Who We Are

Our Founder

Stacy is a native Angeleno and is currently an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist working in Los Angeles. She is a licensed esthetician and former makeup and brow artist with over 30 years of experience in the beauty industry in both LA and NYC. In her spare time, she enjoys hobbies as a singer/songwriter, writer, poet, and animal lover; she’s an avid meditator, yoga practitioner, gardener, and a lifelong student of homeopathy, Chinese medicine, and psychology. She appreciates both Astrology and Human Design, and she holds a research-heavy Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from UCLA and a Master of Science degree in Marriage and Family Therapy at California State University, Northridge. She values balanced, holistic living and has been living with breast cancer for 13 years and metastatic breast cancer and its side effects for 7 years.

In her words ~

I’ve always been curious about spirituality, our human existence, and probing into the deeper realities around being alive. I’m also passionate about my health, and I’ve made a lifelong study of homeopathy, Chinese medicine, Ayurveda, yoga, meditation, and breathwork to support my body and wellbeing. As an avid learner, I’ve nurtured my soul by studying human psychology, alternative healing, and spirituality. I keep myself motivated by learning new things, and I’ve leaned on my creativity: using writing, journaling, poetry, and music as another way to cope and heal through self-expression. Therapy and personal growth have also been incredibly useful for me, and I have used all of these things throughout my journey with cancer to cope with and help support the healing of my body and mind through all the challenges that the cancer experience has brought into my life.

For the last 12 years, I’ve integrated the knowledge gleaned from these modalities, techniques and skills along with my background in beauty and wellness throughout my cancer experience, and funneled that wisdom into helping others. I’ve found great purpose in sharing my experience, strength, and hope, which inspired me to finish my Master’s Degree and work toward becoming a therapist.

I created this website to both shine a spotlight on Lobular Breast Cancer, which is very misunderstood and underfunded in research, and as a place for other breast cancer survivors to find information, meaningful and useful resources, and hope. But many of the resources cited here can apply to anyone going through chemotherapy or radiation for various other types of cancer. This is meant to be an offering from my heart, of my own experiences and the strategies I used during my journey, not as medical advice, but to demonstrate that we can have agency over and influence on our bodies and longevity. While we don’t yet know the cause of cancer, and for many of us a diagnosis will come as quite a shock, I have found that through maturing in the way that I live and express myself, and managing my mental health and body in a more sophisticated and loving way, with the strong hand of research behind me, I have been able to outlive my life expectancy. My hope is that I can create purpose out of my personal journey with cancer through expressing myself and helping others, and that you will find something here that might help you on your own journey with cancer. I wish you peace and, of course, a long life!

Stacy lives and works in Los Angeles, CA, with her partner of 14 years, Erik, and her three cats: Ruby, Olive, and Roxy.