Samantha Harris - 18 Sept

Every woman concerned about her health or the health of the women in her life should read Your Healthiest Healthy. Its like talking to an extremely knowledgeable girlfriend. Samantha has done her homework and offers so much great understanding, perspective, and realistic advice. She isnt afraid to hold back, but she still knows how to have a good time. This book will change your life!

KRIS JENNER , bestselling author of Kris Jenner... and All Things Kardashian and In the Kitchen with Kris

What a great read! Your Healthiest Healthy is equally entertaining and enlightening and for newbies and health nuts alike. I especially love how Samantha breaks everything down into small steps to make it all accessible to everyone. This is such an incredible resource for all-around healthy living.

BROOKE BURKE , TV host, wellness guru, author and creator of Brooke Burke Body, and CEO of ModernMom.com

Your Healthiest Healthy is pragmatic and encyclopedic in scope, and I love that it approaches health from so many insightful angles: biological, emotional, interpersonal, and spiritual. This well-researched book features so much great practical advice for anyone who wants to maintain intimate relationships, manage risk for chronic diseases, and live a healthier life.

DREW PINSKY , MD, internist/addictionologist, and bestselling author of The Mirror Effect

This eye-opening and empowering guide provides the essential road map for anyone dealing with a health crisis. Its comprehensive yet conversational, and it will help you live your best, healthiest life every day.

CHRISTINA APPLEGATE , Emmy Awardwinning actress, founder of Right Action for Women, and cancer survivor

Im blown away. What a great thing to put out into the world. If knowledge is power, then Samantha Harris is Wonder Woman. In this book, she has gathered detailed information to give women going through breast cancer a way to take positive control of their situation, from what products or chemicals to avoid to how to find new ways to live a healthy lifestyle through positivity. Samantha shows that you can live a better life even after a shocking diagnosis. Give this book to anyone going through breast cancer and at any stage after. This is going to do so much good for so many women. What an amazingly fabulous book!

RITA WILSON , actress, producer, winner of the Producers Guild of America Visionary Award, and breast cancer survivor

No matter how many times life knocks you down, it takes strength and perseverance to get back up and fight. Your Healthiest Healthy gives you the power to do just that with great stories and helpful tips. Whether you need a little pick me up or a total health overhaul, this invaluable book will transform you into a bona fide fighter and make you feel like a champion.

LAILA ALI , super middleweight and light heavyweight boxing champion and author of Reach! and Food for Life

Your Healthiest Healthy is a shot of pure inspiration. Samanthas powerful, witty journey from cancer diagnosis to hilarious missteps to full recovery is a must-read. Its real, relatable, and research-backed. I strongly recommend it for any woman who wants to make smarter choices for her health. Your Healthiest Healthy is a page-turner that will turn your life around.

RACHEL BELLER , RDN, bestselling author, and CEO of Beller Nutrition Institute

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For my loves who are my life, Michael, Jossie, and Hilly. Because of and for you, I am inspired to be my healthiest self and to help you do the same.

For my mom, Bonnie, and my sister, Aime, because you both love all of me and challenge me always to be my best self.

FOREWORD

As a medical oncologist, I have the privilege and responsibility of interacting with people during one of the most important events in their lives: a new diagnosis of cancer. Their reactions and concerns are as diverse as they are, but some approaches remain common to everyone facing this challenge. Initial questions focus around three major areas:

Prognosis: Can I be cured? Will I need to learn to live with this disease as a chronic illness? Will I die from it?

Treatment: Whats the treatment plan for my disease? How will that treatment impact my life, work, family, and friends?

My Role: What can I do, beyond the role of patient, to help in the treatment of my disease?

Samantha Harris addresses that third question in great depth in this book.

She and I met in 2014 when, as a host for Entertainment Tonight, she interviewed me about Living Proof, a made-for-TV movie starring Harry Connick Jr., playing me, that tells the story of the making of a new breast cancer drug. At that time, I had been doing basic research and clinically practicing medical oncology for some 25 years, and my lab helped discover HER2-positive breast cancer, an important subset of the disease, and also helped in developing Herceptin, a new targeted therapy to treat it.

During our conversation, Samantha shared that she had just faced the challenge of a new breast cancer diagnosis herself. After I discussed the work that my lab had been doing and she told me about her own case, she entrusted her care to my clinic. Her drive, sharp intellect, and intense interest in doing everything she could to improve her health and play an active role in the treatment of her disease struck me immediately. She read about breast cancer voraciously and always asked insightful questions about her case and her treatment plan. She also asked a lot about other subtypes of the disease and about cancer and cancer care in general. She was extremely inquisitive, consistently well-informed, and always dynamically engaged.