Dancing in the Rain with Valarie

Holistic Cancer Coaches Liz Curran and Karla Mans Giroux share with me all things Radical Remission. Listen as they share their personal cancer stories as  well as the 10 healing factors that can make a real difference in your diagnosis and overall health. Please visit them at their Health Navigators website www.healthnavs.com  Dr. Turner's 10 Radical Hope Healing Factors: 1. Exercise 2. Spiritual Connection 3. Empowering Yourself 4. Increasing Positive Emotions 5. Following Your Intuition 6. Releasing Suppressed Emotions 7. Changing Your Diet 8. Herbs and Supplements 9. Having a Strong Reason for Living 10. Increased Social Support --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/valarie429/message

Wonder Woman is a mindset. Negative and traumatic events are an inevitable part of life. By making a conscious decision to use these experiences to make us stronger, more resilient versions of ourselves we empower ourselves and everyone in our lives. "It's OK to be OK" --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/valarie429/message

In this episode Valarie discusses several components of rape culture. Victim blaming, victim shaming, cover ups and failing to recognize the necessity of consent. We need to come out of the shadows and shed light on rape culture and work towards a much overdue change. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/valarie429/message

We live in a world where women are advised how to dress and act so they don't get raped instead of men being told don't rape. A world where victims are blamed and even threatened to not speak out. This needs to stop. #metoo is a start but action needs to be taken to change the narrative. Valarie --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/valarie429/message

In this eposide I share my breast cancer journey. I discuss my diagnosis and treatment choices through my decision to have a bilateral mastectomy with reconstruction. I also share my experience with radiation treatments, my second surgery, an oophorectomy and the estrogen blocking medication I will be taking for the next ten years --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/valarie429/message

In this episode Valarie interviews Mario DeSantis (the good DeSantis), a Collingswood teacher and candidate for U. S Congress. They discuss our broken health care system and his plan, once he defeats Donald Norcross and we send him to Washington DC, to advocate for our families demanding a fair and compassionate health care system that will not only provide adequate healthcare for our friends and families but will also put our tax dollars to better use and eliminate the need for insurance brokers such as Donald Norcross' brother. DeSantisforcongress.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/valarie429/message

What's the point of breast cancer awareness month? Awareness is not enough. Women need to take action. Genetic testing - Examining your breasts - Mammograms (GEM) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/valarie429/message

Trauma permanently changes us but it does not have to be a negative thing. After processing our emotions it is possible to become stronger and more resilient versions of ourselves. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/valarie429/message

I was really tired tonight but I couldn't go to sleep without getting this information out there. I discuss Mark's diagnosis with esophageal cancer and some of the warning signs that were missed. I also discuss my own diagnosis and the need for breast cancer screenings at an earlier age and the need for genetic testing. Please listen and share. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/valarie429/message

I want to introduce myself and let you know why I started this podcast. My hope is that this podcast will help you discover that it is possible to transform traumatic or negative moments in your life into positive growing experiences. Traumatic events don't have to destroy of define you. Grief and joy can coexist.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/valarie429/message

It is liberating to not fear life's unknowns. The reality is that it is all unknown. All we have is now. This moment. Everything else is a mystery. We can't control what happens in our lives but we can use our experiences, both positive and negative for good. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/valarie429/message