Upcoming Events
October Support Group
Join us for a discussion on the importance of setting healthy boundaries. It's important to be consistent in enforcing your boundaries, start with small, manageable limits, and remind yourself that setting boundaries is a form of self-care, not selfish!
Fall Women's Mini-Retreat
Please join us for this beautiful, special Women’s Mini-retreat on Saturday Nov 15th, 2025 9:30am-3:00pm at Chandler Nature Center at Veterans Oasis Park (4050 E Chandler Heights Rd, Chandler, AZ 85249).
Step into "Paris, France" for a day of Joie De Vivre--The Joy of Living. Come for the inspiring speakers, engaging discussions, yummy food (including French inspired desserts), entertainment and laughs from Jesterz Improv Comedy team, watercolor painting, and flower bouquet arranging and walk away with friendship, connection, strength, inspiration, nourishment, rejuvenation, and JOY. You will, also, receive a little gift just for you!
We are very excited that Jesterz Improv Comedy will be joining us for this event! Laughter is medicine. And the Jesterz Comedy team will keep us laughing and entertained! Jesterz Improv Comedy is based in Gilbert and provides family-friendly, hilarious shows. We encourage you to check out their business HERE
Brightly Living Foundation is a local nonprofit supporting Breast Cancer Survivors; however, because we all go through hard things and need rest and connection with other women, this event is open to ALL women. Feel free to bring a friend!
Register through Oct 31st for early bird pricing of $30. Price goes up to $40 on Nov 1. Register on our website HERE by adding the "Fall 2025: Mini-Retreat" to your cart and then go to the cart to complete your registration payment.
We want all women to be able to attend without financial worry. Full or partial scholarships are available by emailing us at brightlylivingfoundation@gmail.com.
Want to bless another woman with the gift of attending the retreat?! You can sponsor a scholarship! Just add the registration "Sponsor a Retreat Scholarship" to your cart. Your donation is greatly appreciated.
Go to https://www.brightlyliving.org/registration to register today!
9th Annual Sister's Hike
Register and join us for a meaningful hike in honor of everyone affected by breast cancer. All proceeds are awarded to selected recipients who are currently fighting their battle with breast cancer.
$25 Adult Registration. Includes t-shirt and lunch.
Venmo t-shirt size and registration fee to @Jaime-Cram
PINK OUT at the Wave Pilates Girls Night
Please join us for a special fundraiser night at The Waves Pilates in Gilbert!
Wear Pink! Enjoy small bites and treats while visiting and checking out our special vendors! We will have DoTERRA oils, braiding and tinsel bar, foot zoning, and Esthetician for you all to check out and try! To end our night we will have a relaxing sound bath experience lead by Laura Allred.
We are asking a minimum donation of $25 to come. All donations do go directly to Brightly Living, which will help women in our community affected by breast cancer & also help fund mental health support.
Sign up at https://momence.com/The-Wave-Pilates-and-Wellness-Studio/Pink-Out-%40-The-Wave/122493945
Check for a Lump - Pink Out 5K
Join our 5K fundraiser as we unite together to make a difference in fight against breast cancer!
Check for a Lump needs your support and participation in our 9th Annual Pink Out 5K! By joining the 9th Annual Pink Out 5K, you are helping your local breast cancer community. You can join as an individual, as part of a team, or start your own team.
100% of profits stay LOCAL and will help us sustain our vital breast cancer programs that provide free education, mammograms, diagnostic testing, wigs, and support.
$25 for Breast Cancer Survivors and includes event t-shirt.
Please Venmo your T-shirt size and registration fee to @Jaime-Cram
More information on the event at https://www.checkforalump.org/pinkout5k
September Support Group
Sometimes before scans or an upcoming doctor's appointment, or maybe in the middle of the night, or even as I'm going about my day and I experience a trigger, my thoughts start to spiral. And once my thoughts start racing it can be really hard to get them to slow down.
We can refer to these spiraling and racing thoughts as "Thought Tornadoes". These thought tornadoes, just like real tornadoes, can leave a path of destruction in our lives. They can cause anxiety, panic attacks, irritability, lack of self-control, fear, anger, etc. The amazing news is that over time and with strategies in place, we can learn to calm these thought tornadoes!!
Jennifer Barnhart--a certified Life Coach--will be returning to us once again to present "Calming Your Thought Tornadoes." She has tangible strategies, a thoughtful presentation, and is happy to answer your specific questions. We are so excited to have her share these valuable tips and tools.
Please note we will NOT be meeting on the last Tuesday of this month! Our meeting will be on Sept 16th.
Book Club
Join Us on September 4th from 7 pm to 8:30 pm to discuss the book “It’s OK that You’re Not OK” by Megan Devine. Please join us even if you haven’t finished the book!
August Support Group
The topic is “Family Talk” presented by Adrianne Condos. She will explain ways to talk to your family members about cancer. Whether you’ve just been diagnosed, or currently in treatment.
Adrianne brings both wisdom and compassion to this sensitive topic with her years of working with cancer patients. She will teach us practical tools for communicating with the people closest to us. These conversations can be some of the hardest to have so we hope you can make it!
Dinner Meetup
Dinner Meetup--
Looking forward to this casual dinner meetup at Wildflower (75 E Rivulon Blvd) on Aug 14th at 6pm. We will save a table so grab your food and join us! Excited for time to get to know each other better.
July Support Group
When you look at your reflection in the mirror, what do you see? WHO do you see? Do you see your scars, hair loss, or weight gain/loss? Do you see all that has changed since treatment? Or do you see the deeper you? What do these physical changes mean to you and how do you feel about them?
These are some tough questions to reflect on. As women, we often build our identity around our looks and appearance. However, treatment can bring physical changes to our bodies.
This month we will be addressing in real talk how these physical changes affect us mentally and emotionally after breast cancer treatment and how we can move forward in a positive way.
Please join us on July 29th at 7pm as we discuss "Beauty Deeper Than Scars: addressing physical changes after breast cancer treatment."
Dinner & Fellowship Meetup
Meet up with us on June 9th at 6pm at Cafe Zupas. We will save a table so grab your food and join us! Excited for time to get to know each other better!
RSVP to brightlylivingfoundation@gmail.com
Cafe Zupas is located at 3877 S Gilbert Rd, Gilbert, AZ 85297
May Support Group
We will focus on building connections with each other and sharing our stories and experiences. Everyone is welcome even if you don’t feel like sharing.
May Book Club
Come join us for a group discussion on the book “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot. You are welcome to come even if you don’t read or finish the book.
April Breast Cancer Support Group
Come learn about different options when working with a licensed professional, such as EMDR, ART, IFS, etc. to help you heal from trauma. Licensed Professional Counselor Audra Owens will present to us ways to understand the different modalities and to answer any questions.
March Breast Cancer Support Group
Focus: Cultivate Resilience
We will meet on the last Tuesday of each month from 7-9pm in South Gilbert. We hope that by attending this support group each woman will create connections with other breast cancer survivors and feel empowered to continue to move forward on their journey with hope and strength. Survivorship comes with many different emotions and challenges. You are not alone! Come meet with us as we learn and grow together and support each other.
Breast Cancer Support Group
Discover Your Purpose
We will meet on the last Tuesday of each month from 7-9pm in South Gilbert. We hope that by attending this support group each woman will create connections with other breast cancer survivors and feel empowered to continue to move forward on their journey with hope and strength. Survivorship comes with many different emotions and challenges. You are not alone! Come meet with us as we learn and grow together and support each other.
Breast Cancer Support Group
Remember Your True Identity
We will meet on the last Tuesday of each month from 7-9pm in South Gilbert. We hope that by attending this support group each woman will create connections with other breast cancer survivors and feel empowered to continue to move forward on their journey with hope and strength. Survivorship comes with many different emotions and challenges. You are not alone! Come meet with us as we learn and grow together and support each other.
Fall 2024 Mini-Retreat: Just Be
How often do you get time to Just Be?
Just Be Still. Just Be You. Just Be.
Please join us for this nourishing and rejuvenating Women’s Mini-retreat on Saturday Oct 12, 2024 8:30am-1:30pm in South Chandler at Chandler Nature Center in Veterans Oasis Park.
Connect with other women, listen to speakers, join in discussion, and be nourished by good food. Experience the power of nature and stillness in a short walking meditation near the lake, relax during an immersive Soundbath, and express and let go of stress during a mindful art experience.
You will receive a free tote bag filled with gifts and goodies.
Brightly Living Foundation is a local nonprofit supporting Breast Cancer Survivors, however this event is open to ALL women.
Register through Sept 30th for early bird pricing of $30. Price goes up to $35 on Oct 1.
Want to sponsor a Breast Cancer Survivor to be able to attend? Click the option when you register.
In need of a scholarship? Email brightlylivingfoundation@gmail.com
Breast Cancer Support Group
Live With Intention
We will meet on the last Tuesday of each month from 7-9pm in South Gilbert. We hope that by attending this support group each woman will create connections with other breast cancer survivors and feel empowered to continue to move forward on their journey with hope and strength. Survivorship comes with many different emotions and challenges. You are not alone! Come meet with us as we learn and grow together and support each other.
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Recognize Your Strengh
We will meet on the last Tuesday of each month from 7-9pm in South Gilbert. We hope that by attending this support group each woman will create connections with other breast cancer survivors and feel empowered to continue to move forward on their journey with hope and strength. Survivorship comes with many different emotions and challenges. You are not alone! Come meet with us as we learn and grow together and support each other.
Brightly Living Book Club
The Choice: Embrace the Possible, by Edith Eger
At the age of sixteen, Edith Eger was sent to Auschwitz. Hours after her parents were killed, Nazi officer Dr. Josef Mengele, forced Edie to dance for his amusement and her survival. Edie was pulled from a pile of corpses when the American troops liberated the camps in 1945.
Edie spent decades struggling with flashbacks and survivor’s guilt, determined to stay silent and hide from the past. Thirty-five years after the war ended, she returned to Auschwitz and was finally able to fully heal and forgive the one person she’d been unable to forgive—herself.
Edie weaves her remarkable personal journey with the moving stories of those she has helped heal. She explores how we can be imprisoned in our own minds and shows us how to find the key to freedom. The Choice is a life-changing book that will provide hope and comfort to generations of readers.
Breast Cancer Support Group
Cultivate Resilience
We will meet on the last Tuesday of each month from 7-9pm in South Gilbert. We hope that by attending this support group each woman will create connections with other breast cancer survivors and feel empowered to continue to move forward on their journey with hope and strength. Survivorship comes with many different emotions and challenges. You are not alone! Come meet with us as we learn and grow together and support each other.
Quarterly Meetup
We meet together quarterly to build bonds of friendship, try new activities and just have some good old fashioned fun. We would love for you to join us at our next quarterly meetup!
Join us for dinner at Wildflower
75 E. Rivulon Blvd, Gilbert 85297
Please RSVP to brightlylivingfoundation@gmail.com by June 10
Breast Cancer Support Group
We will meet on the last Tuesday of each month from 7-9pm in South Gilbert. We hope that by attending this support group each woman will create connections with other breast cancer survivors and feel empowered to continue to move forward on their journey with hope and strength. Survivorship comes with many different emotions and challenges. You are not alone! Come meet with us as we learn and grow together and support each other.
Brightly Living Book Club
Join us to discuss this powerful book.
Trigger warning: leukemia and cancer treatments
Spring 2024 Mini-Retreat: Still I Rise
Join us at our Spring 2024 Mini-Retreat: Still I Rise on Saturday, April 20th from 8:00am-3pm at Alta Climbing in Gilbert, AZ (3193 S Ranch House Court)
Includes light breakfast, speakers, discussion, all levels yoga, art experience, indoor rock climbing (optional), and lunch.
Brightly Living Foundation provides support to breast cancer survivors, but this event is open to all women and is not breast cancer specific. Feel free to invite a friend!
Register before April 6th for early bird pricing ($10 off) and a T-shirt!
Full or partial scholarships available to attend the retreat. We want all women to be able to attend. Please email brightlylivingfoundation@gmail.com
Breast Cancer Support Group: Cultivate Resilience
Tonight we will discuss a great superpower: gratitude. One of the best ways to build your resilience to trials and hardships is to practice gratitude.
At SanTan Village, park on the South side of Dillard's. If you look East, you'll see a building with "2168" on it. It's in the same area as the covered parking. Go up the stairs or elevator, then inside. Once inside, go right and we are all the way at the end of the hall in suite 215. It is the space above Grimaldi’s restaurant.
Breast Cancer Support Group: Discover Your Purpose
You have a unique voice—and as you find it you will discover your purpose. Come uncover what you are meant to share with the world!
At SanTan Village, park on the South side of Dillard's. If you look East, you'll see a building with "2168" on it. It's in the same area as the covered parking. Go up the stairs or elevator, then inside. Once inside, go right and we are all the way at the end of the hall in suite 215. It is the space above Grimaldi’s restaurant.
Trivia Night!
Bring a spouse or bring some friends. It’s time to have fun, show off your smarts, and raise some money for the work of Brightly Living. It’s TRIVIA time!!!
A $25 charge will cover the cost of the trivia night and will enter you into a drawing for event prizes.
We encourage attendees to purchase dinner and drinks to support our host restaurant BKD’s Backyard Joint. They’ve got great food at great prices!
Hope to see you (and your friends) there!
Location: BKD’s Backyard Joint 980 E Pecos Rd, Chandler, AZ 85225