July 2026 marks 15 years since my first breast cancer diagnosis. When I sat down to plan this milestone month, I had all these celebratory ideas, and then life happened. I lost people I cared about, a few clients passed, and right as I went to record, our dog of 14 years died. I want to be honest with you from the start. Life is hard, and life is wonderful, and most of the time both are true at once.
That is the heart of this episode. So many of us believe we shouldn't feel joy while something painful is happening, or shouldn't let anything heavy in while things are good. But everything is good and bad at the same time, every single day.
I share a conversation with a newly diagnosed woman who told me she did not want cancer to become part of her identity, and why I gently offered a different way to hold it. I also look back on 15 years that were never a straight line, including how my work evolved, my second diagnosis, and the quiet heaviness I felt when I sensed people hoped I could cure their cancer. That was never my message. My work has always been about wellness, living, and the future you are choosing to create right now.
Here is what I most want you to hear. We are never done living until we are done living. And the foundation for the life you love is not discipline or willpower. It is love, loving yourself enough to care for your body through the hard things and to be willing to feel everything.
Keep an eye out for July 11, when I have a very special announcement coming on the anniversary of my diagnosis.
