As St. Patrick’s Day approaches, many women are looking for a different form of exercise than hoisting a green beer. Celebrating Irish pride is always a lot of fun. From…
Exercise & Wellbeing
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I’d had a hectic week when I headed to Newport, Rhode Island, for a good friend’s bachelorette party. We are not in our 20s anymore, so these days these events…
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The United Kingdom is presently celebrating Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, and does so every March, while the United States observes this initiative throughout September. Both observances are to support ovarian…
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For the longest time, the fitness industry has placed individuals (specifically women) looking to take care of their health on a merry-go-round of fad diets and workouts that keep you…
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The history of Saint Valentine isn’t perfectly recorded. We know that Valentine of Rome was a bishop who was martyred in 269 and was added to the calendar of saints…
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Sometimes when exercising, we can push things a little too far. Whether you realize it in the moment or a few days later, getting injured from a workout can be…
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Low-Intensity Exercise: How Movement Can Lead to Longer, Healthier Life
What do you think of when you picture exercise? Maybe it’s sprinting around a track or being yelled at by a personal trainer. Those methods are effective for turning up…
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‘Tis the season! As the calendar rolls on, our days become filled with commitments to attend holiday parties and events, gifts to buy and get in the mail, family obligations,…
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Cancer, radiation, chemotherapyWellbeing
Seven Surgeries, Two Years: Determination and the Reconstruction Process
I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008. First, I want to say that my mother had a mastectomy of her left breast when she was about 47 years old. …
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I had a routine mammogram in January at Lexington Medical Center in West Columbia, South Carolina. I had just celebrated my 46th birthday. I hadn’t felt any lumps and had…
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Cancer, radiation, chemotherapyWellbeing
Keeping It Normal: Living with Cancer from a Position of Strength
How do you keep living while you battle a disease that focuses your thoughts and energy on the possibility of dying? That question was front of mind for me in…
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Protocols were fairly consistent for early detection back in 2001 when I was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma Stage 1 breast cancer. I discovered the lump myself and had a…