Episode 65

"I Found a Lump..."

Published on: 28th October, 2020

Outline:

  • It's Breast Cancer Awareness Month & today's topic: what happens between the time of finding a lump and getting a diagnosis
  • Meet Mona & Elsa who are joining Jenn for today's conversation
  • Addressing Halloween - for Jenn's Halloween tricks & treats, head to social media & podcast FB page/group
  • Jenn's story of finding a lump in her breast
  • Elsa's story of find a lump in her breast
  • Shifting from being a caregiver to needing to an advocate
  • Mona's experience working for a world-renowned pathologist & her role as an advocate for friends (including Jenn & Elsa)
  • The Friend Advocate: pragmatic, helps with phone calls, can sit with you, keeps you going
  • The people who need to know right after a diagnosis & to-do's from Elsa's doctor
  • Key Takeaway: you need someone logical. this is your first phone call. It's hard to do, but ask for help
  • How Mona helped Jenn
  • Elsa leaving her initial doctor appointment, how she handled it with her daughter who was at the doctor with her, the next radiology appointment, second opinion and treatment plan
  • Key Takeaway: importance of a mindfulness practice
  • Step 1: mammogram & ultrasound; step 2: biopsy
  • Key Takeaway: feel on the first
  • What we need to be taught & what we need to be talking about: stats, causes, self-care, self-checks, removing toxins
  • Combining Eastern Medicine & Western Medicine (Elsa's treatment)
  • Importance of belief, not letting fear lead & Elsa's "F-it bucket"
  • Genetic testing
  • Non Profits to know: Bright Pink, You Can Thrive
  • Final thoughts from Mona, Elsa & Jenn
    • if you didn't have that pragmatic person, now you do. It's Jenn.

Quotes:
"Find a time each day to quiet your mind, which helps quiet your body; it's part of the healing process." - Mona Weisberg
"Feel on the first." - Elsa Pine
"Stats used to say 1 in 8 women will get breast cancer...quickly approaching 1 in 7. Genetics cause only 5% of cases." - Elsa Pine
"Western Medicine is not preventative healthcare; it is early detection, at best." - Jenn Trepeck

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About the Podcast

Salad With a Side of Fries Nutrition, Wellness & Weight Loss
What to eat and when to cheat! Let's decipher between all the “diets” out there. You know what to do but it itsn't working. In fact, your diet could be making you fatter.

Ever wondered if cryo-freezing your fat cells would really work? Should you try acupuncture? A hypnotist? If you do, how do you know if someone’s good?

Salad with a Side of Fries is the podcast that will answer all these questions and more! Talking wellness and weight loss for real life, because most of us are going to drink, eat out, skip the grocery store and who wants a life without fries or dessert?! Host Jenn Trepeck’s expertise as an optimal health coach, in practice for over a decade, along with experts in various modalities will clear up the myths, mis-information, bad science and marketing to reveal the truth of HOW TO EAT and HOW TO CHEAT!*



*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This podcast, its content and guests are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

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Jennifer Trepeck

“My passion for nutrition and helping others stems from “kicking my food issues” with my own weight management saga.” ~ Jenn

I believe that the greatest accountability is paying it forward! That’s why I teach the nutrition education we are all supposed to know but no one ever taught us, along with the science behind food, fitness, and health.

After I graduated from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, I founded Better Life Now LLC while working full-time in hedge funds. In 2019, I took my practice from side-hustle to full-time self-employment and launched my podcast, Salad With a Side of Fries. On the show, we offer science-based tips and tricks for how to achieve wellness and weight loss for real life – because who wants a life without fries or dessert?!

Topics we tackle on the podcast include debunking fad diets, food myths, misinformation in marketing, bad science, and general nutrition. I encourage guests whose expertise is different from my own focus on weight management to bring their unique, fact-based perspectives to talk about subjects they are educated in and passionate about.

Due to my decade-long experience of working with clients, I have gained insight into the health and food industry and the how-tos of building a business.

Some specific health and wellness topics I can speak to include debunking fad diets, exposing the BS we are fed by the food and diet industry, how the people around us can positively and negatively impact our health journey, and shifting mindsets in order to overcome inappropriate barometers of success to instead achieve happy, healthy, and meaningful change.

On the subject of business, I can help you by teaching my critical pieces every entrepreneur should know, how to make your side-hustle into your full-time job, ways to sustainably achieve success without burning out, contemporary networking, and how to prioritize wellness while pursuing your projects.

When I find some free time, I’m typically working out at Physique57, discovering hidden gem restaurants in NYC, or traveling to spend time with friends and family.

I’d love to have an in-depth conversation with you, whether it’s leveling up in business or debunking food myths!