The Peaceful Plate: Ending Food Panic After Hormone-Driven Breast Cancer

This is PART II of “Why you can’t get consistent breast cancer nutrition information.” Do you find there are too many mixed messages about what to eat and feel frustrated because you can’t get a consistent answer? Then this is the episode for you! Join me as I explore why no one can agree on a consistent answer to your breast cancer nutrition questions, and highlight the number one reason why it f...

Ever feel that if you ask 10 different people what you should eat after hormone-driven breast cancer you’ll get 10 different answers? You’re not alone! One of the most common frustrations I hear from other hormone-driven breast cancer survivors is that it feels impossible to get consistent information about what to eat and avoid after they finish their treatment. If that’s your struggle too, join...

Striving for “perfect” eating is the goal of many post-treatment survivors; perhaps you, too! You and I both know that in your mind eating “perfectly” feels like protection against recurrence. You’re thinking, “If I just eat well enough, cancer will be deterred enough to never, ever come back.” I know that makes sense in the moment you’re fighting the urge to order a burger and fries, but trust me...

I know that should you experience a recurrence you'll think your potato chip habit is to blame , but I’m here to tell you nutrition doesn’t work that way. Individual foods you eat regularly won’t  trigger a recurrence of your breast cancer, but it can be difficult to counter that thought with a healthy, balanced perspective. Tune in to today’s episode and learn the importance and impact of you...

I want to be straight with you; there's a reason you're still not eating stress and worry-free. You're missing the fundamentals of a balanced post-treatment breast cancer diet. But never fear, I'm here to help! Listen to today's episode to learn about a special event designed to to provide you with practical tools and insights to achieve a balanced approach to eating after horm...

Now that you’ve finished treatment, no doubt you want to know exactly what’s best to eat to reduce your recurrence risk. Because you’re led to believe there’s one single diet that will make that happen, it can feel frustrating not to find a consistent answer about what that diet looks like. In this episode I invite you to ask a different question; “What’s best for me to eat after hormone-driven br...

How often do you sit down for a meal or snack and experience a moment of worry before you eat? It’s probably more often than you’d like. I noticed this happening with many women after they’d finished treatment for hormone-driven breast cancer; their food was scaring them! Food doesn’t have to be scary, and eating doesn’t have to feel stressful, panicky or worrisome. Tune in to this episode for an...

In this inaugural episode I share details of my own breast cancer experience and how I turned something awful into something purposeful - in other words - the story of how I got to where I am today. As an uber-healthy, vegan-diet eating, half-marathon-running dietitian and personal trainer, being diagnosed with breast cancer rocked my world and made me very angry; the only way I knew to feel bette...