Meet Miranda McKeon, Actress and Breast Cancer Advocate
This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we're partnering with actress and advocate Miranda McKeon. Diagnosed with breast cancer at 19, Miranda has become an outspoken voice for others navigating a diagnosis, sharing her own experience — including her double mastectomy and reconstruction — openly with the community that follows her story. She's also spoken on behalf of organizations like Living Beyond Breast Cancer, the same partner we've championed alongside for the past five years.
We wanted to partner with Miranda because she talks about confidence the way we think about it: not as something you perform for other people, but something you build for yourself, one small ritual and one well-fitting piece of clothing at a time. We sat down with her to talk about her morning routines, her relationship with getting dressed since her diagnosis, and what she'd tell someone who's newly diagnosed.
What are two tips you use to feel good in your own body, or part of your morning routine to start your day?
"I like to start my morning with a feel-good playlist. I'm lazy, so I usually just put on one of Spotify's 'Wake Up Happy' playlists, but there's something about starting the day with music that immediately shifts my energy. No matter how I slept the night before or what kind of mood I wake up in, it's a really easy way to ease into the day with some positive vibes.
Recently, I've also been loving a mug of hot bone broth in the morning. It has protein and nutrients, but honestly, I think there's something more comforting about it than anything else. There's something about sipping on a warm drink first thing that makes the morning feel slower and more intentional. It's a small ritual, but I've found that those little things can really change how you feel going into the rest of your day."
Why is it so important to feel good for yourself?
"I think there's a big difference between looking good and actually feeling good in your body. For a long time, I thought confidence came from looking a certain way or liking everything I saw in the mirror. Cancer really challenged that idea for me.
Now, feeling good is much more about feeling connected to myself and comfortable in my own skin. It's about doing things that make me feel like me — whether that's putting on an outfit I love, playing music in the morning, moving my body, or simply giving myself a moment to slow down.
I think when you feel good for yourself, rather than for anyone else, it changes the way you move through the world. You're not trying to earn confidence from other people — you're creating it for yourself."
What would you tell someone newly diagnosed about organizations like LBBC and the role that kind of support played for you?
"I would tell anyone who is newly diagnosed that they don't have to figure everything out on their own. There were so many moments during treatment when I felt stuck, overwhelmed, or frustrated by the path ahead of me, and one of the most helpful things was realizing just how many resources existed to help make the everyday a little bit easier.
Organizations like Living Beyond Breast Cancer can help with things you might not even know to ask for — from navigating financial assistance and finding community to getting information about treatment options or connecting with someone who understands what you're going through.
When you're diagnosed, it can feel like your entire life suddenly becomes appointments, scans, and treatment decisions. Having organizations that can help you navigate the life around the cancer is incredibly valuable. You don't have to know exactly what you need before you reach out. Sometimes just knowing that there are people and resources available to you can make you feel a little less alone."
How has the way you think about getting dressed, and what you put on your body, changed since your diagnosis?
"After surgery, I experienced a lot of physical changes that made me question my confidence and my relationship with my body. Getting dressed became a really powerful way for me to take some of that confidence back.
I don't think I was trying to 'regain' the body I had before my double mastectomy. I was learning how to feel good in the body I had now - and there's a really important distinction between those two things.
For me, getting dressed has become a way of living beyond what was changed during cancer treatment. I want to wear things because they make me feel confident, feminine, comfortable, or just like myself - not because I'm trying to hide something.
That's part of why I love Thirdlove bras. They're incredibly comfortable and flattering, especially on my asymmetric chest, and finding something that fits my body as it is now has brought back an element of confidence that I really missed. There's something surprisingly empowering about putting on something that makes you feel good and realizing, I actually really like how I look."
Feeling good, for yourself, starts with the basics - the pieces that fit the body you have now, not the one you're trying to get back to.
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