Sex generally requires us to have minimal stress to be able to enjoy it. And most of us are aware of our acute stresses. But in this episode I talk about a more deeply rooted cause of a more chronic stress that I believe many women may struggle with after breast cancer - trust of their own bodies.

Often times our self-perception bumps up against reality. This is true whether you had breast cancer or not. But it's extra when you have had cancer. Self perception often has a lag behind reality. Cancer changes things so fast that self perception often just can't keep up. Listen in to understand more about this idea and how it might be present in your life.

Do you feel like you body was misbehaving when you were diagnosed with cancer? In this episode I dive into this type of thought process, and a shift that can help you move forward with more trust and respect for your body.

The Japanese art of Kintsugi can be a powerful metaphor for healing your relationship with your body after breast cancer. Whether you choose a more literal interpretation or a symbolic interpretation, accepting your body is an important step in the healing process after cancer treatments end.

Feeling our negative emotions is hard enough. But then we pile on a whole bunch of beliefs and judgements about ourselves for feeling those negative emotions - making it an even worse experience. Listen in to learn more about the impact of our beliefs about our emotions.

Building emotional health after breast cancer is such an important part of building our overall health. This episode clears up some misconceptions about emotional health, what it really is, and why it is so important.

Most of hold some strong negative emotions after breast cancer. But those emotions are telling us something. When we can tune into that, we can use those emotions to fuel change in our life. If we try to ignore them, they can keep us stuck in our life.

We all have painful self beliefs. Some come about directly because of having had breast cancer. But many more are just acquired over the course of our lives. These beliefs create an unconscious vibe that holds us back in life. Listen in to learn more and how to start to re-write some of these painful beliefs.

Uncertainty of the future after breast cancer causes a lot of women to freeze. The problem is they are focused on what will happen to them in the future, and not on what they truly have control over. In this episode I help shift the focus to the one thing you can control.

Because a lot of the work I do with breast cancer survivors revolves around anxiety, I often get asked my opinion on anti-anxiety medications. In this episode I share my thoughts and opinions about them.