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A Summer Blog Hop from Nancy’s Point

One of the breast cancer blogs I have followed for years is Nancy's Point. Nancy Stordhal, the author of this blog, is very well known in the breast cancer world and posts frequently about her experience with breast cancer, her mother's experience … [Read more...]

August 19, 2019 | By Claudia | Filed Under: breast cancer, breast cancer advocacy, breast cancer resources, chemotherapy, inspiration, mindfulness Tagged With: #inspiration, bloghop, breast cancer, breast cancer blogs, bucket list, mindfulness, travel 10 Comments

The Pets Are Now the Kids, and Other Musings Of An Empty Nester

This is the vision that greets me first thing each morning as I check in on Tucker, our Pembroke Welsh corgi, before I let him outside. His stubby little corgi legs stick straight up in the air when he sleeps in his crate every night and he … [Read more...]

May 29, 2019 | By Claudia | Filed Under: breast cancer, Family, inspiration, Tucker 6 Comments

Attending The National Breast Cancer Coalition Summit in DC

Last weekend I attended the National Breast Cancer Coalition (NBCC) conference in Washington, DC, where I joined with other breast cancer advocates to learn about the amazing work this organization is doing to end breast cancer. When I was … [Read more...]

May 4, 2019 | By Claudia | Filed Under: breast cancer, breast cancer advocacy, breast cancer resources, National Breast Cancer Coalition 2 Comments

How Having Expectations Has Shaped My Existence

One of the things I've learned from breast cancer is to stop spending so much time focusing on expectations and what could be, versus what actually is. Before I had breast cancer, expectations caused me more pain and drama than almost anything in my … [Read more...]

April 4, 2019 | By Claudia | Filed Under: breast cancer, Family, inspiration, mindfulness, soul-feeding Tagged With: breast cancer survival, gratitude, living in the moment, mindfulness 4 Comments

How To Raise Kids In A Tech-Obsessed World

Raising kids in our tech-obsessed world can be challenging. In particular, providing advice via text is an interesting lesson in brevity. I like to talk. I'm verbose. I take a long time to explain things because I like to give lots of examples and … [Read more...]

February 25, 2019 | By Claudia | Filed Under: Family, raising teenagers Tagged With: raising 20 year olds, raising kids in a tech-obsessed world, texting 7 Comments

The Barnes Foundation

It's a lot of fun to have two discretionary days a week to focus on doing things that feed my soul. With that as my mantra, I have been busily filling my Monday's and Friday's with trips that I've wanted to make for years. One of my recent days was a … [Read more...]

February 9, 2019 | By Claudia | Filed Under: breast cancer, breast cancer advocacy, daytrips, mindfulness, soul-feeding, Travel Tagged With: breast cancer, Daytrips, feeding your soul, mindfulness, retirement plans, The Barnes Foundation 2 Comments

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Claudia Schmidt, a working mom with two amazing college age kids, writes about life after her breast cancer experience in February of 2010. Claudia’s work has been featured on BlogHer, BA50 and Midlife Boulevard. She lives in bucolic Clinton, New Jersey with her husband, two teens, their dog (Tucker) and cat (Maverick). Follow her on Twitter @claudoo , Facebook or Pinterest

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