pIt's time to put yourself first. Your life depends on it.strongppYou do not need to be diagnosed with cancer, like Heather Chauvin did, to realize motherhood doesn't need to suck the life out of you. In fact, the more alive you feel, the less exhausted, irritable, and frustrated you'll be.ppHeather was once like you. A so-called successful working mother of three, juggling a growing career, parenting, and family life-she looked like the very model of success. But inside, she was dying. Literally.ppOne year after the birth of her youngest son, she was diagnosed with stage four cancer. In the blink of an eye, she saw just how far away she was from living a life she actually wanted. She had spent her entire adult life trying-and dying-to be a good mother. As she battled through months of chemotherapy, illness, and recovery, she realized something it was time to start living. Not for others-but for herself.ppIn Dying to Be a Good Motherem, Heather-now a TEDx speaker, host of the Mom Is In