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Rethinking Body Image: Remember To Love Yourself
When I first started going on dates and had my first relationship (which wasn’t until sophomore year of college), I was incredibly nervous. Not only was I late in the game compared to many of my peers, but I was also incredibly self-conscious. Sure, I had the same questions running through my head that most girls consider – does he really like me, does he think I’m pretty, will he ask me out again?
Read More...5 Tips For Navigating Sex And Intimacy After Cancer
There are many physical and emotional changes after cancer that can affect sex and intimacy. Read more on ways to cope with and embrace this new normal in your bedroom. This post is for the ladies out there! They are the words no one wants to hear: “You have cancer.”
Read More...Let’s Talk About Sex
This post is brought to us by Jennifer! If you missed her interview with Lacuna Loft, you can find it here! You can find all of her posts here. “Let’s talk about sex, baby. Let’s talk about you and me.”
Read More...Chair Yoga for All!
Using props in restorative yoga can provide support to our bodies as they open up. Blocks, straps, mats, walls, exercise balls, and more are all used during classes.
Read More...A Beginners Look At Yoga As A Young Adult Cancer Survivor
Into my survivorship I have been prone to some anxiety, ranging from triple checking the house before leaving to strong bouts of crying when anything death-of-an-animal/pet crosses my mind.
Read More...Homemade Applesauce
Applesauce is a great and healthy snack whether you’re a caregiver, in treatments, or into survivorship. With help from this video, it took me less than an hour to peel, chop, and cook 6 large apples into a batch of delicious homemade applesauce. I used Jonagold apples but you can use different kinds of apples in the same […]
Read More...Deviled Egg Salad
I have already told you how much I have depended on eggs in the past few years. 🙂 They are a great source of protein and I ate a ton of them while going through chemo. I found them always easy to eat when I didn’t really want to eat anything. You can serve them up […]
Read More...Healthy Eating: Smoothies
I am not a huge lover of vegetables. I eat as many as I’m supposed to most days (emphasis on most though…) but it often seems like a chore.
Read More...Healthy Eating: Healthy Snacking
For the next few weeks, here at Lacuna Loft we’re going to explore some different aspects of healthy eating! We’ll talk about various alternative eating styles, healthy eating on a budget, creative ways to fit all those fruits and veggies into your day, and much more!
Read More...Have You Heard Of Chemo Dates?
Having young adult cancer can definitely put a crimp in your dating life. If you thought dating as a young adult was hard, add in loss of hair, other body changes, fatigue, and everything else cancer brings into the mix and you’ve got an emotionally complicated situation. Everyone deals with this in a different way.
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