You are listening to Best Life After Cancer, Episode Number 57. Today we are talking mindset and a technique to help get you in the right headspace.

This podcast is the culmination of a discussion with someone I was coaching, and a discussion with one of my kids. You may know I have 4 boys that are rapidly becoming young men. They ask questions about how we live our lives, differences with how other people live and are learning to forge their own paths. We were recently talking about how different families spend money, how they eat, how they spend their free time. It was interesting, because we look at families we know that are super fit, thin, and spending quality time together often and as often as not, outside doing something cool. We compared this to those we know that are couch potatoes, usually not doing things as a family and not eating a healthy diet. (I admit, we may fall somewhere in the middle – we eat together every night, but my kids do play a fair amount of video...

Well, hey, my friends.  I hope you are well and enjoying spring.  I guess some of the places people listen to me, it is already trending towards summer!   We are wrapping up the school year in my family.  My 3 older boys are studying for finals and in that high school crunch time.  It is so interesting watching teenagers – I really see how our brains create our experiences.  I have one who is pretty matter of fact – this is the work I have to do, and I will just buckle down and do it.  I have one who is really driven, but also has a lot of brain drama.  He spends a significant amount of time each day telling me how much there is to do, that he isn’t sure he can get it done, it is hard, and so on (while his sibling is just upstairs and cranking it out).  Then I have one who is a bit of a procrastinator.  He doesn’t think about it, or talk about it, or do it, until he is at the last moment.  They all...

Well, hey, my friends.  I did a recent webinar on Weight Gain after Cancer treatment, and people loved it, so I thought I might do a little recap as a podcast in case you missed it.  I am kicking off my next Cancer Weight Loss group in June, and if you are interested in learning more about it, you can get more information in the link in the shownotes or request a minisession on my website, www.bestlifeaftercancer.com to schedule a time to meet with me and discuss if it might be helpful. 

Weight gain is really common after cancer treatment.  There are so many reasons – changes in metabolism, hormonal changes, maybe being less active, or eating to feel better (either physically or emotionally).  Why is weight so important?  There is no fat shaming going on here.  All human bodies are beautiful – we are all created perfectly imperfect.  This is important because obesity increases risk in many cancers.  First, this is...

You are listening to Best Life After Cancer, Episode 8.

Hi, and welcome back. It’s such a pleasure to get to spend time with you every week. I always look forwards to sharing my thoughts and knowledge with you – I feel really honored that you are spending this time with me and wanting to hear what I have to say. I’d love to hear your thoughts, as well, and you can interact with me on the Best Life After Cancer MD facebook page to ask questions or leave comments. It is a way you can let me know what you are struggling with, and then I can answer there or or in the form of a future podcast! For many cancer patients, I find that weight gain is a real challenge after treatment ends. I think for some, this is partly due to hormonal changes including cortisol, or the stress hormone, partly medication based, and partly due to wanting comfort, and eating to feel better. Last week, we did some work on physical aspect of weight loss, reviewing some of the hormones that...

Hello, and welcome back! This is episode 7.

This has been a rough week. I thought last week was rough with kidney stones, but that was just pain in my body. This is pain in my heart. Before we start today, I want to acknowledge what has gone on in the US this last week. This week, as a country, we experienced, up close and personal, the death of George Floyd. All of the country is reeling from this, and I have been just so sad for us as Americans. Because we all are – whatever color, we are one people, and as a society, it is like we have a cancer, where part of our own cells are damaging and destroying other parts of us. As a doctor, I really feel that I took a Hippocratic oath to do no harm. Right now, I feel like being silent makes me complicit. It is doing harm. It makes me part of the problem of white privilege. I am part of a female podcasting group, and they challenged all of us to make a statement on our podcasts this week, and I accept their challenge. I am continuing...