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How I’m Using Acupuncture for Trauma Release After Breast Cancer
I have written extensively on this blog about the trauma that comes with a breast cancer diagnosis and how even two and a half years post-diagnosis, I know my body is still holding on to that trauma. I can’t quite describe…
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These Olympians are also breast cancer thrivers
If there’s any proof that even the healthiest, most athletically fit people can be unlucky enough to develop breast cancer, let’s take a look at some Olympians who have battled the disease and become breast cancer thrivers. Cancer doesn’t care. It…
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How I am Using Somatic Movement to Release Trauma
A breast cancer diagnosis is a traumatic event. I have written about that topic here in other posts. I have recently discovered somatic movement as a way to release that trauma and it has been a game changer. A somatic movement…
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Managing stress during the early days of a breast cancer diagnosis
Managing stress after a breast cancer diagnosis is so vital, but also very hard. I vividly recall the way I felt after my doctor broke the news to me that I had breast cancer. It was my worst nightmare come true.…
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Is a breast cancer diagnosis trauma?
I remember the feeling well. I banged the gong. Radiation, the last leg of active treatment was done. And yet, I was incredibly emotional and at loose ends. The trauma is real. And what you are feeling is valid. It is…