by C | Sep 13, 2018 | Breast Cancer, Healthy Lifestyle, Risk Reduction
Positive action elicits positive change. While we’ll never completely rid our environment of toxins and other substances with cancer-causing potential, if we all do our small part to reduce breast cancer risk, collectively we can’t help but make a significant positive...
by C | Sep 6, 2018 | Breast Cancer, Healthy Lifestyle
Because “excuses are useless, results are priceless”, I’m going to suggest a different approach to executing the wellness practices you all tell me you want so desperately. Hold on my friend; I have some tough love for you today. You have got to stop eff’ing up your...
by C | Aug 14, 2018 | Breast Cancer, Healthy Eating, Inspiration, Lifestyle, Nutrition
It’s a no-brainer that the choices in your fridge, pantry and on your kitchen counter dictate the quality of your meals and snacks; if the choices are nourishing foods, you’ll eat nourishing foods. If they’re high-fat, high-calorie, low nutrition foods. . .well, you...
by C | Jul 19, 2018 | Breast Cancer, Risk Reduction, sleep
Not only do we feel and function better when we get enough sleep, some research suggests it may help reduce the risk of breast cancer recurrence. I love to sleep. Actually, my husband may love for me to sleep even more than I love for me to sleep. When I don’t get my...
by C | Jul 12, 2018 | Breast Cancer, Fitness, Nutrition, Risk Reduction
“Even before treatment starts, you can help the healing process begin.” ~ Cathy Leman, MA, RD, LD Prior to my 2014 breast cancer diagnosis, I spent my days working as a nutrition therapist and personal trainer. If I described my professional life as simply...
by C | Jul 5, 2018 | Breast Cancer, Cancer
Summer is here, and that means fruits and veggies are ripe for the picking! Whether your picking’s come from farmers markets, a CSA (community supported agriculture) share, fruit stands, or your own backyard garden, taking advantage of nature’s summertime bounty is a...
by C | Jun 29, 2018 | Breast Cancer, Dining Out, Fitness, Nutrition, Plant-based, Running, Strength Training, Travel, Travel Well, Vegan
We’ve arrived at the final installment of my three-part series on food, fitness and travel! I have so enjoyed sharing my “ah-ha” moments, challenges, and the many (but not all – that would be a crazy long post!) travel-well tips I picked up during my recent trip...
by C | Jun 21, 2018 | Breast Cancer, Dining Out, Nutrition, Plant-based, Travel, Vegan
I’ve just returned from two amazing weeks in Ireland – my first trip to this friendly country of stunning scenery, welcoming and hospitable people, and perhaps most surprising of all, delicious, healthy food! Especially in the smaller coastal towns, local,...
by C | Apr 26, 2018 | BITE Back, Nutrition, Plant-based
Smoothie or juice? Do you know the difference? IS there a difference? Recently I’ve been having smoothie conversations with a number of different folks. That may seem odd, yet given my own six day/week breakfast smoothie habit and the popularity of smoothies...
by C | Apr 11, 2018 | BITE Back, Breast Cancer, Nutrition
How one could possibly get enough protein when eating nothing but plants? That question has been the subject of debate, the butt of jokes, and a myth that refuses to die FOR YEARS, largely due to a lack of understanding about how the body uses protein from...
