Cancer Lessons

I learned a lot throughout my cancer journey, and continue to learn much as a cancer survivor. Here’s everything I learned (and continue to learn) in one place. Some articles are specifically written for cancer patients/cancer survivors and their friends/family members. Others are for anyone wanting to learn some important life lessons (thanks to cancer).

What Cancer Survivors Want You To Know

Life after a cancer is different. Not only that, but cancer changes people.  And, depending on the individual and how they've processed their journey, that could mean that life is better, more difficult, more meaningful, more stressful, scarier, or easier than before...

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When Someone You Love Has Cancer, It’s Not About You

One of the things that you learn when you have cancer is who your true friends are - and aren't.  You find out who will do anything for you when you most need them.  Unfortunately, some people don't quite measure up.  Even people who you would have sworn would be...

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The Impossibility of Going Back (Life After Cancer)

Have you ever felt like your life wasn’t real, but was instead a movie playing out in front of you that you watched from afar?  I’ve had that happen to me a few times during my life.  If you haven’t ever felt that way, let me tell you it’s an incredibly jarring...

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The Beginning…

Heather, you know that the news isn’t good if I am the one calling you.  Those are the words that I heard when my doctor called to tell me that I had breast cancer.  That moment was like an out-of-body experience.  So many things went through my mind immediately. What...

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Wrestling with Survivor’s Guilt

Soon after I was diagnosed with breast cancer, some friends threw me a scarf and hat party.  It was something that my husband suggested to them as a way they could help us.  I'm grateful that they did this for me - after all I needed those hats and scarves and used...

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Hey there, I’m Heather.

Former Lawyer Turned Coach & Business Strategist. Wife to A Semi-Stoic. Mom x 2. Cancer Survivor.

And I am on a mission to help lawyers and other purpose-driven professionals confidently create your next level of success + impact (while ditching stress, overthinking and people-pleasing for good).

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