Transforming Cancer to Courage: Rebuilding Life and Love
Hear profound insights on healing, emotional resilience, and the power of setting boundaries, while reconnecting with yourself and reclaim your life with authenticity and strength.
In this episode of Reinventing the Arena, Relationship Coach Molly Connolly sits down with Dr. Ann Ramsdell, a developmental biologist, life coach, and two-time breast cancer survivor, to discuss her powerful journey of resilience and healing.
Ann shares how her experiences shaped her approach to coaching, integrating science, somatics, and spirituality to guide others through life's toughest challenges.
Together, they explore the importance of boundaries, embracing emotions, and building supportive relationships during and after a cancer diagnosis. This conversation offers valuable insights for anyone navigating adversity and seeking deeper self-connection.
Key Topics Discussed:
Ann's personal journey through two breast cancer diagnoses and the profound life lessons she gained.
The role of emotions as "data" from the body, and how they can guide healing and decision-making.
Practical boundary-setting strategies for maintaining self-respect and harmonizing relationships.
The concept of ring theory for managing support networks and understanding roles during a crisis.
Rebuilding self-relationship and confidence through somatic practices, mirror work, and vulnerability.
Insights into internal family systems, somatic healing, and future-pacing techniques for emotional growth.
How reconnecting with oneself empowers deeper, more authentic connections with others.
Ann’s approach to coaching, blending her scientific background with holistic practices to support clients.
Tune in to be inspired by Ann's transformative story and learn practical strategies for reclaiming life and love after adversity.
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Book recommendations from Dr. Ann Ramsdell:
The Language of Emotions by Karla McLaren
Molecules of Emotion: The Science Behind Mind-Body Medicine by Candance B. Pert, Ph.D.
Finding Your Own North Star by Martha Beck
The Way of Integrity: Finding The Path To Your True Self by Martha Beck
The 5 Personality Patterns by Steven Kessler
Dr. Ann Ramsdell is a free-spirited, crystal-wielding developmental biologist who is fascinated by our origins – physical and metaphysical – and how they shape experiences and outcomes throughout our lives.
In the lab and beyond, Ann’s favorite experiments are the ones that lead us to more wonder and fulfillment. She is a fan of taking playful, imperfect action and has learned from empirical data (aka, “screwing up”) that even missteps help us get to where we want to be.
One of her central beliefs is that joy is everyone's birthright – and that in order to experience it, we have to go out there – as well as deeply in there – to create it.
A proficient pattern detector and problem solver, Ann loves teaching clients how to blend intuition and analytical ability to overcome obvious and not-so-obvious roadblocks emanating from multiple sources including, but not limited to, loved ones, culture, society, and - hold on! - our own beautiful, smart, funny, courageous, and deserving selves.
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