshing more than just your home?
What is “Dry Brushing”? A Guide to Your New Breast Cancer Self-Care Obsession.
If you're like many people, you might have heard the term dry brushing before (or maybe not?!) but you're not sure what it is or what it can do for you.
Today, I’m going to share an overview of dry brushing that will help you understand what the fuss is all about and decide if this easy, portable self-care practice is for you.
What Exactly IS “Breast Cancer Self-Care”? (part 2)
Self-care is a critical part of recovery and survivorship. It’s how we take our power back.
But you’ve got to know exactly what that means as it relates to your body and life, as you are now, on this side of a breast cancer diagnosis.
I’m doing a deep dive and breaking down everything you need to know about breast cancer self-care, including how to make it effective and relevant regardless of where you are on your breast cancer timeline.
What Exactly is “Breast Cancer Self-Care”? (part 1)
If you’ve experienced a breast cancer diagnosis, you know that it changes everything - who you see in the mirror, what you believe about your body, and how you experience day to day life.
And while we spend a lot of time focused on our medical team and support systems for recovery and healing, one thing that often gets overlooked or sidelined is real, relevant self-care that supports you during treatment, recovery, and survivorship.
Today, I’m going to introduce everything you need to know about breast cancer self-care and how to get started.
The thing missing from your breast cancer-related self-care is probably your SELF.
Look, I know the term self-care isn’t new.
In fact it’s way overused and often without much substance.
And sometimes, when you’re searching for external resources and tools, like so often happens during and after a breast cancer diagnosis, you lose track of the finer details of what self-care really means.
But self-care is actually one of the most critical parts of recovery and survivorship so making it relevant to you and your experience is why I’m here and what we’re going to figure out today.
I’m going to help you put the SELF back in your survivorship self-care and why it can be the difference to ditching the overwhelm and actually following through with self-care practices and routines you enjoy.
When Self-Care Meets Strategy: Creating the Perfect Self-Care Plan for Breast Cancer Recovery
So many people who go through a breast cancer diagnosis and treatment come out on the other side feeling lost and adrift when all we want to feel is relief.
We get stuck wondering things like, will I ever feel comfortable in my body again, or how do I possibly get started taking care of myself from here?
When you’re unsure what to do next, it’s hard to move forward.
The good news is, you can easily bring order to the chaos by crafting the perfect self-care plan for your recovery and healing.
What Does it Take to Get to “New Normal” After Breast Cancer?
How often have you heard people talk about the “new normal” after a breast cancer experience?
The term is thrown around like it’s a reward you are magically granted for getting through various steps of the cancer process.
Unfortunately this couldn’t be further from the truth.
You may have already been on this path for a while (or you may be just getting started), but I hope to give you a unique perspective and stronger foundation on which you can build YOUR new normal after breast cancer.
Ready to dive into a behind-the-scenes look at what goes into CREATING a new normal you can actually look forward to and enjoy?
Breast Implant Reconstruction After Mastectomy: “Ask Amy”
The decision whether or not to reconstruct breast mounds after a mastectomy is a very personal one.
Mastectomy changes your body forever and, for many women, this is not only physically challenging but mentally and emotionally difficult as well.
The most common choice after mastectomy is some form of breast mound reconstruction instead of wearing artificial prosthetics, typically with breast implants.