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My amazing life. Then cancer enters, stage left.

Did you ever feel like your life is heading along in a good direction and suddenly you discover you have lost your map? That’s what happened to Julie Barthels in 2010. She enjoyed a busy career as Clinical Director at a rape crisis center, a part time private therapy practice, a renewed relationship with her partner, and training for a triathlon. Then, an aggressive form of breast cancer showed up. Not sure if she would survive the cancer or the treatment, Julie decided to write a love letter to her two daughters. That letter is the foundation for this book, “I’d Rather Love Life than Hate Cancer”. It weaves the story of Julie’s journey with cancer and how it offered her its own unique gifts and lessons.