While there, I developed delirium so profound I could not remember any memories from my life: my name, birthdate, or address. I vividly recall a nurse asking me who was the young man at my bedside. It was my son, Brandon. I looked him in the eye and did not know his name or his relationship to me. The name I provided was my father’s, who had passed away the year before. I saw tears form in Brandon’s eyes as I struggled.
The cancer had metastasized into the bone marrow, reached my skull, and pressed on my brain, leading to delirium. Losing access to my own mind was a kind of terror and grief. I feared my brilliance had vanished. I’ve discovered that the body and mind have a remarkable capacity to find their way back — through perseverance, medication, a great medical team, and positive belief.
That journey back taught me: mindset is critical to survival. It is about ownership. Abundance thinking, affirmations, and meditation kept me connected to what was possible. Fear is not weakness; it is a signal. Resilience is not the absence of fear; it’s choosing to move forward anyway.
Travel was part of my rehabilitation. Immersing myself in art and cuisine strengthened synaptic connections and anchored memories that delirium had stripped away. Revisiting Europe with my daughter Alex and the Caribbean further developed my cognitive recall, reconnecting me to the self I sought to reclaim. My approach was intentional and strategic.
I spent more than 30 years in global financial services, building teams, leading multibillion-dollar relationships, and navigating pressure. I am currently on the Advisory Board for GENEIUS, a start-up developing and commercializing innovative autologous adoptive T-cell cancer therapies.
All of that prepared me for this.
I recently wrote Survival Is My Superpower: Diagnosis to Dominance, Thriving Through Stage IV Breast Cancer and Lymphoma — reaching #1 in new releases in both breast cancer and lymphoma within its first week. It speaks to anyone in crisis: the woman trying to remember who she was before the diagnosis, the caregiver providing support. If you are reading this from a place of fear or uncertainty, I wrote this for you. The first step toward
dominance is making a choice.
I am competing in Supermom to benefit the Children’s Miracle
Network, which serves families in children’s hospitals every day — parents who are advocating for their children during a time of crisis. My message of ownership, mindset, and resilience was born in my own fight, but it belongs to them too. My family and friends have supported me at every step of my journey. Every vote supports those families and helps me bring this message to an audience that needs it just as much.
Five years ago, cancer entered
my story. Seven months ago, it returned for an encore. I am still here. Still leading. Still building. Still fighting
Broken. Rebuilt. Thriving.
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