In 2007, Lara MacGregor, at 30 years old and 7 months pregnant, was diagnosed with breast cancer. After being gifted headscarves accompanied by a note that said “You can do this” during her treatment, she founded Hope Scarves, bringing hope and community to thousands of people. Then, after 7 years in remission, she was diagnosed again - this time with Stage IV Metastatic Breast Cancer. With her new reality, Lara had to redefine hope for herself and for her organization: to live life over cancer. Lara chose to write her own story: one of laughter and love. One that embraces every moment intentionally. One of hope.
We came to understand that when the timeline is shortened – you savor moments even more. We doubled down on hope.
Lara Macgregor
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Our connections are deeply rooted in our shared story.
Sometimes we just need to slow down to realize how much each connection brings to our life.
Lara Macgregor
the podcast
I sit down with some of the most inspiring people I’ve found to talk about what hope means to them. Available on iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcast and more!
A Hopeful Life is an extension of Hope Scarves, the non-profit organization Lara founded in 2012.
We encourage people facing all types of cancer by sending out scarves and stories of hope, shared with us by thousands of courageous survivors. Our mission extends to support research as well- a portion of every dollar raised funds metastatic breast cancer research.
Through connection & collaboration, we’re changing the way people experience cancer.
What a fall (literally) it has been for me. My health continues to decline as the chemo I have been on since August, Trodelvy, doesn’t appear to be working as well as we hoped. I still have the same amount of cancerous fluid in my abdomen and lung