...to stop carrying what survival taught you to hold onto?
Lighten the LOAD
A 4-Week Virtual Experience for Women Navigating Life After Breast Cancer
With Karin Del Maestro
August • Live on Zoom
$197 or 2 payments of $99
Already a Thrivership School member?
This experience is already included in your membership. 💜
LET ME GUESS...
Treatment ended and you expected to be celebrating and "back to normal" within weeks? Instead you feel like you've been hit by a train...and nobody seems to understand!
Maybe the load you've been carrying looks like this...
What if this August wasn't
about doing more?
What if it was about carrying less?
Not fixing yourself or trying to become someone different. Not trying harder.
Just...
Putting a little of the weight down.
Imagine...
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Sitting outside with your morning coffee...and actually noticing the birds instead of mentally planning the rest of the day.
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Resting...without spending the next hour feeling guilty.
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Walking into your next follow-up appointment...without it stealing the entire week before.
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Noticing a new ache. You pause. You take a breath...and your mind doesn't immediately race to the worst-case scenario.
Those moments may seem ordinary.
But after everything you've been through...
They're extraordinary.
Because they don't feel like effort.
They feel like...
Relief. And relief changes everything.
WELCOME TO...
Lighten the LOAD
For four weeks...
We'll gently begin putting down what survival asked you to carry.
Not through pressure or perfection.
Not through another list of things you "should" be doing.
We'll do it together. One gentle step at a time.
How would you feel if you climbed into bed...and instead of replaying every conversation...
every decision...everything you forgot to do...you simply fell asleep?
Hey I'm Karin,
For years...I thought recovery meant trying harder.
Eating better.
Exercising more.
Finding the "right" supplements.
Doing everything I could to stay healthy.
And every time I couldn't keep it all going...
I quietly wondered, "What's wrong with me?"
Then I realized something.
We've been taught recovery in the wrong order.
Most recovery advice asks,
"What should you do next?"
I think a better question is...
"What have you been carrying?"
Because after breast cancer, you're often carrying so much that no one else can see.
🛍️ The fear that never seems to switch off.
🛍️ The pressure to get back to normal.
🛍️ The guilt when you need to rest.
🛍️ The responsibility of holding everything together.
🛍️ The little voice that whispers,
"You should be doing more."
No wonder everything feels harder than it should.
Not because you're failing.
Because you've been carrying a load that was never meant to be carried forever.
That's why my philosophy is simple.
Safety First.
When you stop carrying just a little of the invisible load...
...your body begins to exhale.
Choice Always.
When you feel safer...you stop reacting to life.
You begin choosing what you need.
Not what guilt tells you to do.
Not what fear tells you to do.
What you need.
Action Later.
Because healthy habits built on pressure rarely last.
Healthy habits built on safety simply become part of who you are.
That's why I created Lighten the Load.
Not to give you more to do.
But to help you put down what you've been carrying for far too long.
One gentle piece at a time.
Until one day...
You notice something has shifted.
You don't feel like you're constantly holding your breath.
You don't feel like you have to prove you're okay.
You don't feel like you're surviving every moment of every day.
You simply think...
"There I am. I'm starting to feel more like myself again."
That's the journey we'll take together this August.
HERE'S THE DETAILS...
I know that you
love
a good plan
FOUR LIVE 60-MINUTE SESSIONS
We'll come together on Zoom every Tuesday in August.
Nothing to prepare. Bring yourself, your playbook & we'll do the rest together.
7:00 PM Eastern6:00 PM Central
5:00 PM Mountain |4:00 PM Pacific
You can check your timezone here: https://www.worldtimebuddy.com/
Lighten the load playbook
Your playbook for carrying less & feeling more like yourself again. Weekly reflections, gentle practices, and space to capture your own Relief Moments, this isn't another workbook to complete, it's a companion you'll return to whenever life starts feeling heavy again.
CAN'T JOIN LIVE?
No worries. ❤️
Life happens, and this experience is intended to support you, not create more pressure.
You'll have access to each session replay throughout the program
and until September 30, 2026
I THOUGHT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH ME...
"I now realize my body isn't fighting me… it's been trying to tell me something. I thought something was wrong with me. Now I understand my body has been asking for safety all along."
LYNN B. - TN
Lighten the LOAD
The only 4-week live experience designed specifically for women navigating life after breast cancer, helping you gently put down the invisible weight you've been carrying since diagnosis.
😮💨 Relief starts August 4th
Just one hour a week can begin changing how you carry the rest of your week.
Join Us Every Tuesday in August.
7:00 PM ET • 4:00 PM PT
You'll Receive
💛 Four live Zoom, interactive 60-minute experiences where we'll gently put down one layer of the invisible load each week. Bring yourself, your playbook and we'll do the rest together.
📖 The Lighten the LOAD Playbook ~ your companion for the journey, filled with reflections, practical exercises, and gentle reminders to help you carry less and live more.❤️
🎥 Session replays will be available throughout the program and until September 30, 2026, so you can catch up if life gets life-y.
🧡 My Year of Calm Cards (included when you choose the pay-in-full option).
Carry Less Today
$197
One simple payment
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Four live Zoom, interactive 60-minute experiences
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The Lighten the LOAD Playbook
- Session replays will be available throughout the program and until September 30, 2026
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My Year of Calm Cards
(As a Thank You For Paying In Full)
One Step At a Time
$99
2 monthly payments
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our live Zoom, interactive 60-minute experiences
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The Lighten the LOAD Playbook
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Session replays will be available throughout the program and until September 30, 2026
Every week...
We'll put down one more thing survival taught you to carry.
Why these four weeks?
These aren't four random topics.
They're four of the biggest invisible loads I've watched women carry after breast cancer over the past six years.
Every week, we'll gently put down one more thing that survival taught you to carry.
WEEK 1 - WE'LL PUT DOWN What Was Never Yours to Carry
Sometimes the heaviest things we're carrying...were never ours to begin with.
The expectations.
The guilt.
The responsibility for everyone else's feelings.
The pressure to always be "strong."
Imagine what it would feel like if your shoulders felt just a little lighter...😮💨
Together, we'll gently uncover what's yours to carry...and what isn't.
WEEK 2 - WE'LL PUT DOWN Survival Mode
Have you ever finished a conversation...
And wondered...
"Why did I react like that?"
Or wished you could just hide from it all until life felt easier?
Imagine responding in a way that feels more like you.
Together, we'll gently explore why those reactions happen ... and how to create a little more choice the next time.
WEEK 3 - WE'LL Put Down the Mental Overload
If your brain feels like there are fifty tabs open...you're not alone.
Imagine...
Walking into the grocery store...and remembering why you're there.
Finishing a movie...and realizing you actually followed the story.
Reading a few pages of a book...without having to start over.
Those moments may seem small.
But when your mind has felt full for so long...they're anything but.
Together, we'll gently create more space for what matters most.
WEEK 4 - WE'LL Put Down Your Harsh Inner Critic
Maybe you've been hearing that voice...long before cancer.
The one that says...
"You should be doing more."
"Why can't you get it together?"
"You should be further along by now."
After a while...
You stop questioning the voice. You start believing it.
Imagine becoming a softer place to land for yourself.
Together, we'll begin helping a kinder, steadier voice become the one that guides you forward, so you're no longer carrying the extra weight of constant self-criticism.
You might recognize yourself here...
- You finally sit down...and within seconds you're thinking about six other things you should be doing.
- You walk into a room...and can't remember why.
- Someone says, "You look amazing!"...and you smile because it's easier than explaining how hard today has actually been.
- You notice a new ache...and your thoughts immediately go somewhere you wish they didn't.
- You wake up determined to have a good day...and by lunchtime you're wondering where your energy went.
- You cancel lunch with a friend because you're too tired to explain why you're tired.
- You can't remember the last time your mind felt quiet.
- You feel guilty resting.
- You feel guilty saying no.
- You feel guilty that you're not "back to normal".
- Sometimes...you quietly wonder..."Is this just my life now?"
If you found yourself whispering...
"That's me."
I'd love to spend August helping you carry a little less.
SOME MORE RELIEF MOMENTS...
I'M NOT AS MEAN TO MYSELF
"I hear myself talking kinder to myself now... Where I used to hear Karin calming me down, now I hear me."
JEANNE W. - CT
I'M NOT BROKEN
"I finally understand why I react the way I do. It's such a relief to realize that I'm not broken."
A.K. - CA
I'M NOT PUSHING THROUGH ANYMORE
"I'm finally listening to myself instead of just pushing through and abandoning myself."
B.C. - FL
I'm ready to feel lighter today
I'M INBy September...
What if something inside you has shifted?
You drink your coffee while it's still hot.
You laugh more easily.
You rest without apologizing.
You notice beauty again.
You trust yourself a little more.
You breathe a little deeper.
You carry a little less.
And one day...
Without even realizing it...
You catch yourself thinking...
"I feel more like me again."
Imagine a life where cancer is part of your story...not the thing that's still running it.
Let's begin putting some of it down.
Together.
$197 or 2 payments of $99
Already a Thrivership School™ member?
You're already in.
I'd love to spend August with you.
YES... I'M READY TO LIGHTEN THE LOAD
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