“Tell the story of the mountain you climbed. Your words could become a page in someone else’s survival guide.” — Morgan Harper Nichols
While the experience of losing our hair is certainly devastating for many of us, this is also an amazing opportunity for us to really get artistic with how we want to express ourselves through beauty.
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Cancer, better known as the Big C, is a negative word altogether, however, I always try to find the positive in every negative situation.
The idea of end of life decision planning can seem uncomfortable. However, it really is the last gift you can leave your loved ones.
When I look at myself I don’t see me. I just see a person. A year into this journey, my body has shown me how strong it is.
With mental and physical wellbeing at the forefront of this year’s Breast Cancer ACTION month, we decided to tap our Baddie Ambassadors and our friends at Handful to share how fitness can help Breast Cancer Baddies reconnect with their bodies after a diagnosis.
Feelings are like footwear, you can decide on a daily basis which ones you choose to wear. You wouldn’t choose something wack to style yourself in so why would you choose negative self talk about your body? Choose to love your body, it loved you enough to keep you here.
Ever since the development of my breasts, my identity and self-worth have been attached to them.
This change to our bodies and the scars we now have reminded me of this Japanese art form called Kintsugi, which puts broken pieces of pottery together using lacquer and gold.
You might have to get a second opinion, but there are options for thin patients to do natural tissue reconstruction. But the cost of doing natural reconstruction is you’ll have a new set of scars. In the end though, I believe it was worth it for my body.
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