Episode 105: I am my Mother’s Daughter
Real Pink22 Mar 2021

Episode 105: I am my Mother’s Daughter

Most breast cancers are not related to genes or family history. However, if you have been diagnosed with breast cancer, your family members, especially sisters, daughters and mothers may have an increased risk of getting breast cancer. When cancer does affect multiple generations in a family, the impact can be far greater reaching than just the physical symptoms. Our guest today lost her mother to cancer at an impactful time in her life, was diagnosed with breast cancer 7 years ago, and is raising two daughters. Here to share the ways this has impacted her family, as well as how she’s been able to use her experiences to help other people and to build meaningful relationships is Dara Kurtz.

Dara Kurtz is the creator of the popular blog crazyperfectlife.com, with over 200,000 followers from around the world. After going through breast cancer almost 7 years ago, she quit her job as a financial advisor, launched her blog, and wrote her first book Crush Cancer. Her second book just released, I am My Mother’s Daughter: Wisdom on Life, Loss, and Love, It is all about the connection between mothers and daughters from one generation to the next, how to be intentional about growing relationships, and how to create a more meaningful life. Dara is a writer and speaker, and loves sharing her journey to help and inspire others. She lives in Lewisville, North Carolina, with her husband and daughters, loves spending time in nature, and practicing Kundalini yoga.

Special Guest: Dara Kurtz.

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