THURSDAY, Aug. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Shelley Volz, now 59, got the news about her breast cancer diagnosis 10 years ago, right before she was headed from San Francisco to New York for the wedding of her younger brother.

After much thought, she decided to tell only her mother before the wedding and to hold off telling other family members. "My mother had a typical mother's reaction, tears and hugs, and we moved on," Volz said. "She really appreciated the fact that I didn't want to steal the limelight there."

It's hard to separate emotions from the body and what's more important is that you communicate what you're feeling with your doctor if you're feeling ill. According to familydoctor.org, this is known as the mind/body connection. Here are a few symptoms that may be tied to emotions:

* Back pain
* Change in appetite
* Chest pain
* Constipation or diarrhea
* Dry mouth
* Extreme tiredness
* General aches and pains
* Headaches
* High blood pressure
* Insomnia (trouble sleeping)
* Lightheadedness

My favorite bumper sticker:

Don't Believe Everything You Think

We all know these "tips" below, but how many of us still fall into the trap of negative thoughts, which inevitably become negative feelings, mood and behavior?! If we don't "believe everything we think", and reframe our negative thoughts, we may be able to prevent some negative moods, feelings...and even how we react to them!

To The Women of EmpowHer,

How often do you feel life has a chaotic grip on you?

When we are stressed, many of us women forget the most important person we have to care for is ourselves first and from this surplus of energy we can effortlessly give to others. If we are skimping on our daily meditation practice, we may enter our day in a blurry fog unaware of our interactions and projections towards people we are encountering.