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Coach Anna
Feb 224 min read
How I survived isolation for radioactive iodine treatment: a recap
Tips for managing isolation as part of radioactive iodine treatment.
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Coach Anna
Sep 19, 20236 min read
The weight of survival: Coping with survivor's guilt after beating cancer twice
I've survived cancer. Twice. And while I'm grateful for this, there's a heavy, haunting feeling deep within me: survivor's guilt.
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Coach Anna
Sep 12, 20235 min read
Back at the gym after cancer forced me into a 2-month hiatus
Life threw me yet another curveball—a second bout with cancer. This time, papillary thyroid carcinoma, diagnosed less than three years after
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Coach Anna
Apr 27, 20231 min read
VODCAST: Words with Coach Isaac of #TheNoExcuseCrew, Pt. 2
In the second half of our conversation, Coach Isaac and I dive deep into how everything boils down to one word: discipline.
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Coach Anna
Apr 23, 20231 min read
VODCAST: Words with Coach Isaac of TNEC - Part 1
GUESS WHAT DROPPED TODAY?!? Part 1 of my conversation with Coach Isaac (IG: @ij_nattypro11) of #TheNoExcuseCrew. In this episode, we go...
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Coach Anna
Mar 16, 20233 min read
All bodies are beautiful, but I need to do this for: Why I am undergoing skin removal surgery
This is where I started: 262 pounds, a few months before giving birth in May 2015. My lowest weight: 131 pounds, after my radical...
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Coach Anna
Jan 17, 20232 min read
I am depressed.
The minute I wake up. A random moment in the day. In my photos on social. Now, as I write this blog post. I often talk about my story as...
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Coach Anna
Jan 17, 20232 min read
You don’t have to go to the gym.
In fact, you can exercise anywhere. Shocking, I know. Don’t get me wrong: I love throwing around heavy shit in the gym. And really, until...
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Coach Anna
Jan 10, 20233 min read
You can’t be a bodybuilder with one kidney... can you?
Even with the added challenges, it is possible to be a one-kidney bodybuilder. It takes honesty, diligence, resilience, time, and intention.
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Coach Anna
Jan 5, 20231 min read
Journaling is not the answer…
...at least not the only one. Transforming your mindset takes more than journal prompts and daily meditation. It involves deep...
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