by Cathy Leman | Mar 24, 2022 | Breast Cancer, Cancer
Cake is just cake. There’s chocolate cake. Vanilla cake. And my personal favorite. . .coconut cake. There’s cake for your birthday (a cake-worthy day if ever there was one), cake for end of treatment (seriously, get a BIG cake for that), and cake for the...
by Cathy Leman | Mar 10, 2022 | Breast Cancer, Inspiration, stress
Let’s talk RESILIENCE. Definition: The ability to overcome adversity. Oh, you know adversity, don’t you? You’re a survivor of ER/PR+ breast cancer. You’ve been through grueling treatment. Heard the words, “It is cancer.” Done the...
by Cathy Leman | Feb 21, 2022 | BITE Back, Breast Cancer, Nutrition, Risk Reduction
Ready to focus on your ticker? This blog is devoted to all things breast health after treatment for ER/PR+ cancer, but remember, there’s a link between heart disease and breast cancer, which I wrote about here. It’s just as important to pay attention to the...
by Cathy Leman | Jan 27, 2022 | Fitness, Lifestyle, Nutrition
If you’re post-treatment for hormone-driven breast cancer, you may decide to change your food, booze and exercise habits. The goal? Minimize and contain your fear of recurrence. The changes you make are unique to you – customized, if...
by Cathy Leman | Dec 30, 2021 | Breast Cancer, Healthy Lifestyle, Nutrition
Happy ALMOST New Year! On this final day of the year, I present my final blog post of the year. Hopefully, the bi-weekly posts I’ve written throughout 2021 have accomplished what I intended; to serve as a trusted resource for education, inspiration and...
by Cathy Leman | Nov 18, 2021 | Breast Cancer, Cancer
Why do you cave to the crave? For certain foods. And then freak out. I have many clients who struggle with cravings. . .meaning, they think they’re a bad thing and try hard not to have any. Let’s begin by distinguishing between a...
by Cathy Leman | Nov 4, 2021 | Breast Cancer, Cancer
After you finish treatment, it’s normal to feel unmoored. Meaning, you have little confidence and perhaps even less certainty about how you should feel or behave. You don’t know what you should do, now that all the urgency has come to a screeching and...
by Cathy Leman | Oct 21, 2021 | Breast Cancer, Cancer
Are you afraid of FORBIDDEN FOODS? A client recently shared this thought with me: “Understanding that I can eat those forbidden foods helps me realize I have the power to choose.” I invited her to consider her words and thoughts. Forbidden means NOT...
by Cathy Leman | Sep 22, 2021 | Cancer, Healthy Eating, Inspiration, Nutrition, Plant-based, Prevention, Vegan
We’re heading into the holiday season. I realize it’s only September, but gift-giving time will be here before you know it. Here’s what I’d like to gift every person on the planet. A box of produce, every week for a year. Now...
by Cathy Leman | Sep 8, 2021 | Fitness, Healthy Lifestyle, Inspiration, MOVE Back, Nutrition, Prevention, Risk Reduction
I adore the word “elevate”. It’s a classy way of saying, “Get your s**t together.” Formal definition: To lift up, to increase the level of, to make higher. “Elevate” fits the work I do. When clients REBUILD THEIR HEALTH, they also elevate it....
