Healing With Volition™: The "Why" Behind The MissionHaving lived my adult life with a passion for health and wellness, I could not believe the words I just heard over the phone from my doctor... "you have cancer." When I first learned that my biopsy returned a...
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#3 Healing with Volition: Control Your Cancer Narrative
Healing with Volition: Control Your Cancer Narrative One of the known side effects of chemotherapy is hair loss. While some hair loss is pretty positive (legs, armpits, mustache, and those pesky chin hairs), losing the hair on our head, eyebrows and eyelashes are not...
Unscrambling egg labels – Why pasture-raised is more expensive
Pasture-raised, cage-free, free-range "Oh my" Shopping for something as simple as eggs will find you reading cartons using terms such as certified organic, cage-free, range free, pasture-raised, all-natural, omega-3 enhanced, pasteurized, etc. Let's look at what it...
Our Diet Crisis: Why is Diet a 4-letter Word?
Why is Diet a 4-letter Word? Reversing Our Diet Crisis We often refer to many "bad" words as 4-letter words...I won't name them here. However, the term "diet," literally a 4-letter word, carries the same negative connotation. Why, when the definition of diet by...
Sugar Is Making Us Fat And Our Food Industry Knows it!
Sugar Is Making Us Fat And Our Food Industry Knows It! Yes, Sugar is making us fat! Sugar is a popular ingredient added to our food by our food industry and one of the most harmful foods, in my opinion, to our health. So why does the food industry do it and more...
The Myth Behind Goal Setting
Are you a chronic goal setter? Maybe you know someone who is. A lot of us walk around with a “to-do” list, either written out or in electronic format, but these are not goals. When I speak of goals I mean the life-altering decisions you make. True goal setting has...
Do you really need to buy organic to be healthy?
Here is my take on eating organic…if you have access to organic fruits and vegetables and can afford to buy them then yes, eat organic. If you have access to organic produce but not the money to go 100% organic than maybe only focus on buying the organic fruits and...
#2 Breast Cancer – The best rule to follow during your journey
One rule you to follow before and during your metastatic breast cancer journeyI have one critical piece of advice that served me well after learning I had metastatic breast cancer: STOP reading blogs. Yes, I know, very ironic advice from a cancer survivor and wellness...
#1 Power of Volition: An Inspirational Journey From a Breast Cancer Survivor
Power of Volition An Inspirational Journey From a Breast Cancer SurvivorWhen I first learned that my biopsy returned a metastatic cancer diagnosis I was at an airport in Texas heading home to Arizona. Just like we all remember where we were when we heard about the...
