I am honored to share that my story, “Why Not Me?,” will be included in Women With Voices, Volume 1, launching January 23, 2027.

When I was diagnosed with breast cancer at forty-nine, I spent weeks asking, “Why me?” I was healthy, active and doing everything I thought I was supposed to do. Cancer did not seem to fit into the life I had built.

Eventually, the question changed.

Why not me?

That shift did not make cancer fair or easy, but it helped me stop searching for a reason and begin facing what was in front of me. Writing became one of the ways I processed the fear, uncertainty and unexpected lessons that followed.

Since then, my experience with breast cancer—and later follicular lymphoma—has shaped my work as a yoga teacher, writer and cancer advocate. It led me to create Flow for the Fight, teach yoga for people affected by cancer and walk in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day.

Contributing to Women With Voices gives me another opportunity to turn a deeply personal experience into connection. My hope is that someone reading my story will feel seen, understood and a little less alone.

I am grateful to be included alongside other women willing to share their voices and their stories. I look forward to sharing more as the launch approaches.