by Cathy Leman | Apr 5, 2018 | Breast Cancer, Dining Out, STRIKE Back
You’re starving. You’re running late. You spy your favorite fast-casual restaurant en route to your next errand and before you can say, “I’ll have the #3 combo with extra tomato please”, you whip into the parking lot, jockey for position, and creep... 
by Cathy Leman | Mar 29, 2018 | Breast Cancer, Nutrition
March 2018 is coming to a close, and with that, so is my collection of posts on the psychology of food, eating, emotion and breast cancer. I’ve really enjoyed sharing this information with you! My hope is that you’ve gained new insights, perspective or appreciation... 
by Cathy Leman | Nov 25, 2017 | Breast Cancer, Cancer
As “pinktober” comes to a close, I find it ironic that the cancer focus has shifted to red. As in meat. In the event you missed it, earlier this week the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the cancer agency of the World Health Organization, issued a... 
by Cathy Leman | Oct 27, 2017 | BITE Back, Breast Cancer, Lifestyle, Nutrition, STRIKE Back
When you celebrate a milestone anniversary, throw a bash, and 13,000 people show up? It could end up messy, chaotic, and jumbled, or, as was the case for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 100th anniversary celebration, a rousing success. Sure, there was some... by Cathy Leman | Oct 19, 2017 | BITE Back, Breast Cancer, Fitness, Lifestyle, MOVE Back, Nutrition, Oregon, Plant-based, Portland, Prevention, Risk Reduction, STRIKE Back, Travel, Vegan
Upon returning from my travels, my practice is to do a write-up highlighting information to help you stay “health-focused” should you one day find yourself visiting the same locale. I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again (forever), packing healthy habits... 
by Cathy Leman | Sep 7, 2017 | Breast Cancer, Fitness, Nutrition, Risk Reduction
It was time to cry uncle. Over the long Labor Day weekend I was not physically idle for a second (sleeping doesn’t count), and neither was my mind. I’d been chewing on an issue that just wouldn’t leave me alone – the question of how to wrap my mind around...