Rachel PetersonWhy I Ran 100 MilesI think most endurance athletes would tell you the longer you choose to push your body, the more demons you have to outrun. Setting out for…4 min read·Aug 8, 2022----
Rachel PetersonBreast Kept Secrets: Why I Removed My Ovaries at Age 29Earlier this week, I had a bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. In layman’s terms: I had both of my ovaries and fallopian tubes removed. What…4 min read·Nov 8, 2021----
Rachel PetersonBreast Kept Secrets: The Truth About Surviving CancerI haven’t written as much about post-cancer life and survivorship. And it’s not because I don’t have anything to write about. It’s the…5 min read·Dec 15, 2020----
Rachel PetersonBreast Kept Secrets: One Year Cancer Free“Rachel. This is Dr. Walling. I couldn’t wait to tell you this news. Your pathology came back. There is no evidence of disease. You are…3 min read·Jul 31, 2020----
Rachel PetersonBreast Kept Secrets: It’s OK to Just SurviveI’ve tried to put pen to paper for many days. Each piece I begin feels unimportant, mundane, repetitive. I don’t know how to fit my voice…3 min read·Apr 13, 2020----
Rachel PetersonBreast Kept Secrets: Comfortable CoastingOne of my favorite books is Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari. It’s this beautiful amalgamation of humor and sociological insight about the…3 min read·Jan 23, 2020----
Rachel PetersonBreast Kept Secrets: Time Doesn’t Heal All WoundsI’ve been silent for a long while now. And I think the general assumption when silence happens after something traumatic is that life has…3 min read·Oct 30, 2019----
Rachel PetersonWhy I Took Topless Photos After My Mastectomy6:30 AM. I am fully robed. Sitting on the cold, wet sand looking out over a foggy Elk Lake. I am sitting next to Whitney. Her arm is…4 min read·Sep 10, 2019----
Rachel PetersonBreast Kept Secrets: My Perfectly Imperfect BodyBreast Kept Secret #16: Your Body After Cancer is Perfectly Imperfect3 min read·Aug 27, 2019----
