In this episode I pull from over 13 years of experience as a clinical and community health educator and share insights on what stress is, what it means to actually manage/relieve stress and tons of practical tips that you can apply immediately. I also threw in a 10 min. body scan meditation at the end. Enjoy!

Bonus: I have the meditation uploaded separately on YouTube as well.

In this first podcast episode after my first series, I dive right into helping you achieve your health goals for 2026! We will discuss the ways I have helped countless clients over the past 13.5 years to achieve their health and wellness goals by setting SMART, Mini goals. You got this!

!!!CONTENT WARNING!!! This episode contains vivid detail of being with someone in their final moments dying from cancer. This may be very upsetting content to listen to. Please consult with your therapist or supports if this becomes too upsetting to hear.

This is the 6th and final episode in my premier series where I tell the tale (in great detail) of our family’s experience when my husband, Justin, was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive kidney cancer, his two-year battle fighting cancer, and how we navigated our life with our toddler plus me being pregnant/giving birth during Justin’s battle with cancer.This episode picks up in May/June 2024 and will walk you through the cascade of health events that led to Justin's quick turn for the worst and how we walked through his final 6 weeks of life as a family. Please continue with care.

This is the fifth episode in my premier series where I tell the tale (in great detail) of our family’s experience when my husband, Justin, was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive kidney cancer, his two-year battle fighting cancer, and how we navigated our life with our toddler plus me being pregnant/giving birth during Justin’s battle with cancer.

This episode picks up in November 2023 after Justin did his 3 month scans. The scans had positive results. This treatment was working. He continued to improve over the next several months so this is a happy times episode. I go through all the fun we accomplished in the next 9 months including a trip with our toddlers to Mexico.

This is the fourth episode in my premier series where I tell the tale (in great detail) of our family’s experience when my husband, Justin, was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive kidney cancer, his two-year battle fighting cancer, and how we navigated our life with our toddler plus me being pregnant/giving birth during Justin’s battle with cancer.

In this episode I share more about our 1st year after cancer diagnosis including our first holiday season after diagnosis, preparing and welcoming in our baby girl, enjoying good times as a family of 4 until about July 2023 when we endured our next major hit from cancer when the second treatment stopped working and the cancer caused several fractures in Justin's spine leading to a slew of other issues and our toughest battle against the cancer beast yet.

This is the third episode in my series where I tell the tale (in great detail) of our family’s experience with my husband, Justin and his two-year battle with cancer and how we navigated our life with two toddlers and cancer and doing life and all the things.

In this episode I share some of the practical steps we took to prepare for Justin’s life being cut short bc of cancer and to prepare me for life as a widow mom of two toddlers.

This is the third episode (part 1) in my series where I tell the tale (in great detail) of our family’s experience when my husband, Justin, was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive kidney cancer and his two-year battle fighting cancer and how we navigated our life with me being pregnant during Justin’s first year with cancer plus parenting our son who was 1.5 yr old when Justin was diagnosed— and just doing life and all the things.

In this episode I share more about Justin’s daily battles with cancer, being pregnant during this crucial time for our family, what life looked like when Cancer happened to us as a “young” family.

This is the second episode in my series where I tell the tale (in great detail) of our family’s experience with my husband, Justin and his two-year battle with cancer and how we navigated our life with two toddlers and cancer and doing life and all the things. In this episode I share more about what I’ve learned about kidney cancer and I share our earliest signs of this aggressive cancer that eventually took Justin’s life at age 39 as well as my theories on a connection between anxiety/panic disorders and increased risk of cancer.