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07/23/2026

One of the hardest things I witnessed during my mom's cancer journey was watching her almost talk herself out of the path that saved her life.

She was sitting with all of that quietly while I was trying to understand why she seemed hesitant about something that felt so clearly right for her.

The conversation that finally opened everything up was not a medical one. It was a simple question I asked her at the kitchen table: what is actually holding you back?

What came out of that conversation changed everything. She told me the truth, that she was worried her retirement fund should be left for me, that she did not want her death to be blamed on my guidance as her holistic practitioner. I was heartbroken and I was grateful at the same time. Heartbroken that she had been carrying all of that alone. Grateful that she finally said it out loud.
I told her no amount of money would be worth a single day without her. The family concern, I said, was mine to carry, not hers.

She made her decision that day.

Within months she was in complete remission.

That conversation is one of the reasons this book exists. Because the blocks that stop people from choosing their right path are not always medical. They are emotional, financial, relational. And they need to be spoken before a real decision can be made.

If you or someone you love is navigating a diagnosis right now, Stop Cancer Overwhelm was written to help you have those conversations and find your way to the path that is actually right for you.

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07/16/2026

One of the hardest things I witnessed during my mom's cancer journey was watching her almost talk herself out of the path that saved her life.

She was sitting with all of that quietly while I was trying to understand why she seemed hesitant about something that felt so clearly right for her.

The conversation that finally opened everything up was not a medical one. It was a simple question I asked her at the kitchen table: what is actually holding you back?

What came out of that conversation changed everything. She told me the truth, that she was worried her retirement fund should be left for me, that she did not want her death to be blamed on my guidance as her holistic practitioner. I was heartbroken and I was grateful at the same time. Heartbroken that she had been carrying all of that alone. Grateful that she finally said it out loud.
I told her no amount of money would be worth a single day without her. The family concern, I said, was mine to carry, not hers.

She made her decision that day.

Within months she was in complete remission.

That conversation is one of the reasons this book exists. Because the blocks that stop people from choosing their right path are not always medical. They are emotional, financial, relational. And they need to be spoken before a real decision can be made.

If you or someone you love is navigating a diagnosis right now, Stop Cancer Overwhelm was written to help you have those conversations and find your way to the path that is actually right for you.
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07/15/2026

07/09/2026

I have been thinking a lot lately about what it means to actually play as an adult.

Not recreation as recovery from burnout, nor a vacation that is really just a change of location while you stay stressed. Real play, the kind where you lose track of time because you are fully in it, where nothing is being optimized or documented or done for anyone else.

I watched my mom go through her cancer journey and come out the other side genuinely more alive than she had been before! Lighter, more present and more willing to do things simply because they brought her joy. She came back from Hope4Cancer with a different relationship to her days. She stopped postponing the things that mattered and started doing them now.

A cancer diagnosis has a way of making that happen quickly. But you do not have to wait for a health crisis to embrace this way of living.

Summer is a natural invitation to come back to the things that light you up for no reason other than they do. A swim in the ocean, a long dinner with people you love or a morning with no schedule and nowhere to be. These are not luxuries. They are how your nervous system remembers what it feels like to be safe, and a regulated nervous system is the foundation of every other kind of health.

What is one thing you used to do for the pure joy of it that you have quietly let go of? This is the season to bring it back!

07/04/2026

Something changed within me the moment I stopped treating rest as something I had to earn.

For most of my adult life I operated the way a lot of people do. Work hard, give everything, push through, and then maybe, if everything on the list got done, allow yourself to stop. The problem is the list never gets done, and so the rest never comes. Eventually the body starts communicating that something is wrong, not loudly at first, but consistently, in ways that are easy to explain away if you are determined enough to keep going.

Spending a lot of time Costa Rica has rearranged my relationship with time in a way I did not fully anticipate. What I have witnessed in myself and in the people who come here on retreat is that when genuine rest is built in on purpose, not squeezed in as an afterthought, the quality of everything else changes.

This summer I want to offer you a simple reframe. Rest is not the opposite of progress. It is part of how real progress gets made. The question worth sitting with is not how do I fit rest in around everything else. It is what would have to shift for rest to be non-negotiable.

06/25/2026

What's happening in the background? What are we not being told and educated about?

A cancer diagnosis comes with an overwhelming amount of information, and somehow still not enough of the right kind.

What I witnessed with my mom, and throughout my life with friends and family, and clients, is that most people make one of the biggest decisions of their lives without ever having the full picture.

Not because their doctors don't care, but because doctors in the US cannot recommend anything outside of AMA standard of care without risking their license... which means entire categories of treatment, from conventional integrative combinations to fully holistic protocols, never get mentioned in the exam room.

Whether you choose chemotherapy, an integrative approach, or something completely outside the conventional path, what matters is that the choice comes from clarity and not from fear or urgency. This is exactly what the book Stop Cancer Overwhelm is built around: giving you the time, the tools, and the full landscape of options so that whatever direction you choose, you are choosing it from an informed place.

Stop Cancer Overwhelm was written for anyone navigating a diagnosis who deserves to walk into that decision with their eyes wide open. Preorder your copy at stopcanceroverwhelm.com now.

06/20/2026

After 20 years in practice, the thing I keep returning to is this: the body knows how to heal when the conditions are right. Our job is to stop getting in the way.

Walking every day, eating food grown close by, drinking enough clean water, getting outside in natural light... these are not luxuries, they are just how life is supposed to be structured.

What I have observed over and over again is that the body responds almost immediately when chronic stressors are removed and basic nourishment is restored.

The pressure of modern life has us layering in protocols and supplements before we have ever addressed the foundation. Start there first! Movement, water, whole food, sleep, sunlight, and watch what becomes possible. The body was not designed to sit still for 10 hours and then be asked to perform.

Come retreat with me in Costa Rica. See my recent retreater's journal entries from this experience: https://invite.journiapp.com/S2ew?pid=invite&c=trip_follower&deep_link_value=ul&deep_link_sub1=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.journiapp.com%2Finvite%2FEW6CdyGVLRsrvrVO&af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.journiapp.com%2Finvite%2FEW6CdyGVLRsrvrVO

06/17/2026

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06/14/2026

A good support team is one of the most important factors in what happens next after a diagnosis.

Loved ones, friends, and family members are just as important as your medical team. They will be with you through thick and thin and you want a doctor who will do the same. A good doctor is not someone who agrees with every choice, but someone who respects that the choice belongs to you.

My mom's oncologist disagreed with her decision to pursue holistic care, told her honestly he did not think it would work, and then agreed to stay on her team, monitor her scans, and track her progress anyway. That is what good medicine looks like.

What I have seen in practice over 20 years is that the body knows how to heal when the conditions are right. Our job is to stop getting in the way, and to stop letting fear make decisions that deserve clarity.

You cannot call in a new outcome while you are still clinging to the only option you were handed out of urgency. My book, Stop Cancer Overwhelm is structured around supporting people in, taking a step back, reducing their fear, and creating the space and time needed to make decisions from a grounded, aligned, and informed place.

Preorder at stopcanceroverwhelm.com today.