After being diag­nosed with breast can­cer at the age of 42, Dara left her 20-year career as a per­son­al banker and finan­cial advi­sor to focus on a new career in writ­ing, speak­ing, and pod­cast­ing. Today her per­son­al blog, Crazy Per­fect Life, reach­es over 180,000 fol­low­ers. Dara is the author of two books, Crush Can­cer: Per­son­al Enlight­en­ment from a Can­cer Sur­vivor and Can­cer Crush Work­book. Dara is a writer with one goal: to use her life expe­ri­ences to help peo­ple strength­en their rela­tion­ships and cre­ate more hap­pi­ness and joy in their every­day lives.