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Being diagnosed with cancer at a young age can feel incredibly isolating. While your peers may be building careers, starting families, and planning for the future, suddenly you're navigating treatment decisions, fertility concerns, relationships, finances, and fears you never expected to face. In this episode of the Wellness Warriors Podcast, De'Ann sits down with Dr. Christina Pozo-Kaderman, Senior Psychologist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and co-author of Coping with Cancer in Early Adulthood, to explore the unique challenges young adults face during and after cancer. Drawing from more than 35 years of experience, Dr. Pozo-Kaderman shares insights on finding support, advocating for yourself, fertility and sexual health, and family-focused care. She also shares a special gift for listeners: free copies of Coping with Cancer in Early Adulthood for those who need one. You can connect with her through the Dana-Farber Young Adult Program to learn more. And as you support your body through a demanding healing journey, cellular energy matters too. Nano CoQ10, available in the Breast Cancer Conqueror shop, provides CoQ10 to support mitochondrial energy production and antioxidant defenses, making it a simple addition to a personalized wellness routine. Shop Nano CoQ10

A breast cancer diagnosis impacts far more than your physical health. It can affect your work, finances, relationships, family life, and emotional well-being. Yet many women are left trying to navigate these challenges without knowing where to turn for help. In this episode of the Wellness Warriors Podcast, De'Ann Richter sits down with women's health advocate, former workplace and benefits attorney, and author Rebecca Bloom. Together they discuss how women can build the support system they need during one of life's most difficult seasons. Rebecca shares practical guidance on creating your own "Project Healing" team, communicating more effectively with your healthcare providers, understanding health insurance challenges, advocating for yourself, and remembering that you don't have to face breast cancer alone. During the episode, De'Ann also highlights the HeartMath Inner Balance™ sensor, a simple biofeedback tool that provides real-time feedback to help strengthen nervous system resilience, reduce stress, and support emotional well-being. Because healing isn't only about caring for your body. It's also about creating a sense of calm and balance along the way. Whether you're newly diagnosed, in treatment, or supporting someone you love, this empowering conversation will leave you with practical tools, renewed confidence, and the reminder that asking for help is not a sign of weakness. It's one of the strongest steps you can take on your healing journey.

Breast cancer is often thought of as a disease that only affects women, but that's simply not true. In this powerful and eye opening conversation, De'Ann sits down with stage IV metastatic breast cancer advocate Jake Messier to discuss an important topic that deserves far more attention: men and breast cancer. Jake shares his personal journey from discovering an unexpected lump to navigating a diagnosis that many people, including men themselves, don't realize is possible. Together, they explore the stigma surrounding male breast cancer, the lack of awareness and research, why earlier detection matters, and how one person's willingness to speak up can help save lives. Jake mentions the important role hormones can play in certain breast cancers. While every healing journey is unique, supporting healthy hormone metabolism is an important part of many integrative wellness plans. Learn more about Estro Clear, formulated with calcium D-glucarate to help support the body's natural estrogen detoxification pathways and promote overall hormone balance. Whether you're on your own healing journey or supporting someone you love, this episode is a reminder that awareness, education, and self advocacy have the power to change lives. Follow Jake's inspiring advocacy and help spread awareness that breast cancer can affect anyone. website: https://www.theguywithstage4breastcancer.com Instagram: @theguywithstage4breastcancer

Cancer fatigue is one of the most common and frustrating challenges women face during and after breast cancer treatment. It is more than simply feeling tired. It is the kind of exhaustion that lingers despite a full night's sleep and can make it difficult to return to the life you love. In this inspiring episode of the Never Fear Breast Cancer Again podcast, De'Ann sits down with naturopathic doctor and integrative oncology expert Dr. Jessa Landmann to explore why cancer related fatigue happens and, more importantly, what you can do about it. Together, they discuss the many hidden contributors to low energy, including inflammation, insulin resistance, poor sleep, loss of muscle mass, emotional stress, and nutrient deficiencies. Dr. Landmann also shares practical, evidence informed strategies to help you rebuild your energy naturally through nutrition, movement, nervous system support, and targeted testing so you can take meaningful steps toward feeling like yourself again. As a special gift for our listeners, you can receive 20% off Dr. Landmann's book, Beyond Cancer Fatigue: A Path to Reclaiming Energy, when you use code BCF20 at checkout. One nutrient that deserves special attention is vitamin D. Healthy vitamin D levels play an important role in immune function, bone health, mood, and energy production, yet many women are surprised to learn they are deficient. If you have not checked your levels recently, speak with your practitioner about testing. And if you are looking for a high quality supplement, our Breast Cancer Conqueror Vitamin D3 with K2 is formulated to support optimal absorption and is an excellent addition to your healing toolkit.

If you've ever wondered why some healing plans work for one person but not another, this episode is for you. Today, I'm joined by Heather Cooan, a double board-certified oncology nutrition consultant and founder of Soil to Soul Nutrition. Heather shares how a personalized, data-driven, and bio-individual approach can help you cut through the confusion of conflicting health advice and create a healing plan based on your unique genetics, health history, and current needs. Heather also gets it. She has faced vulva cancer, Hashimoto's likened sclerosis, and ongoing challenges related to complex PTSD. Which is why, similar to our 7 Essentials System®, Heather focuses on nutrition and nervous system regulation as the foundations of her work. Because Healing Your Emotional Wounds (Essential #4) is equally important as the food you choose to eat. It's all connected. Which is another reason all of us BCC Coaches are big advocates of optimizing your Vitamin D levels with our Vitamin D+K, as this vitamin is just as critical for your mental health as well as your physical health.   Buckle up and take notes; this episode is bursting with insight, and her recent article is the best place to start: Nutritional Shortfalls of Vegan Diets: What Your Genetics, Protein Sources, and Lab Work Can Tell You.

"Test, don't guess and stress."  It's a phrase we say often, and today's episode, we are putting the phrase to the test.  Join us in taking a deep dive into the powerful testing capabilities of RGCC International and how they are reshaping personalized cancer care. From identifying circulating tumor cells to mapping out which therapies (both conventional and natural) may be most effective, their tests can provide actionable, individualized insight so that you and your BCC Coach can make a solid plan of action.  Our guest, Dr. Terri Beim, has spent over a decade working directly with RGCC's tests and technologies and is dedicated to educating medical professionals on how to use these tools to support real patients in real time.  Now, you get to hear directly from her on how their liquid biopsy tests and other innovative technologies can help guide you and your BCC Coach into turning your results into a clear, data-driven healing plan that can be monitored every step of the way.  Because the more you know, the more effectively you can heal.

Sometimes the most painful chapters of your life become the very ingredients that help you rise. In this episode, we sit down with Cindy Anderson, breast cancer thriver and founder of Manny's Choice: The Good Gluten®, to explore how she rebuilt her health, her mindset, and her relationship with food from the ground up. After facing cancer, multiple surgeries, and severe gluten intolerance all at once, Cindy found herself in a season that felt understandably heavy and hard. But instead of staying stuck, she began to put together new habits, sift through what truly nourished her body, and create a recipe for healing that was entirely her own. And now she is sharing it with the world, and you! Tune in to hear about her hidden challenges of healing alone, her recipe for rising above fear, and game-changing info on gluten!  As a special gift, Cindy is giving you her No-Knead Artisan Bread, which pairs perfectly with our Matcha tea!

Diagnosed at 33, Dani Binnington moved through treatment focused on survival, but it was the unexpected impact of menopause afterward that changed everything. Faced with confusion and little support, she turned her experience into a mission to help women feel informed, supported, and far less alone. She started the only nonprofit focused on menopause after breast cancer: Menopause and Cancer, and also wrote Navigating Menopause After Cancer. Today, her work has helped thousands of women better understand their options, reclaim their quality of life, and feel seen in a space that has long been overlooked. Tune in to learn: Why menopause after cancer is often more intense and overlooked The symptoms and identity shifts women may experience Simple, supportive ways to navigate this phase with more clarity Because healing doesn't end when treatment does, and you deserve support every step of the way. And a major way to support your body is with Optimal Curcumin for cancer support and whole body health.

Galectin-3, perhaps a word you have never heard of, is a biomarker that plays a powerful role in inflammation, immune function, cancer progression, and even treatment response.  But shining a light on the "often overlooked" tools is why you are here, and why we interviewed Ruby Tischoff, a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner with 25 years of experience in integrative medicine and nutraceutical science. Tune in to uncover valuable insights into targeting testing and how lifestyle factors (toxic exposures, chronic stress, etc.) can elevate galectin-3. And since we are women of solutions, of course, we included steps that may help bring your levels back into balance. One of the main ones Ruby suggests (and so do we!) is Modified Citrus Pectin. Click here to read our blog post on how it stops cancer. You can buy it in powder and capsule form.  This episode is a fascinating one, make sure to bring your notepad!

Light is something we interact with every day, yet most of us rarely stop to consider how profoundly it influences our biology, including energy production, cellular health, tissue repair, and overall health. Our brilliant guest, Ari Whitten, is the founder of The Energy Blueprint, a bestselling author, and one of the leading educators in photobiomodulation and human energy optimization. With a background in exercise science, human nutrition, and functional medicine, Ari has deep expertise in mitochondrial health, circadian rhythm and sleep, nutrition, gut health, light therapies, fitness, and hormetic stress. Tune in to let your curiosity shine and uncover new and effective ways to help your body, mind, and soul truly heal. To make light therapy even more powerful, pair it with Nano CoQ10. Your body's cells use coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) to produce the energy needed for cell growth and health, similar to light therapy. However, your levels naturally decline with age, so pairing Nano CoQ10 with light therapy and a healthy lifestyle works synergistically for optimal healing!

"80% of your healing is MINDSET." - Dr. Heather Stone. Dr. Heather Stone, DC, is a leading expert, author, and speaker known for her root-cause, investigative approach to thyroid health, Hashimoto's, and complex "mystery health challenges." For more than 20 years, she has helped women uncover the hidden drivers of illness—many of which overlap with breast cancer—and reclaim vibrant, lasting health. Mindset is the way you think and feel that programs your subconscious mind. It's literally running your life. In reality, if you stop, evaluate, and honestly answer questions like: What am I thinking? What do I believe about my body's ability to heal? How am I feeling about what is possible for me? You may be shocked by how easily you can move the needle in your healing once you work on the 80%. Tune in to dive deep into her mindset strategies and the other intentional steps she takes with the thousands of women she has helped find vibrant health with her Thyriod Transformation Blueprint.  The conversation also explores key physiological strategies, including the importance of maintaining balanced iodine levels. One of Dr. V's major ah-ha moments was increasing her iodine levels. Once she did that, her healing also soared. Click here to learn more about the iodine, thyroid, and breast cancer connection—and learn more about our Iodine Support supplement here.

Stress = mental and physical health issues, is nothing new. We all know that. Which is why we reached out to Dr. Jorina Elbers, a board-certified neurologist and HeartMath Medical Director. To go deeper into what our bodies are trying to tell us through stress and the damage it causes.  She explains how chronic stress and trauma can dysregulate the nervous system. This leads to symptoms like fatigue, brain fog, sleep issues, pain, digestive problems, and emotional overwhelm. Rather than seeing these as separate issues. She shows how they're often connected by a single root cause: a system stuck in fight-or-flight or shutdown. Tune in to learn more about how to step out of your stress shutdown cycle of damage. Why the medication-first model often misses the bigger picture. And, most importantly, discover drug-free and evidence-based tools that can help restore balance.  For more info on HeartMath and to download the app, please click here.

In this special episode of the Wellness Warriors Podcast, De'Ann, Head Coach of Breast Cancer Conqueror, sits down with fellow coaches Laura and Michelle to give listeners an inside look at what our new cancer coaching programs within the 7 Essentials System® truly looks like. They share their personal stories, what drew them to Dr. V's system-based, whole-body approach, and the surprises they encountered during training. The trio also reveals powerful "aha" moments clients experience around emotional healing, hormone balance, the dental–breast connection, and the profound shift women make from fear and overwhelm to confidence and empowerment.  If you've ever wondered who you'll be working with inside Breast Cancer Conqueror's New Cancer Coaching Program and how the 7 Essentials System® is applied in real life, this episode offers a transparent behind-the-scenes look.

Cancer, Motherhood & the Choice to Rise. In her 30s, juggling a blossoming career and an 18-month-old baby while dealing with COVID shutdowns and the death of a best friend, Amanda heard the words "stage 2 triple-positive breast cancer - 2 tumors." And into the darkness she went.  But a few weeks into her diagnosis and depression, she knew a mindset shift had to be made—for her, her daughter, and her world. Tune in to discover how she shifted from despair to finding joy, humor, and wisdom in this deeply human and relatable podcast episode featuring Amanda Gunville.  We also discuss her debut memoir and guidebook: Finding Hope & Joy in Cancer: Wisdom for Patients, Caregivers, Family & Friends. Part memoir, part guidebook, and part pep talk. It offers an honest, uplifting, and empowering look at navigating life after a cancer diagnosis. You can buy it here and download her free patient care guidebook, filled with small joys that make a big difference!   Ready to discover hope and joy in unexpected places? Listen to this podcast episode! P.S. Mindset shifts paired with Probiotic Support are a match made in healing heaven because probiotics lead to a strong gut that produces the serotonin (your happy hormone) needed to keep moving forward. Your gut microbiome can also influence how well chemotherapy, hormone therapy, and immunotherapy work. So make sure to give it the fuel it needs through our Probiotic Support supplement. To learn more surprising truths about your gut and breast cancer, please review this blog post.

In this episode, you'll hear science, soul, humor, honesty, and the kind of grounded wisdom that only comes from someone who has lived this path from every angle. Because Achim Zinggrebe, MD, truly has—as a physician, cancer thriver, and son of a thriver.  This heartfelt episode is also packed with practical support on how to navigate the parts of cancer healing that aren't always discussed, such as: How to soften fear with gratitude Handling the pressure to "bounce back" after treatment The real inner work that leads to true healing How to rebuild trust in your body What it means to support someone you love without trying to fix or control their journey This episode is a big hug and a book of wisdom all wrapped together. To learn more about Dr. Zinggrebe, check out his website and Amazon author page.