In my 100th episode, Angela Crawford shares her journey with breast cancer and how it taught her to advocate in every area of her life.

Angela shares what the journey taught her about herself, how she approached it and how every cancer story is different. She's uplifting and takes away a lot of the fear.

A few of the takeaways include:

1)We have to advocate for our own health. No one else is going to do it for us.

2) If you're going to talk to someone who's gone through the same thing, talk to someone who is going to be a positive influence, not someone who is going to scare you.

3)Every cancer story is different.

4)Sometimes we have to stop listening to other people and get quiet with ourselves. We have go within to figure out our own journey.

5)God puts people in front of us when we need them.

6)Her breast cancer is a bump in the road, one small part in life. It doesn't define her.

7)We're in a stage we're losing our parents, but if we weren't in this stage, we wouldn't be seeing our children grow up and have their own families. It's a cycle.

These are only a few of the many take aways. This is a very special interview. It's inspiring and thoughtful and hopefully like me, you'll walk away feeling more empowered.

Healing Tip described in episode:

We're wired to think negative. When you're feeling stressed or having negative thoughts, make a chart with two columns—draw a line down the middle of a page. On one side, write all those negative, fearful thoughts. One the other side, write down the opposite/positive, hopeful thoughts. All of it is make believe—the positive and the negative. But we're used to rehearsing the negative, so we have to give equal time to the positive.

Once you have your list, rehearse the positive several times a day and visualize it.

More on Angela:

Angela is a communications professional with more 25 years of experience in media relations. Her capabilities include: media relations, strategic planning and execution, special event publicity and new product launches. She is responsible for creating, directing and implementing media relations campaigns resulting in placements with The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, USA Today, Today Show, Newsweek, and Fox Business, among additional national and local outlets throughout the country. She is a hands-on media practitioner who has cultivated and maintained relationships with leading national print and broadcast editors, producers and reporters throughout the course of her career

Angela has worked with clients in a wide breadth of industries, including (but not limited to):

• Professional Services: Law and Accounting
• Health and Medicine/Healthcare including Hospital Groups, Physician Groups, Pharmaceutical and Nutraceutical Companies
• Non-profits
• Food Industry
• Startups and New Product Launches
• Technology (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Aerospace/Space, Lighting, Autonomous Driving)
• Education, Cannabis, Gaming

Angela has strategically planned and executed successful campaigns for both national brands and start-up companies that resulted in top-tier media placements across print, broadcast and online platforms. Her media relations skills have resulted in a strong roster of local and national contacts and her creative approach to PR and social media enables her to develop unique ways of telling her clients’

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The information presented on this podcast is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose or prescribe for any medical or psychological condition, nor to prevent, treat, mitigate or cure any such conditions.