Author: Shea Mencel, Co-founder, We Are Here | Certified Integrative Health Coach They tell you to fight for your life. But they rarely talk about what that fight might cost you. I’m a 2x breast cancer survivor, diagnosed at 29, with an MBC recurrence at 32. I often say my fertility journey was more traumatic than my diagnoses. When the …
Author: Shea Mencel, Certified Integrative Health Coach & Co-founder, We Are Here This week, I was confronted face-to-face with my “why.” I seriously considered delaying my cancer treatment. Not because I was afraid of the medicine, or unsure of my care team, but because the system made it almost impossible to fit cancer into my life. I felt like I …
Author: Shea Mencel, Certified Integrative Health Coach & Co-founder, We Are Here Stress is not just an individual experience. It is a physiological force with measurable effects on nearly every system of the body. Chronic stress can alter cardiovascular function, weaken the immune system, disrupt digestion, accelerate aging, and contribute to conditions ranging from diabetes to cancer (1,2,3). For patients …
