The Facing the Mirror workshop is designed to support and guide you to comfortably apply makeup that can address the changes you’ve been going through. In this workshop, you will learn how to use makeup as a corrective tool – calmly and with confidence. Learn how to use makeup techniques so that you look like yourself – naturally. Ovitz will walk you through the items you need and the most effective techniques so you can do a fabulous job of applying makeup on your own.

Often a hard topic, this workshop, led by Debra Thaler-DeMers, examines issues related to intimacy and sexuality in the context of a cancer diagnosis. The session will provide participants with practical information as well as resources for dealing with sexual side effects of treatment.

Physical therapist Leslie Waltke will lead this informative talk on the chronic problem of lymphedema that many cancer survivors face after treatment. Waltke will cover why lymphedema occurs, how to minimize the effects of lymphedema, and practices you can take to eliminate lymphedema in your life.

Join long-time survivor, nurse and advocate, Susan Leigh, for this informative session that breaks down exactly what you need to know to get involved in advocacy at any level. The session will detail what you should know about getting started and help you to figure out exactly where you want to fit in the advocacy landscape.

Explore this very popular topic with this informative breakout session lead by Jody Pelusi. The session will address the variety of issues that affect nutrition and general well-being for cancer patients in treatment and those who have completed treatment.

In this interactive session, we will discuss fear of recurrence and how to live when you have that fear by identifying the fears and being aware of what factors trigger fear. We will discuss coping mechanisms people have used successfully to live in a non-fearful way. We encourage you to share how you have dealt with this very serious and difficult aspect of the cancer journey.

Cancer can interfere with couples in a bevy of ways. Survivor Dan Shapiro was 10 years beyond his diagnosis when his wife was diagnosed with breast cancer. This practical breakout session is designed to provide useable strategies for improving couple’s communication. The sometimes funny, sometimes serious session can be attended alone (as a survivor or a spouse) or together. As part of the session, participants will privately identify strategies for addressing relationship issues.

Carole O’Toole will guide participants though the world of complementary cancer therapies by exploring the role and value of complementary modalities, and providing instruction in: researching and selecting the modalities most beneficial for you, finding an effective practitioner, and balancing conventional and complementary treatments. This presentation will also include a review of the more successful and popular complementary treatments used for cancer.

Still a rather new term, “co-survivor” means many different things to those supporting cancer patients and survivors in today’s world. This session is open to co-survivors and their loved ones as John Anduri defines what a co-survivor is and identifies ways co-survivors can excel at supporting a loved one through treatment and into healthy survivorship.

Join Janice Phillips from the University of Chicago Hospitals as she leads a focused breakout session that will discuss a variety of issues that affect African-American women dealing with breast cancer. From the need for early detection to the importance of genetic testing and cultural acceptance, this breakout aims to be a worthwhile resource for African-American women of all ages.

Sit down with several of our most experienced speakers as they take on the always difficult topic of death and dying. You will hear briefly from each panel member before the majority of the session is opened up for your questions.

Dive into the world of young adults with breast cancer as our panel specialists help women to navigate the many questions that come after a young diagnosis including pregnancy after cancer, resources, emotional needs and much more. Panelists will be prepared speak on a variety of topics that affect newly diagnosed young women as well as those in and out of treatment.

Explore options for fighting the issues of Fatigue and Chemobrain that breast cancer patients and survivors face. Our expert speakers will show you how to combat these two side effects and help you to manage your symptoms and improve your quality of life through tips and resources.

A hospice spiritual counselor and survivor, Rev. Jarvis speaks on cancer, death, dying, spirituality and the importance of quality chocolate. She encourages to grow from and through their cancer experience—and to keep on growing when it ends.