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Living Life Over Cancer 
with Betty Jean Aucoin, Author of RISE.
Hope, resilience, and practical wellness for those navigating cancer and life beyond diagnosis.

Finding strength, clarity, and hope through mindset, movement, nourishment, and advocacy, while living with Stage IV breast cancer.

RISE is a heart-centred guide rooted in lived experience, offering integrative tools that support cancer resilience, self-advocacy, and mindful daily living.

Start your journey here.

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Meet Betty Jean 

Author. Speaker. Founder of Living Life Over Cancer

I am a Stage IV breast cancer thriver and integrative wellness advocate who chose not only to survive, but to live intentionally.

 

Through mindset, nourishment, movement, and self-advocacy, I focus on daily practices that build cancer resilience in the face of uncertainty.

 

As the author of RISE: Living Life Over Cancer, I share practical tools and lived experience to support survivors, caregivers, and anyone seeking grounded strength while navigating cancer or survivorship.

 

Self-care is the new Health Care.

The book that inspired the Living Life Over Cancer.

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A memoir and practical guide for living well alongside cancer.

RISE
Living Life Over Cancer 

​The book that inspired the Living Life Over Cancer movement

A powerful and practical guide to navigating Stage IV breast cancer with clarity, resilience, and self-compassion.

 

A thoughtful and practical memoir rooted in lived experience, offering readers tools to face cancer with strategy, resilience, and self-compassion.

— Reader’s Favorite, International Book Review Organization

An inspiring companion for navigating cancer and survivorship with clarity, courage, and hope.

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​Available on Amazon (Canada, US, UK, and Australia)

Integrative Cancer Support & Survivorship Insights

Stories of resilience, integrative living, nourishment, movement, and hope shared from lived experience.

Self-Care is the New Health Care

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A companion reflection on living well with cancer and cultivating resilience through daily practice.

Wellness insights, mindful recipes, movement practices, and events designed to support living well with cancer.

Pura Vida Plates 

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Simple, nourishing meals paired with reflections for living well during and beyond cancer.

Self Care 

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Practical reflections and tools for cultivating resilience and self-care.

    Mindfulness Practice 

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Guided mindfulness practices to build calm, clarity, and grounded strength.

Let That Sh*t Go

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Lessons in releasing stress, embracing presence, and living the Pura Vida way.

Want practical tools for living well with cancer? 

What Readers Are Saying About Rise

“In a culture where the word ‘cancer’ is often spoken in hushed tones, Betty Jean uses her powerful voice to empower others to take charge of their health. Her journey from diagnosis to NEAD turns fear into hope and offers practical tools anyone can apply to their own wellness.”

Kelly Humphries 
Registered Psychologist and Owner of Threshold Psychology 

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