Nancy Brier recently relocated to Palm Desert, California with her husband and their 12-year-old daughter. She coaches entrepreneurs and writes about family, cancer, travel, and business. Her own personal experiences with triple negative breast cancer inspires her column at Breast Cancer News, which explores and highlights the fears, issues, and challenges associated with a breast cancer diagnosis.
A cold wind whipped my face as I stood in the back of a pickup truck with my sister and five other women. Rural Guatemala blurred by, the surface of ... Read more
I went down a rabbit hole yesterday. I suspect my husband does it all the time because he’s always coming up with obscure tidbits you’d only discover if you click, ... Read more
I raised my hand and suddenly, life changed. “What the hell were you thinking?” Gary said when I got home. At a meeting, during that awkward silent moment when the ... Read more
I pasted a photo of my husband’s belly into an email and hit send. “That felt odd,” I said out loud to myself. Gary’s belly was the shape of ... Read more
“I had another chemo nap,” I told my husband recently. “I know,” he said. “We ate dinner without you.” That’s when I realized I had slept for four hours. ... Read more
I stood on the beach in Puerto Escondido, Mexico, staring at the ocean early one morning when a stranger crept up behind me, clasped his hand hard over my mouth, ... Read more
I’m in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, living the promise I made to myself on a hospital bed three years ago during breast cancer treatment — a promise to say “yes” ... Read more
Last night, I was awake at three. Still awake at four. It doesn’t happen very often, and I don’t freak out when it does. My husband’s been out of town ... Read more
“You’re name’s not on the schedule,” a lady told me, glancing up from her screen with a question mark. “But I made this appointment six months ago,” I said. “Could ... Read more
