#419 Awakening Day - 14 Years After Breast Cancer Changed Everything
Better Than Before Breast Cancer with The Breast Cancer Recovery Coach
Release Date: 07/10/2025
#449 Carbohydrates After Breast Cancer - Breast Cancer Nutrition Just The Facts
Better Than Before Breast Cancer with The Breast Cancer Recovery Coach
Carbohydrates are often blamed, feared, or oversimplified, especially after breast cancer. In this episode, Laura continues her Nutrition Myths and Truths series with an evidence-based conversation about carbohydrates. This is not about food rules. It is about understanding how carbohydrates function in the body, how they interact with metabolism, inflammation, and genetics, and what lab markers can tell us about individual response. If you missed part one of this series on red meat and understanding scientific studies, that episode provides helpful context for today’s discussion. Episode...
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#448 Red Meat After Breast Cancer - Breast Cancer Nutrition, Just The Facts
Better Than Before Breast Cancer with The Breast Cancer Recovery Coach
What does the science actually say about red meat after breast cancer? In this episode, Laura Lummer begins a new series focused on separating nutrition myths from facts. The conversation was sparked by hearing a physician recommend a low-fat, high-fiber diet with no red meat to an entire room of cancer patients. Laura explains why that kind of advice ignores bio individuality and why nutrition science is far more nuanced than headlines suggest. This episode breaks down how observational studies work, what statistically significant means, and why one of the most cited red meat studies cannot...
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#447 When Support Starts to Feel Like Noise After Breast Cancer
Better Than Before Breast Cancer with The Breast Cancer Recovery Coach
Diet plans. Supplements. Protocols. Podcasts. Advice from well-meaning people. At some point, all of that support can stop feeling helpful and start feeling overwhelming. In this episode, Laura shares a real-life story that highlights how stress and unresolved trauma can impact metabolic health, even when diet and exercise look “right.” She explains why consistency, tracking data, and self-honesty matter so much when making changes, and how constantly switching approaches can keep us stuck. This episode offers permission to slow down, turn down the noise, and focus on what truly supports...
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#446 Glimmers Before Affirmation - How to Choose Words Your Brain Can Trust
Better Than Before Breast Cancer with The Breast Cancer Recovery Coach
At the beginning of the year, affirmations are everywhere. But if you have ever felt frustrated, tense, or discouraged while trying to use affirmations, this episode explains why. In Episode 446, Laura shares why affirmations that are not believable often create internal pushback, self-judgment, and cognitive dissonance, and why this is not a personal failure. You will learn how the brain responds to thoughts that feel untrue, how glimmers signal safety to the nervous system, and how to choose words that gently move you forward in healing, relationships, business, and lifestyle change. This...
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#445 Evolutionary Mismatch - Why Winter Isn't the Time to Push Yourself
Better Than Before Breast Cancer with The Breast Cancer Recovery Coach
Have you ever wondered why the new year brings so much pressure to move faster, even when your body feels tired and out of sync? In this episode, Laura shares a perspective that reframes fatigue, resistance, and the urge to slow down through the lens of evolutionary mismatch and seasonal rhythm. Rather than pushing harder, this conversation invites curiosity, compassion, and a deeper understanding of what your body may be asking for right now. This episode is especially supportive for women navigating life after breast cancer who want to build health and healing without forcing themselves into...
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#444 Cold and Flu Season After Breast Cancer - Gentle Ways to Support Your Immune System
Better Than Before Breast Cancer with The Breast Cancer Recovery Coach
Cold and flu season can feel extra challenging after breast cancer, especially when energy is already low after the holidays. In Episode 444, Laura shares gentle, practical ways to support your immune system during winter without fear or pressure. You will learn how the immune system works, why it is not meant to stay activated, and how sleep, stress, and hormone shifts influence immune health. Laura also discusses seasonal food wisdom, herbs and spices, movement during winter, emotional care, and how making choices from self-love supports resilience. This episode focuses on nourishment, rest,...
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#443 Making Room For Healing After Breast Cancer
Better Than Before Breast Cancer with The Breast Cancer Recovery Coach
This episode comes out the day after Christmas, when many of us are surrounded by more stuff, more noise, and more overwhelm. In this episode, we talk about how clutter is not just physical. It can show up in our thoughts, our emotions, and even our schedules. We explore how rumination and constant busyness can keep the nervous system stuck in stress, and why clearing space in your environment and your calendar can support healing after breast cancer. Using research from the American Psychiatric Association, we take a deeper look at rumination, emotional attachment, and how mindset work is a...
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#442 Reclaiming Your Life After Breast Cancer - From Audience Member to Participant
Better Than Before Breast Cancer with The Breast Cancer Recovery Coach
As the year comes to a close, Laura reflects on a powerful pattern many women experience after breast cancer: feeling like an observer in their own life rather than an active participant. In this episode, Laura explores how trauma, uncertainty, constant stimulation, and comparison can lead to disconnection and low-level dissociation. She explains why stillness is often avoided, how the nervous system actually resets, and why intentional living is key to reclaiming agency after cancer. This conversation is an invitation to move out of autopilot, reconnect with your body and values, and step...
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#441 Bone Health After Breast Cancer - A Terrain Approach with Kristie Howlett
Better Than Before Breast Cancer with The Breast Cancer Recovery Coach
In this episode, I sit down with Kristie Howlett, NP, to talk about a topic so many women worry about but rarely get complete information on. Kristie brings her years of oncology and integrative experience into this discussion about bone health, estrogen changes, metabolic influences, and the difference strength training truly makes. I loved the way Kristie explained how muscle communicates with bone, why sunlight and circadian rhythm matter more than most women realize, and what she routinely sees in her practice when women finally receive personalized support rather than a blanket...
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#440 Redefining Abundance - What Healing Looks Like Beyond the Body
Better Than Before Breast Cancer with The Breast Cancer Recovery Coach
What does abundance really mean when you are healing from cancer? In this episode, Laura talks with cancer survivor and health coach Hayley Dubin about manifestation, mindset, intuition, and the small actions that create meaningful change. About Hayley Dubin: Hayley is a Certified Health Coach, Metabolic Terrain Advocate, and founder of reVIVE Wellness. She is also the host of The Cancer Liberation Project Podcast. As a 27-year ovarian cancer survivor, she supports people who have completed treatment or who have a strong family history of cancer. Her work focuses on helping clients...
info_outlineWhat if the worst day of your life became the one that opened your eyes the most?
In this deeply personal episode, I share why I no longer call July 11th my “cancerversary” and instead honor it as my Awakening Day. Fourteen years after being diagnosed with breast cancer, I reflect on how that moment became the catalyst for a life of greater presence, purpose, and peace.
We’ll talk about what post-traumatic growth really means, how to reframe a cancer diagnosis as an opportunity for awakening, and 14 powerful lessons that have shaped my life since that day.
Whether you’re in the thick of treatment, newly diagnosed, or years out from your own diagnosis, this episode offers hope, healing, and a reminder that your story is still unfolding—and it can be more beautiful than you ever imagined.
Keywords: breast cancer recovery, post-traumatic growth, cancerversary, healing journey, mindset after cancer, life after diagnosis, cancer survivor mindset, breast cancer podcast, trauma healing, awakening after illness, cancer support coaching
🎧 In this episode, you’ll hear:
00:00 – Why I call July 11th my Awakening Day
04:35 – What is post-traumatic growth and how it differs from PTSD
08:15 – 14 lessons I’ve learned since my breast cancer diagnosis
17:40 – How to reframe your diagnosis as a spiritual and emotional awakening
22:00 – A message for anyone currently in the middle of their healing journey
25:45 – Closing thoughts on honoring your path and living with intention
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