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🏃🏾‍♀️🚴🏿‍♂️ 🏋🏾‍♂️ Move the Body That Carried You Through benefits of exercise black women over 50 cancer survivorship cancer survivorship program exercise myths revealed independent health advocate living with lymphedema lymphedema midlife wellness movement women health advocacy women over 50 women over 60 Oct 03, 2026

 Perhaps you're the woman who  has been though cancer and you find yourself scrolling right past every fitness post that crosses your feed. Somewhere along the way, you may have decided this kind of content isn't for you anymore — not with the body you have now, the one that doesn't work the way it ...

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💤 Cancer Related Fatigue and What You Can Do About It black women over 50 cancer related fatigue cancer survivorship chemotherapy side effects circadian rhythm health literacy radiation side effects sleep disruption Sep 11, 2026

You made it through treatment. As a high achieving woman, you assumed that you'd bounce back. So why do you feel this overwhelming exhaustion at three o'clock in the afternoon?  

If that question lands somewhere in your chest, here is the first thing I tell every survivor who asks it: this is n

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🦵🏽 The Side Effect No One Warned Me About — And Why I'm Done Hiding It black women over 50 cancer survivorship clear health strategy clear navigation path living with lymphedema lymphedema lymphedema awareness Sep 04, 2026

 

I almost didn't pack a bathing suit for my recent trip to Costa Rica 🇨🇷.

 

I was standing over my suitcase, holding up several swim suits that I had purchased for my prior trip to Gulf Shores, Alabama. I had been mortified to see how large my right leg was when a friend had taken photos of me c...

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✨ You Don’t Need an Overhaul. You Need One Small Habit. black women over 50 black women's health cancer survivor cancer survivorship consistencyoverintensity exercise myths revealed exercise tips habitstacking health advocacy high achieving women independent health advocate national wellness month professional women over 50 wellness navigation women over 60 Aug 14, 2026

National Wellness Month · For Women Over 50

You Don’t Need an Overhaul. You Need One Small Habit.

 

If you've been on social media this month you may have come across several challenges. A 30-day total reset. A friend’s ambitious new workout routine. A promise that in one month, you can lose ha

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🦄 What Surviving Three Times Taught Me About Health Navigation and Minority Health cancer survivorship clear navigation path doctor eno advocates health disparities health literacy health navigation minority health minority women Apr 29, 2026

➡️ I Have Been on Both Sides of That Exam Table

I have spent nearly thirty years as a board-certified internal medicine physician. I have sat across from thousands of patients, delivered diagnoses, ordered tests, interpreted results, and guided people through some of the most frightening moments of...

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Navigating Open Enrollment When You Have Cancer: What to Look for in Your Health Plan cancer survivorship doctor eno advocates health insurance cancer health insurance for cancer care health savings accounts high deductible plans hmo versus ppo insurance tips for cancer patients open enrollment pharmacy tiers specialty care understanding health plans women over 50 women's heart health Nov 14, 2025

The Open Enrollment season for health insurance plans can feel overwhelming even in the best of times.

But when you're undergoing cancer treatment, it can be an emotional rollercoaster filled with an extra bit of uncertainty and mystery. 

And yet, this is one of the most critical times of year to ...

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💬 Why I Chose to Go Flat: A Conversation About Aesthetic Flat Closure and Advocacy aesthetic flat closure breast surgery cancer survivorship flat awareness flat choice going flat independent health advocate informed decisions oncoplastic reduction patient advocacy plastic surgery post mastectomy reconstructive surgery survivorship matters thriving after cancer Aug 22, 2025

After completing six cycles of chemotherapy and three cycles of monoclonal antibody therapy for the treatment of HER2-positive breast cancer, I was faced with the next phase of treatment, which was surgery.  The post-treatment MRI showed resolution of the masses that had been seen initially. 

Early...

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