Body 2.0: Finding My Edge Through Loss and Mastectomy

Hammerbacher Haapala, Krista

ISBN 10: 1631521314 / ISBN 13: 9781631521317

Published by She Writes Press, 2016

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Body 2.0: Finding My Edge Through Loss and Mastectomy
• Publisher: She Writes Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1631521314
• ISBN 13: 9781631521317
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

To honor her mother's deathbed advice to head off breast cancer to “be there” for her boys, Krista Hammerbacher Haapala chose to trade healthy breasts for longevity and peace of mind. In Body 2.0, Haapala chronicles the personal research, medical process, bodily changes, and the emotional toll involved in the more than two-year odyssey of what she referred to as her “Body 2.0 vision quest.” Through it all, Haapala shares her insights for living awake during even the darkest times, and captures the raw ebbs and flows she and her family experience in the face of her wrenching decision. She takes on body image, the sexualization of breast cancer, motherhood, and maternal relationships, as well as how to sustain an intimate, loving partnership. An unflinching, irreverent take on preventative double mastectomy, Body 2.0 is a guide to reframing adversity, finding inspiration, and shaping your own life.

About the Author

Krista Hammerbacher Haapala is a passion instigator. As a personal, relationship, and sexuality coach, she supports humans of every stripe in creating fiercely fulfilling lives. Haapala finds her own edge daily as a mountain biker, CrossFitter, sailor, and a poet. She lives a few steps from the woods in Maine, and is the mama of two sons and partner to her love, Brian.