Better Than Before Breast Cancer with The Breast Cancer Recovery Coach

#64 How to Manage the Fear of a Breast Cancer Recurrence

Better Than Before Breast Cancer with The Breast Cancer Recovery Coach

11/22/19 • 31 min

Fear of recurrence is one of the many hurdles that's common to recovering from cancer and it's treatments.

You get a weird pain, you feel too tired, you catch too many colds...you think you have cancer again. Studies claim that nearly 40% of survivors have moderate to severe anxiety surrounding the fear of a breast cancer recurrence. In this episode you'll hear about my recent experience connecting with others about the fear of recurrence.

You'll also hear how worry and anxiety are actually different from each other. How worry might lead to less fear, but anxiety can have deep repercussions on our mental and physical well being.

I'll also give you some simple steps to help keep anxiety at bay and lead to less fearful thinking. Resources for this episode: Predicting Fear of Breast Cancer Recurrence and Self-Efficacy in Survivors by Age at diagnosis 10 Crucial Differences Between Worry and Anxiety

Cancer Worry Scale Laura's Free Guide- CARE 4 Steps to Healing After Breast Cancer

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#60 Why We Seek Validation & How to Stop

Better Than Before Breast Cancer with The Breast Cancer Recovery Coach

10/22/19 • 23 min

When you listen, really listen to the words of other survivors you'll hear it...the plea to be heard, the need to be understood, the desire for others to know and understand that we didn't ask for this, and we're doing everything we can to change it and take care of ourselves.

We often find ourselves justifying our diet and behaviors or being diagnosed with new issues that we know were caused by treatment, even though it seems like no one else gets that.

Why is it so important to be heard?

Why do we need others to understand what we're going through, and how can we turn the table and be comfortable with that knowledge within ourselves?

That's what you'll hear about in this week's show.

You'll get a better understanding of what validation means to us but, more importantly, you'll learn an exercise to help you get to the root of your need for validation so you can move into a place of being comfortable with your own truth.

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#55 Do Relationships and Life Events Happen for a Reason?

Better Than Before Breast Cancer with The Breast Cancer Recovery Coach

09/09/19 • 23 min

Relationships...they can bring a ton of joy into your life, and they can cause some of the most intense pain.

When the going gets tough, as in a cancer diagnosis, sometimes we're surprised at who we can really count on and who disappears.

And if a relationship is already fractured, a tough emotional situation can be the last straw.

Could it be that relationships all have a purpose, or a season, or that all things good or bad really do happen for a reason?

In this episode I'll share my favorite perspective on relationships from an inspirational teacher and motivator, Lisa Nicols.

Her unique insights on relationships have helped me gain perspective and let go of some of the guilt and sadness that comes with changes or ends to relationships.

These ideas expand way beyond romantic relationships and can be applied to business partners, friends, colleagues, even neighbors. As a survivor, you know that going through cancer has a big impact on the relationships in your life, and that your own expectations of relationships can shift.

Listen in for some knowledge nuggets that might help you with the relationships in your life.

Lisa Nicols

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Natural Medicines Comprehensive Data Base

#53 Spice up Your Life to Support Your Health

Better Than Before Breast Cancer with The Breast Cancer Recovery Coach

08/25/19 • 29 min

In this show we'll celebrate National Happiness Happens month with a little insight and a quick tip on choosing and creating happiness in your life regardless of the circumstances around you.

Then we'll dig in to some cool information on the medicinal power of some common kitchen spices.

Over the decades, we've sadly lost touch with the knowledge that our grandparents and great grandparents had about home remedies, the healing power of plants and grass roots health care.

But, this show takes you back to learn about the health benefits of two common, easy to use, and tasty spices that you probably have at home right now and didn't even know how much they could support your digestion and overall well being.

If you're not someone who likes to cook, no worries, you'll get some tips on how to include these healing spices into your diet with no flames or clean up involved. Visit The Breast Cancer Recover Coach website

Supplements referred to in this episode

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#52 How You Show up to Create the Life You Want to Live.

Better Than Before Breast Cancer with The Breast Cancer Recovery Coach

08/12/19 • 26 min

Regardless of what you're facing in life, the way you show up has a huge influence on how you feel, how you move forward, and how you experience the moments of your life.

It's easy to fall into the trap of using words and thinking in ways that don't support the life you want to be leading. In fact, the power of your words and thoughts can actually be undermining your ability to move forward, by reinforcing the struggle you're facing or the situation you're feeling stuck in.

In this episode, you'll hear some examples of how you might be working against yourself by the way you're showing up in your life.

You'll hear ways to re-frame your thoughts and language and you'll learn why that's important for your healing and your success in life.

You can also download a free action sheet to help you work through some of the areas where you may unknowingly be holding yourself back.

Listen in for the details, and then take action with this free download. Start shifting your mindset and show up like the person who lives the life you want to live!

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#51 Social Support, Why You Need it and How to Build it

Better Than Before Breast Cancer with The Breast Cancer Recovery Coach

08/04/19 • 23 min

You know that social support is important as you go through breast cancer treatment.

In fact, when treatment ends and that support begins to wane, you can find yourself feeling lonely, abandoned and even depressed.

Often it’s hard to find your bearings after breast cancer treatment when you realize that life isn’t going back to what you were expecting. This is not only a common experience for you as a survivor, but it also impacts the ones who were closest to you during treatment.

They often struggle with figuring out how to move forward and how to deal with the changes in you and in their lives. The important thing for everyone is to talk about it. By facing changing priorities and expectations, you not only strengthen your social support system but you help your loved ones understand what’s happening, so they feel safe and they understand where and how they are needed in your life. Social support is one of the foundations to living a healthy life and it’s up to you to engage with those special people in your life to build and strengthen constructive, empowering relationships. In this show you’ll hear four steps to help you strengthen your social support and create champions to help you build this new life after breast cancer. Use the Social Support Action Sheet from my REVIVIFY program to help you take the next steps in strengthening your social support.

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The Diabetes Code: Prevent and Reverse Type 2 Diabetes Naturally

#50 Metabolic Syndrome and Breast Cancer

Better Than Before Breast Cancer with The Breast Cancer Recovery Coach

07/28/19 • 37 min

Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of symptoms that raise a red flag telling you something is going wrong with the management of your blood sugar and your resistance to insulin.

If you have metabolic syndrome, you're at a higher risk of developing breast cancer. However, if you have had treatment for breast cancer, you are at a higher risk of developing metabolic syndrome.

A recent study even indicates that chemotherapy is a direct cause of metabolic syndrome in women being treated for breast cancer.

In this show you'l learn what the symptoms of metabolic syndrome are, why its important for you to recognize them, what they can lead to if left untreated and valuable, simple action steps you can take to manage, prevent and potentially reverse the symptoms of metabolic syndrome.

Arming yourself with knowledge is the best way to get power over what's happening in your body after breast cancer treatment. Informing yourself helps you to ask your doctors the right questions and to build lifestyle routines that support your well-being rather than undermine it.

Listen to this powerful episode and understand more about the struggle to manage weight and restore your health after breast cancer treatment.

Resources for this episode:

Books:

The Obesity Code: Unlocking the Secrets of Weight Loss

The Obesity Code Cookbook: Recipes to Help You Manage Insulin, Lose Weight, and Improve Your Health

Tools:

DSS Precision Xtra Blood Glucose Meter Kit, Results in 5 seconds, Strips Not Included (1 Kit)

30 Precision Xtra Blood Glucose Test Strips, Unboxed, Sealed, Not Ketone Test Strips

30 Precision Xtra Blood Ketone Test Strips.

BMI Calculator

Studies and Articles:

An observational study to examine changes in metabolic syndrome components in patients with breast cancer receiving neoadjuvant or adjuvant chemotherapy

Is There a Connection Between Diabetes and Breast Cancer?

What is the relationship between breast cancer and diabetes?

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#49 Five Steps to Managing Setbacks

Better Than Before Breast Cancer with The Breast Cancer Recovery Coach

07/22/19 • 20 min

Setbacks are a part of life but, sometimes they seem to pile up during and after breast cancer treatment.

In this episode we'll talk about steps you can take when you're faced with yet another setback so you can manage the situation without letting it consume your life or send you into despair and helplessness.

If we let our emotions run away with us in the face of a setback, we can fall into the trap of internalizing what is happening rather than taking action to take over the things we can control.

These five steps won't stop setbacks from occurring, but they'll help you manage them with a little less suffering.

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How to choose a probiotic

#320 Breast Cancer and the Beauty of Biodiversity

Better Than Before Breast Cancer with The Breast Cancer Recovery Coach

02/13/24 • 39 min

The diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer can lead to a powerful disconnect from the body.

Many survivors feel betrayed by their own bodies and often that distance piles onto existing body image issues.

Sadly, when we lose connection with our bodies, there’s no way we can care for them in the ways necessary to support healing.

We lose sight of the magical interplay of our biology and how every part of our system has an important role and how strong and vital our connection to nature is.

Over recent decades this has led to a frightening reduction in the healthy biodiversity of the human gut.

In this episode, I hope to help you understand the beautiful ecosystem that is your body, and how important it is to understand the simple steps you can take to support increasing your own biodiversity.

Our gut health isn’t just a matter of poo.

Like the roots of a great tree is the foundation of the forest, our gut health affects our entire system, and getting to know and love how to support gut health can be a game changer for your body.

Listen now and hear about:

How human gut diversity is changing

What’s causing that to happen.

How our health is impacted by these changes

How you can turn the tide to support your metabolic health

Referred to in this episode:

Work with Laura

Akkermansia Muciniphila

Prebiotic foods

Probiotic foods

Studies: Evaluation of the Effects Associated With the Administration of Akkermansia Muciniphila on Parameters of Metabolic Syndrome (Microbes4U)

Supplementation with Akkermansia muciniphila in overweight and obese human volunteers: a proof-of-concept exploratory study

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