As HAPPY as you are THAT THE CANCER IS GONE, you're not quite ready to just "go live your life." You need to repair the collateral damage that a breast cancer diagnosis, treatment, and side effects have caused.
Your "pre-cancer self" appreciated nature and loved to explore new places and things. You were able to focus, plan and organize. You didn't need a lot of handholding to get things done.
But now you're in the land of the unknown. You're not the same person you used to be, you're worried you might do something wrong and your doctor didn't give you any kind of post-treatment survivorship plan or instruction.
You're a disciplined self-starter, but there are too many side effects to address at once. This can be overwhelming and leave you feeling lost and confused.
They get out of survival mode and into recovery mode in one step:
they create a custom purpose-driven, nature-based
breast cancer recovery plan.
It takes place on a weekday back in 2018. It includes the words “you’re done” and how feeling “lost” can turn into the best thing to ever happen to you.
Once upon a time, I was sitting in my oncologist’s office for my final appointment. Everyone was smiling because I had finished active treatment and my breast cancer was gone. I survived it all and it was time to celebrate. The doctor said, “Congratulations, you’re done! Go live your life and I’ll see you in 3 months.”
But...I’d been seeing my doctor once or twice a week since 2013. He was my safety net in case I had a question or a random pain or symptom. He would check me out and reassure me that I was okay. I still had all the same symptoms and fears, so how was I supposed to function and manage them all without him?
I remember saying, “I’m not the same person I was before cancer. I don’t know myself in this place.”
Cue the ISOLATION, OVERWHELM, and CONFUSION of how to cope with my trauma and discomfort while feeling pressured to hold it all together and just be grateful that I was done so I could move on and go live my life.
I remember thinking to myself, “This is hard, way harder than treatment. There’s no care plan or support for how to cope with this. How am I going to reconnect with myself and my body again? I want to live my life to the fullest, so how am I going to help myself recover?” I felt lost.
I'd been through breast cancer recovery two other times! It was time for me to tap my nature-lovin’ science girl roots and research everything I’d done in the past that worked, so could feel whole again.
I was an earth science professional before all of this, so I used my science background and analyzed years of doctors’ notes, therapy sessions, survivorship programs, oncology nutrition consultations, Cancer Exercise Specialist programs, and physical and occupational therapy progress.
I studied countless journal entries about my thoughts, fears, energy levels, side effects, and improvements. I reviewed spiritual teachings from my gurus in yoga, breathwork, and mindful meditation.
I discovered successful patterns over time and realized that the one common theme throughout my recovery was time in nature.
I dove deep into the scientific studies about the effects of nature on health. I learned about the benefits that nature has on pain, stress, brain fog, anxiety, mood, and nutrition.
The science showed that nature-based experiences helped relieve side effects and I knew what I always had – that connecting to nature would allow me to have a fun adventure WHILE I recovered.
I had figured out a way to create a nature-based breast cancer recovery plan that worked for any kind of survivorship goal. That’s when I created Think Outside (the boob): Breast Cancer Recovery Program.
What I didn’t realize then, was that feeling LOST helped me get clear on my direction.
▶ There's a way to feel empowered, create a sense of purpose, manage your fears, feel lighter, and move forward in your recovery.
▶ You can create a better quality of life, rediscover yourself and make your recovery an opportunity for joy and new experiences.
▶ There's a big difference between recovering after breast cancer and recovering after breast cancer with a program and a plan.
DO DIFFERENTLY...
Reframe their mindset and approach to life
Look for patterns in energy and create a General Schedule
Establish what problem to focus on first and why
Rest when they need it
Reward their progress
In their own space
At their own pace
With community and support when they need it
And a step-by-step game plan customized to their side effects, energy levels, hobbies, and bucket list items
Learn how to relieve side effects
Reconnect to their body after treatment
Improve physical, mental, social, emotional, and spiritual health
Manage energy levels and avoid exhaustion
▶ “There’s no support post-treatment, I feel lost and abandoned.”
▶ "I’m like an 80-year-old in a 40-year-old body. I want to live life to the fullest, but my bones hurt, my muscles ache and I’m so tired."
▶ “I'm afraid to move forward out of fear of recurrence. My anxiety is off the charts and I feel stuck, maybe even a bit depressed.”
▶ “I'm just not back to normal yet. Will I ever be? Is this my new normal?”
▶ “My body doesn’t work the way it used to. I’m having a really difficult time.”
▶ “I’ve tried so many things, but I just don’t know what to focus on and I don’t want to do anything wrong. I feel like I don’t have control over my health or my life. I can’t take it anymore.”
▶ “I feel stronger in every way: physically, mentally, socially-emotionally, and spiritually."
▶ “I feel like I’ve been given a gift! I feel energetic, clear-minded, and like I can go with the flow again.”
▶ "I’m creating again! Not only that, but I'm able to organize my time and be more present with myself and others. I’m making new connections and loving humanity. Life feels so much lighter.”
▶ “I’m enjoying all life’s opportunities. I feel liberated, fit, healthy, free, and comfortable.”
▶ “I finally found something to help me move forward - with confidence - that incorporates my love for nature.”
Take control of your recovery, improve your side effects and symptoms, create a sense of purpose, and save years of expensive trial and error.
Creating a breast cancer recovery plan is one of the most empowering and liberating steps you can take.
You’ll create a better quality of life, rediscover yourself and make your recovery an opportunity for joy and new experiences.
Whether you're just out of active treatment, fully recovered after surgery, or you've been trying different ways to recover from side effects on your own for a while, Think Outside (the boob) can help.
This FREE 9-week downloadable self-study course composed of audio and video lessons provides The 3 Vital Elements to a successful breast cancer recovery.
Define your Survivorship Goals, establish what you want to work on first and why, so you can learn how to recover from your side effects from the start - with purpose.
Get the right things done in the right order. Follow the proven step-by-step program, so you have peace of mind knowing that you don't have to figure this out all by yourself.
Maximize your recovery time and results. Streamline the creation of your custom plan. Access an online community and get support when you need it. Get your questions answered and stay accountable so you don't get stuck.
Think Outside (the boob) has 9 modules designed to give you exactly what you need to create a recovery plan and recover after breast cancer - without feeling abandoned or lost.
With a foundation for recovery, you can learn to turn toward health and vitality.
NARROW DOWN YOUR SIDE EFFECTS so you know which one to work on first. Clarify what's bothering you the most after breast cancer and set your first Survivorship Goal. You'll also learn how to:
✔ Use the general framework of the program
✔ Break down your symptoms into four health categories, so that you can LESSEN YOUR OVERWHELM
✔ Use stress levels as a way to rank your concerns
✔ Identify your number one concern so you know what side effect to focus on first in your recovery.
Your plan will now have a focus so that you can move forward and recover successfully.
Reframe your thinking to accept and discover who you are now.
Get into a RECOVERY MINDSET. There's no going back. Only moving forward. Reconnect with yourself after breast cancer. Envision the results you want, your happy place in nature, and what you believe you're capable of. In this Module, you'll learn how to:
✔ Treat your recovery like an experiment so that you can learn what works and what doesn’t work for you now, without judgment
✔ Learn to track your energy levels and patterns. This way you can work with your changing energy and not exhaust yourself
✔ Discover what time in nature means to you, so that you can reconnect to who you are now
✔ Schedule time for this program, time in nature, and time for rest, so you can stay energized and recover
✔ Get clear on the results you want out of your recovery plan - and why you want them
✔ Integrate your bigger “why” into your recovery for greater meaning and impact
Discover a sense of purpose and begin to reconnect to yourself and the world around you after breast cancer.
You get a second chance to decide what paths you’d like to take in this wild and precious life.
Relieve stress and increase your energy and motivation by creating a SENSE OF PURPOSE. Get clarity and direction on how to find new things you’d like to try. You’ll also:
✔ Brainstorm things you’d like to try in a way that brings excitement, not confusion
✔ Complete your second Survivorship Goal and choose one thing you’d like to try
✔ Successfully jumpstart your recovery with a Mini Action Plan
✔ Create the first section of your personal Breast Cancer Recovery Plan
✔ Learn flexibility and how to empower yourself if you hit a speedbump along the way
Discover something you hope to accomplish and get unstuck. Learn about what you like and what you don’t after breast cancer. Use what works and move forward with your plan.
Adding nature to your plan is the key to recovery
Find the nature fix to your side effect. SAVE MONEY AND REDUCE YOUR SIDE EFFECTS with time in nature. Then learn how to add a therapeutic nature experience to your life. You’ll also:
✔ Discover why nature is now being prescribed by doctors in addition to any medication
✔ Compare the restorative effects of nature on your body and lifestyle to the effects of medication (side effects, risks, dosage, and cost) over time.
✔ Learn the best time for you to connect to nature, so that you won’t exhaust yourself
✔ Plan and enjoy a nature-based experience that automatically relieves your side effects
✔ Acknowledge your time spent in nature and celebrate your progress
Over 400 studies have shown that restorative nature experiences help with everything from stress, hormones, weight gain, digestive issues, immunity, and joint pain to fatigue, depression and anxiety, PTSD, and brain fog.
In other words, there is a nature fix for your side effects.
Nature-based experiences help you know yourself in this space you’re in right now. They help you feel present in your body, both inside and out.
Celebrate what your body *can* do with EXERCISE. Discover the ground that holds you up, begin to TRUST your framework again, and feel yourself move forward in your recovery using techniques approved by my Cancer Exercise Specialist (CES).
Repair your gut and your body from within with proper NUTRITION. Use quick, easy RECIPES approved for breast cancer patients by my Registered Oncology Nutritionist. You’ll also:
✔ Discover what your body CAN do using the concept of functional fitness
✔ Watch a demo on how to use the All Trails app and find trails that work for your needs
✔ Discover ways to find your fun in nature
✔ Choose and plan an activity for your body’s abilities as it recovers
✔ Repair your gut with protective foods and watch the swelling, joint pain, digestive problems, and fatigue go down
✔ Understand quality foods and what your meal plate might look like
✔ Learn the Plan-Purchase-Prep Method to keep life simple and nourish with nature
✔ Get 7 quick easy breakfast recipes to get started
✔ Use the Practices in Nature Tracker to note your patterns and progress without judgment or shame
Begin to trust your body again. Feel present in your body and remember what it’s like to take up space. Repair, rebuild, and restore your body on the inside. Move forward in your recovery.
Connecting to nature reduces stress and anxiety and relieves depression. It creates a sense of joy and connection to something greater than yourself and improves your sense of well-being.
Learn how to notice and be present with your feelings, so that you can process your emotions and LIFT YOUR SPIRITS up the Emotional Guidance Scale. WORK WITH SCANXIETY, POST TRAUMATIC STRESS, AND FEAR OF RECURRENCE in a way that allows you to exist in your body and not constantly be in a state of fear. You’ll also:
✔ Understand what it means to “just be” and how to “stay present”
✔ Notice your emotions and get curious about them, so that you can process them and move forward on your road to recovery
✔ Get a new tool that takes you from fear to joy, reduces stress, and helps you recover
✔ Learn 3 practices that boost your mood by connecting to nature and reducing stress
✔ Apply the RAIN method to help calm your fears, and get you out of survival mode and back into recovery mode
✔ Get a curated list of Low-to-No Cost Nature-Based Experiences for Breast Cancer Recovery
Know how to recognize your emotions and stay present with them, so you can successfully process through the darkness, “scanxiety”, Post Traumatic Stress, and fear of recurrence.
Reduce your mental exhaustion and help the brain fog clear.
You can still connect to nature and recover WITHOUT EXHAUSTION even if your energy levels are unpredictable.
Discover who you are now and get started on a recovery plan specific to YOUR needs and energy levels. Surround yourself with nature despite brain fog or fatigue. You’ll also:
✔ Take the “What’s Your Energy Level Quiz”
✔ Discover your Nature Type and learn to create nature experiences that leave you ENERGIZED, NOT EXHAUSTED.
✔ Get a list of nature activities for your Nature Type so you don’t have to try to remember what activities to do
✔ Write your own customized Nature Prescription based on your side effects, needs, nature-fix, interests, energy, and concerns
✔ Complete the 2nd section of your personal plan, so you can GET A FRAMEWORK AND MORE STRUCTURE to help yourself recover
Do what the doctors do: prescribe yourself time in nature. Experience the restorative effects of nature indoors, and outdoors, AND on high-energy and low-energy days.
Prepare to “fill” your Nature Prescription and make your life a therapeutic adventure.
COMPLETE YOUR CUSTOM PLAN and set yourself up to take the road to recovery one step at a time – and on your own timeline. You’ll also:
✔ Use strategies that help achieve your milestone by creating a checklist of small, manageable, attainable steps
✔ Understand the importance of rest and rewards, and feel EMPOWERED as you discover what works
✔ Learn how to pick rewards that motivate and inspire, and add them to your Final Recovery Plan
✔ Get 40 reward ideas to help you celebrate your progress
✔ Get 6 RECOVERY PLAN BLUEPRINTS that help you create the steps you need to lead you to your milestone ADVENTURE
By the end of this module, you’ll have a purpose-driven Final Recovery Plan – a CUSTOMIZED COURSE OF ACTION that considers your time, energy, survivorship goals, and nature prescription that keeps you in recovery mode and out of survival mode.
Feel empowered and inspired. If you remain FLEXIBLE and open to life’s constant changes, this planning strategy can free you from unnecessary stress.
Learn to accomplish tasks each week to AVOID OVERWHELM honor your symptoms, rest, and reward yourself WITHOUT GUILT. Then pause, re-evaluate, and update your recovery plan to stay successful. You’ll also:
✔ Use your Nature Prescription to ease your side effects and recharge in nature
✔ Get a Weekly Planner that allows you to listen to your body each day and stay flexible with your time and tasks
✔ Properly rest and reward yourself to maintain energy and motivation without feeling lazy or selfish
✔ Make a Success List of all the progress you’ve made - celebrate how far you’ve come
✔ Get checklists to quickly update your Nature Prescription or Recovery Plan to match your energy levels and Survivorship Goals.
You planned your work and now you get to work on your plan. Put your Breast Cancer Recovery Plan and Nature Prescription into action, and have a therapeutic adventure – even when your life is unpredictable!
- Best Value -
IT'S FOREVER FREE!
You've made it this far, Superstar.
You don't need more financial stress to slow down your recovery after breast cancer!
My mission is to help as many people as possible recover after breast cancer and live life to its fullest. This is how I can do that.
It's my gift to you.
Struggling to figure out how you're going to follow through with this program and your recovery?
Have you ever had someone say something insensitive to you about your breast cancer experience?
Life happens and sometimes certain events or conversations can trip you up and cause you to de-rail.
This Bonus Bundle will help you create an accountability plan and teach you how to improve relationships, get more support, and ADDRESS THE 16 MOST COMMON MINIMIZING REMARKS PEOPLE SAY.
If you're worried about getting off track in your recovery or having an uncomfortable conversation about breast cancer, this bonus will:
✔ Cover 4 strategies to stay accountable to yourself and others
✔ Give clarity on weekly action steps and how to make them convenient for you
✔ Give you the 6 steps you need to move through the pain of an insensitive remark
✔ Help you plan your conversations ahead of time
✔ Allow you to practice communicating your expectations and boundaries by writing honest responses to common shocking remarks
WHAT YOU'LL RECEIVE:
▶ 2 audio training modules that help you stay on track when certain events or people trip you up
▶ 16 DONE-FOR-YOU SCRIPTS ON HOW TO ADDRESS THE MOST COMMON INSENSITIVE REMARKS and guide you through difficult conversations
▶ General ACCOUNTABILITY PLAN worksheet that gives you all the steps you need to keep moving forward
▶ Weekly Planner that allows you to stay flexible with your tasks
Take back control over your fears about food after breast cancer. You've heard all kinds of conflicting messages about dairy, meat, fruit, sugar, and alcohol intake.
You worry about foods conflicting with your hormones and medication. This Bonus Session will help you feel reconnected to your body and manage food without worry.
In this 1-hour interview between Kimberly Ottensmeyer NP and Oncology Nutritionist Natalie Ledesma MS, RDN, CSO, CLT you'll:
✔ Discover which food myths are true or false
✔ Learn whether Intermittent Fasting vs. Keto vs. Plant-Based vs. Alkaline and other diets are helpful
✔ Debunk myths about sugar and fruit
✔ Get clear about alcohol and cancer
✔ Get informed about inflammation and its side effects
✔ Learn the truth about supplements
✔ Understand spices and supplements
YOU'LL GET:
▶ Access to the podcast audio and YouTube video interviews
▶ An exclusive, downloadable, time-stamped PDF that highlights when each topic of interest is discussed, so you can save time and skip right to the one you want
Struggling to figure out where to start in your exercise plan after breast cancer? Need to know when it's safe to ramp up your workout as you get stronger?
If you're drowning in discouragement, this Masterclass will help you start the right activities that safely work for you.
In this audio and video Masterclass, Cancer Exercise Specialist Kimberly Thompson (CES) will lead you through:
✔ Scheduling basics, so that you can get outside without getting stressed
✔ Breathwork practice to help stay focused and calm, and to help your lymphatic and immune systems
✔ Range of motion movements that save and strengthen your back, shoulders, and chest
✔ How to create a positive affirmation that inspires your routine and recovery program
WHAT YOU'LL RECEIVE:
▶ A downloadable slideshow PDF with audio files and video exercise demonstrations
▶ Video demonstrations that show you exactly what activities will help you recover and how to do them safely
▶ The Ramp Up Your Exercise toolbox of detailed workout plans that include more movement and resistance training as you grow stronger
- Best Value -
IT'S FOREVER FREE!
You've made it this far, Superstar.
You don't need more financial stress to slow down your recovery after breast cancer!
My mission is to help as many people as possible recover after breast cancer and live life to its fullest. This is how I can do that.
It's my gift to you.
"I was not the same person after breast cancer. I knew I could not just go back to "normal life" and felt lost.
With this program, I have discovered who I am now and have accepted the new me.
I have learned how to choose activities to match my energy levels and have learned how to plan rest into my day without feeling selfish.
Not only have I learned how to move forward in my recovery, but this program has given me a tool I can use over and over to tackle other stressors and side effects.”
Jodi Lyons
Hope, Rhode Island
"Plus, the Think Outside (the boob) Program Fundamentals touched on many symptoms I’ve had personally, so I felt the program could really help me.
Now, I’m so much stronger than I was a few months ago and I am feeling very positive about exercise and movement!
My whole family is spending more time together out in nature. It is making all of us happy! I feel lighter as I am more aware of and more careful about what I am doing with and putting into my body.”
Kathy Egan
Astoria, New York
"I was able to plan and spend a weekend in Yosemite National Park and I feel energetic, peaceful, and happy-tired!”
Parul Khare
Bay Area Young Survivors Past President & Science and Math Teacher
San Francisco, California
"At first, I was unsure of Christi’s training and credentials, but her life experience sold me.
By the first module of the program, I was more aware of my underlying stress levels, and already thinking about setting specific goals for recovery and adventure.”
Yvonne Greidanus
Colorado, USA
The internet is full of distractions, but not Think Outside (the boob). You get to download your materials and work when and where you want.
There are no obligations to social media, just help and support when you need it. Create your personal plan, maximize recovery time and results, and plan a nature-based mini-adventure minus the pressure and noise.
Train with someone who’s built themselves back up after 3 breast cancer diagnoses. What you’ll learn here is based on experience, not theory.
This program has been successfully tested and proven by breast cancer patients and approved by Oncology Nutritionist, Natalie Ledesma and Cancer Exercise Specialist, Kimberly Thompson. If you don’t feel it’s a right fit, that's okay because there's ZERO financial risk. There’s nothing to lose and everything to gain!
▶ Identify as a “self-starter.”
▶ Know in your bones you can do this - that all you need is a clear action plan that gives you control
▶ Want to save years of trying to figure it out yourself
▶ Are an independent learner who doesn’t need a lot of handholding to get things done
▶ Are willing to embrace the motto Recovery Is Discovery and learn by doing
▶ Are ready to take control of your recovery and your quality of life - and live with vitality
▶ Prefer 1:1 coaching
▶ Want medical advice about medication prescriptions, supplements, medical treatments, or procedures
▶ Need individualized feedback before taking action
▶ Let small decisions keep you stuck rather than dive in, get messy, and do the work
It's my gift to you.
You've made it this far, Superstar.
You don't need additional financial stress to slow down your recovery after breast cancer!
My mission is to help as many people as possible recover and live life to its fullest. This is how I can do that.
Your Think Outside (the boob) Breast Cancer Recovery Program starts immediately, once you click the “Get Started With Your Program Now” button above. Once you click the button above, you’ll be taken to our secure checkout.
After your registration is complete, you’ll be sent an email receipt and a welcome email that goes over some basic housekeeping and policies about the program.
After you read your welcome email, you can expect to read the Quick Start content via email so you can get started on the program.
Then tomorrow, you’ll get another email from me with all of the Think Outside (the boob) Breast Cancer Recovery Program content. It will have all of the instructions and details you need to download your program Modules and Bonuses.
Cheers,
Christi
Founder and Mentor
Think Outside (the boob)
YES! If you’re no longer in primary active treatment like chemotherapy or radiation therapy (hormone therapy is okay) and you've recovered from any recent surgery, this will work for you.
Even if you're inbetween treatments and feel like you're in a recovery phase, there are ways to apply this program. Pretty-please don't waste any time trying to figure out this next step alone.
Think Outside (the boob) takes you by the hand and walks you through how to figure out what to focus on first. Then you'll work through the 3-part system to create a personalized breast cancer recovery plan. Then you'll learn how to confidently implement your plan in a way that’s flexible to your specific needs each day.
Think of the Think Outside (the boob) Breast Cancer Recovery Program as the must-take next best move in starting your care plan after treatment ends.
Think Outside (the boob) takes you by the hand and walks you through how to figure out what to focus on first. Then you'll work through the 3-part system to create a personalized breast cancer recovery plan. Then you'll learn how to confidently implement your plan in a way that’s flexible to your specific needs each day.
Think of the Think Outside (the boob) Breast Cancer Recovery Program as the must-take next best move in starting your care plan after treatment ends.
Absolutely. The reason the program specifies ages 35 and up is because it covers issues related to those more specific to the 35+ age group. Most patients 35 and up were in the prime of their career pre-diagnosis, juggling taking care of their parents, their children, or both, and coming to terms with medical menopause over infertility. If you identify with any of these then Think Outside (the boob) is for you, regardless of age.
The good news is that over 400 studies show that nature is restorative. It doesn't matter if you're looking out the kitchen window at your garden, or if you're hiking a trail. Science has now caught up with what you've known all along: time in nature has positive effects on your physical and mental well-being.
Time in nature doesn't have to be outside. Connecting to nature can happen in the kitchen, on the couch, and with your pets. It can happen with natural scenery, colors, spices, plant-based foods, scents, and sounds.
Think Outside (the boob) gives you idea guides and a list of ways you can connect to nature indoors, so you can be successful in your recovery.
It really depends on where you are in your life and your recovery right now. Maybe you’re working full or part-time, maybe you have kids at home, maybe you’re caring for elderly parents, or maybe your breast cancer recovery is your full-time job.
Putting in X number of hours isn’t going to guarantee you success. It’s knowing what to do during the time you do have. It’s being able to focus on one small task at a time and get it done so that you are productive.
The first part of Think Outside (the boob) teaches you how to do this and sets you up to be successful throughout the program.
AND DISCOVER YOUR NATURE TYPE!
Get a curated list of experiences that repair the damage after breast cancer and recharge you, not exhaust you.
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