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Posts by Brenna Mavis Anderson

Brenna Mavis Anderson is a Trauma-Informed Embodiment coach. She has been trained through the Tantric Institute of Integrated Sexuality. However, her real training has been in life and in her deep hunger to heal and transform the disempowerment in herself into a voice to help others. She uses a unique combination of guided visualizations, self-inquiry, exercise, nervous system, and fascia work to help clients process, heal, and grow.

How a Cancer Misdiagnosis Helped Me Face and Heal from Health Anxiety

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“Trust yourself. You’ve survived a lot, and you’ll survive whatever is coming.” ~Robert Tew

“I have bad news. I am sorry. You have cancer.”

Sitting in the cold, clinical doctor’s office on a snowy, cloudy January day in Chicago, I was six months postpartum with my daughter, and I felt like I had woken up in a nightmare.

My husband had gone to work that day when I was supposed to have my stitches removed after the laparoscopic surgery to remove a large cyst, so I was alone with my daughter.

When Dr. Foley entered the room, I took one …