{"id":12477,"date":"2017-10-16T09:26:14","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T15:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/?p=12477"},"modified":"2023-06-23T12:01:36","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T18:01:36","slug":"maria-menounos-rx-for-health-be-still","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/maria-menounos-rx-for-health-be-still\/","title":{"rendered":"Maria Menounos\u2019 RX for health: \u2018be still\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><figure id=\"attachment_12484\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12484\" style=\"width: 375px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12484\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/10\/16025542\/evre-Maria-Menounos-sized.webp\" alt=\"Maria Menounos speaking on stage with a microphone\" width=\"375\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/10\/16025542\/evre-Maria-Menounos-sized.webp 728w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/10\/16025542\/evre-Maria-Menounos-sized-218x300.webp 218w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/10\/16025542\/evre-Maria-Menounos-sized-109x150.webp 109w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/10\/16025542\/evre-Maria-Menounos-sized-200x275.webp 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12484\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maria Menounos views her brain tumor as a &#8220;gift&#8221; that forced her to reassess her life. Photo by UCHealth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When Maria Menounos was diagnosed with a brain tumor while caring for her mother, who had stage four brain cancer, Menounos had a surprising reaction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was the greatest gift that was ever given to me,\u201d said Menounos, a broadcaster, part-time professional wrestler and former contestant on \u201cDancing with the Stars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you\u2019re an overachiever, you\u2019re conditioned to just do, do, do, do,\u201d Menounos told a gathering of women at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/extraordinary\/evre-health-fitness-day-every-woman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UCHealth\u2019s <em>evr\u0113<\/em> women\u2019s health and fitness event<\/a>. \u201cOK, I get it now. I need to slow down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Menounos, 39, had been on the professional fast track for years, most recently anchoring E! News and directing her own podcast network and lifestyle brand.<\/p>\n<p>But on Sunday in Denver, she told an audience of women that her brain tumor served as a much-needed wakeup call.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are over-tapping ourselves. We are doing way too much. We\u2019re trying to be everything to everyone and nothing to ourselves,\u201d Menounos said.<\/p>\n<p>Her message resonated perfectly at <em>evr\u0113<\/em>, where scores of women spent Sunday morning enjoying yoga and fitness classes, attending learning sessions with doctors and getting free health screenings. The event at the Pepsi Center was designed by women for women after UCHealth surveyed more than 400 women earlier this year and used their responses to create the offerings that included UV facial scans, varicose vein screenings, massages and Pilates demos.<\/p>\n<p>Menounos came to Denver to serve as one of <em>evr\u0113<\/em><em>\u2019s <\/em>keynote speakers. Kim Christiansen of 9News moderated the keynote session that also included <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/provider\/deborah-saint-phard-md-physical-medicine-and-rehabilitation-sports-medicine\/\">UCHealth\u2019s Dr. Deborah Saint-Phard<\/a> and patient, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/today\/an-everest-summit-after-an-injury-ordeal\/\">Kim Hess<\/a>, who overcame a severely broken hand to later summit Mt. Everest.<\/p>\n<p>Menounos\u2019 health challenges began last September, when her mom learned she had stage four brain cancer. Menounos stepped in to help her dad care for her mom, while at the same time juggling her busy professional life. In February, she began to have some strange symptoms including headaches, dizziness and slurred speech. She assumed she was suffering from stress. But an MRI revealed she had a golf-ball sized tumor called a meningioma that was pushing on her facial nerves.<\/p>\n<p>On Menounos\u2019 birthday on June 8, doctors did a complex seven-hour procedure to remove the tumor and found that it was benign.<\/p>\n<p>Menounos said the surgery and her recovery were humbling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had to use a walker to walk for a very long time. I couldn\u2019t shower by myself,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>She faces a small chance that the tumor could return. But for now, Menounos is embracing a life of \u201cbeing still.\u201d She left her job at E! News in July and is consciously putting the brakes on new opportunities while enjoying fun times with her mom, like cuddling on the couch and watching \u201cDancing with the Stars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Menounos said she was typical of many women who feel they have to keep working constantly while ignoring costs to themselves.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12487\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12487\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12487\" src=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/10\/16031900\/Fitness-class-at-Pepsi-Center-sized.webp\" alt=\"women taking a class on the floor of the Nuggets' arena.\" width=\"700\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/10\/16031900\/Fitness-class-at-Pepsi-Center-sized.webp 1200w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/10\/16031900\/Fitness-class-at-Pepsi-Center-sized-300x191.webp 300w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/10\/16031900\/Fitness-class-at-Pepsi-Center-sized-1024x650.webp 1024w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/10\/16031900\/Fitness-class-at-Pepsi-Center-sized-768x488.webp 768w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/10\/16031900\/Fitness-class-at-Pepsi-Center-sized-150x95.webp 150w, https:\/\/uchealth-wp-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/10\/16031900\/Fitness-class-at-Pepsi-Center-sized-200x127.webp 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12487\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">During UCHealth&#8217;s evr\u0113 women&#8217;s health and fitness event on Sunday, women got to take classes on the floor where the Nuggets usually play. Photo by UCHealth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis machine of life has gotten so crazy and out-of-control. We can\u2019t do it all and be perfect at everything. I had to be the perfect fianc\u00e9, the perfect daughter, the perfect employee. And, I\u2019ve got to look perfect,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do at least five-to-one what a guy is doing. We have to take care of ourselves because no one else will,\u201d Menounos said. \u201cIf your body is screaming at you\u2026then surrender to it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of Menounos\u2019 key messages is to take time every day for some sort of mediation or stillness.<\/p>\n<p>She said she tried sitting quietly, but didn\u2019t like meditation per se. She found that she preferred being in nature and noticing the sounds around her, while consciously taking stock of her body. She now keeps a pain journal and urges other women to do the same. She\u2019s also calling on all women to be compassionate toward themselves.<\/p>\n<p>She urges women to picture their 5-year-old selves. A healer asked her to imagine the young Maria coping with so much stress: sick parents, sick dogs and an impossibly busy life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would hug her,\u201d Menounos said as she became very emotional. \u201cYou wouldn\u2019t let her run ragged\u2026.Don\u2019t wait until you get a brain tumor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She urges all women to assess the impact that chronic stress is having before it harms them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI needed to reset my life,\u201d Menounos said. \u201cI\u2019m reassessing everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Maria Menounos was diagnosed with a brain tumor while caring for her mother, who had stage four brain cancer, Menounos had a surprising reaction. \u201cThis was the greatest gift that was ever given to me,\u201d said Menounos, a broadcaster, part-time professional wrestler and former contestant on \u201cDancing with the Stars.\u201d \u201cWhen you\u2019re an overachiever, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2123,"featured_media":12483,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[774,4758,2282,2275,2274,2280,2270,2279,2281,2272,23],"class_list":["post-12477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-healthy-living","tag-brain-cancer","tag-brain-tumor-treatment","tag-dancing-with-the-stars","tag-e-news","tag-evre","tag-kim-christiansen","tag-maria-menounos","tag-meningioma","tag-pepsi-center","tag-uchealth-sports-medicine","tag-womens-health"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - 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