Sexual Health, Hormone Balance, and Surviving Breast Cancer: Feeling Good In Your Skin with Juni Bucher, Ep.74

Juni Bucher joins me on this episode - packed full of tools, tips, and strategies that empower you to feel good in your skin right now!  Juni shares her perspective on the power of making intentional effort to “support ourselves with whole food nutrition, mindfulness and a lot of self-love so that we can achieve incredible joy!” Juni shares her experiences with Hashimoto’s Disease and surviving breast cancer to highlight the purpose and passion behind her mission to help women and men feel lovingly connected to their bodies and have the energy to pursue their dreams.”

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Show Notes for Episode 74: Sexual Health, Hormone Balance, and Surviving Breast Cancer: Feeling Good In Your Skin with Juni Bucher, Ep.74

Episode Timestamp Notes: 

0:00 - I’m chatting with Juni Bucher, Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and Meditation Teacher, specializing in hormone balance, and breast cancer survivorship. As a survivor of breast cancer and Hashimoto's disease, Juni is living proof that a holistic approach to health can heal. She has a virtual nutritional therapy practice in Portland Oregon where she specializes in breast cancer survivorship and hormone balance. She is also a member of the Rose City Sexual Health Collective where she works with other sex positive practitioners to enable people to feel sexy in their skin.

03:30 - Juni and I share a passion for empowering women!! “So many people live the majority of their life uncomfortable in their bodies. I truly believe that when we support ourselves with whole food nutrition, mindfulness and a lot of self-love that we can achieve incredible joy. It is my mission to help women and men feel lovingly connected to their bodies and have the energy to pursue their dreams.”

05:40 - How Juni and I connected.  In the Holistic Business Starter Coaching Community with Shawn Mynar - https://www.shawnmynar.com/ 

07:14 - Juni shares her story.  She was a singer and performing artist and became passionate about health and wellness when she was diagnosed with Hashimoto's disease.  She was able to put her Hashimoto’s in remission with attention to nutrition.

09:38 - At 41 Juni was diagnosed with breast cancer and turned again to healthy food and nutrition to help her through the healing journey.

12:02 - I had a good job, “but I could feel in my being I needed to leave that job…I wanted to live a life by my own design.” – Juni

13:25 - Community of needs; issues in healing that occur during breast cancer diagnosis, treatment, and beyond- for example how to navigate your mastectomy with a romantic partner; issues around Body image, stress management, body changes, and sexual health.  

16:16 - In her virtual practice and upcoming move to join the Rose City Sexual Health Collective in Portland, Oregon, Juni enjoys supporting women and especially breast cancer survivors.  There are many tweaks you can do in your diet to support your healing journey. Rose City Sexual Health Collective: https://rosecitysexualhealth.com/

18:08 - Juni’s podcast: TATA, Cancer! https://www.junibwell.com/podcast 

20:34 - Juni’s free resource: Breast cancer grounding kit: tools to manage emotions related to breast cancer diagnosis and journey containing a guided meditation, soup recipe, and journal prompts. https://www.junibwell.com/freebies 

24:20 - Find Juni on the Insight Timer App where she is a teacher!  https://insig.ht/6vaIt9WEPqb?utm_source=copy_link&utm_medium=live_stream_share 

26:12 - Tuning into your body and paying attention to what you put in your body in order to achieve balance of health.

29:44 - Proactively taking inventory of how our energy aligns with our values in order to achieve and maintain balance and wellness.

36:48 - Juni’s move to Portland to join the Rose City Sexual Health Collective: https://rosecitysexualhealth.com/

38:18 - Podcast recommendation from Juni “So I Married a Sexologist”

46:42 - Podcast episode referenced: Keeping Marriage Fun with My Valentine, Chad - https://www.drlyz.com/blog/podcast-tips-for-keeping-marriage-fun-ep56 

48:52 - Proactively taking time for yourself to pause, reflect, decide on their path while aligning action with our goals and vision.

50:34 - “Fill your well to be well” –JuniBWell

51:48 - Juni talks about the personal essay that she wrote about the first time she revealed her asymmetrical breast in a dating relationship after her mastectomy in Wildfire Magazine: https://www.wildfirecommunity.org/

56:06 - Positive power of self-talk and the self-pep talk!

58:18 - Where can I start to increase my self-love? https://www.drlyz.com/makeover is a FREE resource!! (start your day with loving you!!)

60:40 - FREE resource: Self-Love Dance Party Playlist: https://www.junibwell.com/freebies 

Connect with Juni Bucher: on Instagram @junibwell; 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/junibwell; 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juni-bucher-ntp-86379a239/ 

TikTok @junibwell; 

Insight Timer: https://insig.ht/6vaIt9WEPqb?utm_source=copy_link&utm_medium=live_stream_share 

62:48 - please share this episode with someone that you love!

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FREE RESOURCE: The Self-LOVE Makeover. What is your Self-LOVE Style? 🤍 How do you show yourself love and compassion? 💜 Give yourself some TLC by nurturing yourself - Body, Mind, Heart, Soul, and Spirit - with my FREE Self-LOVE Makeover! https://www.drlyz.com/makeover