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Bethany Adair was diagnosed at 34 with Stage II breast cancer, and is now living with Stage IV metastatic disease. She is a mindset coach, speaker, MBC thriver and author of My Guru Cancer. In this episode, Bethany reads her piece âA Letter to My Greatest Guruâ from Wildfire Magazineâs 2023 âMBC: Lesson Learnedâ issue. Her essay is about viewing a cancer experience as an opportunity to grow into an authentic version of yourself. April and Bethany will talk about how Bethany became a writer, reframing thoughts and the ongoing practice of living alongside cancer.
More about Bethany:
https://www.instagram.com/mygurucancer/?hl=en
https://bethanywebb.com/mygurucancer/blog-my-guru-cancer/
This episode was brought to you in collaboration with After Breast Cancer Diagnosis (ABCD):
https://abcdbreastcancersupport.org/
https://www.instagram.com/abcdafterbreastcancerdiagnosis/
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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY4VHSTPyU1IYyT1fNesmAg
Purchase the âMBC: Lessons Learnedâ issue of Wildfire Magazine: https://www.wildfirecommunity.org/shop/p/mbc23
If you liked this episode, you might like âA Guest Room for MBC with Erin Weissâ: https://player.captivate.fm/episode/82d235ba-6267-410c-ab29-c0abbc9bde27/
Buy the Wildfire book Igniting the Fire Within: Stories of Healing, Hope & Humor, Inside Todayâs Young Breast Cancer Community: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJVJ629F?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860
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Meaghan Calcari Campbell returns to The Burn for another episode. Meaghan was diagnosed at 32 with Stage II, Triple Positive breast cancer in 2012. And then again in 2015 with DCIS and the ATM+ gene. Meaghan works in philanthropy and ocean conservation, and is a proud member of the Bay Area Young Survivors. Meaghanâs writing has been published in the four Bay Area Young Survivors anthologies, Wildfire Magazine, The Isolation Journals, and Lake: Diving Deep (The Pandemic Issue). She continues squeezing all that she can out of this one wild and precious life with her husband and post-cancer miracle daughter. Meaghan reads her story âHow is Your Body Today?â from Wildfire Magazineâs 2024 âBodyâ issue. Her essay is about an innocent chance question posed by a stranger who had no idea about Meaghanâs cancer diagnosis. April and Meaghan will discuss what collecting means when it comes to cancer, taking control of your cancer narrative, aging and experiencing cancer a second time around.
More about Meaghan:
https://www.instagram.com/calcarious/
https://keepingabreast.me/
This episode was brought to you in collaboration with Cancer Free Haven.
https://www.instagram.com/cancer.free.haven/
https://cancerfreehaven.com/
Purchase the âBodyâ issue of Wildfire Magazine: https://www.wildfirecommunity.org/shop/p/digital-body24
If you liked this episode, you might like âWhen Cancer Clarifies with Meaghan Calcari Campbellâ: https://player.captivate.fm/episode/82d0ac2c-0dbc-42b3-b8a1-16efaa3e7b56/
Buy the Wildfire book Igniting the Fire Within: Stories of Healing, Hope & Humor, Inside Todayâs Young Breast Cancer Community: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJVJ629F?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860
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Jen Pogue returns to The Burn for another episode. Jen is an actor and producer living in Toronto, Canada. She was diagnosed at 37 with de novo Stage IV Triple Negative metastatic breast cancer. Jen reads her story âRevengeâ from Wildfire Magazineâs 2024 âMBC: Advocacyâ issue. Her essay is about being overlooked by a doctor and the importance of sharing your story. April and Jen will discuss the role rage plays in advocacy, being raised to accept what doctors say and what the word survivorship means to those living alongside cancer.
More about Jen: https://www.instagram.com/jpo_and_co/
This episode was brought to you in collaboration with After Breast Cancer Diagnosis (ABCD):
https://abcdbreastcancersupport.org/
https://www.instagram.com/abcdafterbreastcancerdiagnosis/
https://www.facebook.com/ABCDAfterBreastCancerDiagnosis/?ref=ts
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY4VHSTPyU1IYyT1fNesmAg
Purchase the âMBC: Advocacyâ issue of Wildfire Magazine: https://www.wildfirecommunity.org/shop/p/digital-mbc24
If you liked this episode, you might like âMy Life is a Movie with Jen Pogueâ: https://player.captivate.fm/episode/82d0ac2c-0dbc-42b3-b8a1-16efaa3e7b56/
Buy the Wildfire book Igniting the Fire Within: Stories of Healing, Hope & Humor, Inside Todayâs Young Breast Cancer Community: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJVJ629F?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860
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This episodeâs guest is Wildfireâs own Angela Firman - back for a second visit! She helps edit each issue of the magazine. Angela was diagnosed initially at 33 with Stage III hormone-positive breast cancer and she is now living with Stage IV metastatic disease. Angela is an avid reader, a closet-cross-stitcher, and a fervent writer. She also serves on the board of The Pink Boat Regatta - a local sailboat race and community dedicated to raising money for breast cancer research. In addition to working at Wildfire Magazine, Angela is an Associate Editor for Yellow Arrow Publishing, and her nonfiction writing has been published in Open Minds Quarterly, You Might Need To Hear This, and Press Pause. Angela reads her piece âA Train to Nowhereâ from Wildfire Magazineâs 2024 âWork & Careerâ issue. Her essay is about how sometimes cancer significantly changes a career path. April and Angela will discuss writing memoir in the third person, when suffering brings joy and living with MBC versus dying from MBC.
More about Angela: https://www.instagram.com/angelafirman11/
More about After Breast Cancer Diagnosis (ABCD):
https://abcdbreastcancersupport.org/
https://www.instagram.com/abcdafterbreastcancerdiagnosis/
https://www.facebook.com/ABCDAfterBreastCancerDiagnosis/?ref=ts
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY4VHSTPyU1IYyT1fNesmAg
Purchase the âWork & Careerâ issue of Wildfire Magazine: https://www.wildfirecommunity.org/shop/p/digital-body24
If you liked this episode, you might like âLooking Beyond the Veil with Angela Firman": https://player.captivate.fm/episode/7630add0-ded8-43c0-9ad5-cacad940fd5b/
Buy the Wildfire book Igniting the Fire Within: Stories of Healing, Hope & Humor, Inside Todayâs Young Breast Cancer Community: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJVJ629F?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860
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Keri Smith is a Senior Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor living in Upstate New York. She was diagnosed at 37 with hormone positive breast cancer and is living with Stage IV metastatic breast cancer (MBC). In this episode, Keri reads her essay âShowing Upâ from Wildfire Magazineâs 2024 âWork & Careerâ issue. Keriâs piece is about simultaneously receiving a long deserved promotion and a cancer diagnosis all at the same time. April and Keri will discuss navigating mixed emotions of celebration and devastation, the ways cancer is a thief, scheduling time to talk about cancer and using writing to process through cancer. This episode contains explicit language.
More about Keri: https://www.instagram.com/keris113/
Purchase the âWork & Careerâ issue of Wildfire Magazine: https://www.wildfirecommunity.org/shop/p/digital-body24
If you liked this episode, you might like âA Guest Room with MBCâ with Erin Weiss:
https://player.captivate.fm/episode/82d235ba-6267-410c-ab29-c0abbc9bde27/
Buy the Wildfire book Igniting the Fire Within: Stories of Healing, Hope & Humor, Inside Todayâs Young Breast Cancer Community: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJVJ629F?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860
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Kassi Sullivan was diagnosed at 35 with Stage IV metastatic breast cancer (MBC). Kassi is a social worker who thrives on humor, sarcasm, caffeine and true crime. She lives in Oklahoma with her husband and children. In this episode, Kassi reads her essay âAuthentically Meâ from Wildfire Magazineâs 2024 âWork & Careerâ issue. Kassiâs piece is about one womanâs struggle to be a mental health specialist for others while tending to her own needs related to her breast cancer experience. April and Kassi will discuss the challenges of working with students while living with cancer, loving yourself through changes, things Kassi would tell her younger self and advice for those working while living with MBC.
More about Kassi: https://www.instagram.com/kassi_v27/
Purchase the âWork & Careerâ issue of Wildfire Magazine: https://www.wildfirecommunity.org/shop/p/digital-body24
Buy the Wildfire book Igniting the Fire Within: Stories of Healing, Hope & Humor, Inside Todayâs Young Breast Cancer Community: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJVJ629F?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860
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Debbie Kerr was diagnosed at 49 with Stage II breast cancer in 2011. She is a Business Systems Consultant living outside Toronto, Canada. In this episode, Debbie reads her essay âRosanneâ from Wildfire Magazineâs 2024 âWork & Careerâ issue. Debbieâs piece is about working through cancer treatment, and how her employer accommodated, but then eventually laid her off. During her layoff process she experiences an interesting twist with an unexpected encounter resulting in a big impact. April and Debbie will talk about working as a lifeline during treatment, using humor in hard times, long-term survivorship and the cancer related PTSD nobody talks about. This episode is dedicated to Debbieâs friend Ann.
More about Debbie: https://www.instagram.com/debbieakerr/
https://www.laughterandcancer.com/
Purchase the âWork & Careerâ issue of Wildfire Magazine: https://www.wildfirecommunity.org/shop/p/digital-body24
Buy the Wildfire book Igniting the Fire Within: Stories of Healing, Hope & Humor, Inside Todayâs Young Breast Cancer Community: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJVJ629F?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860
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Returning guest Kate Rowbotham was diagnosed at 47 with de novo Stage IV metastatic breast cancer. Kate is a Professor and an Assistant Dean of Teaching and Learning. She is learning how to be an empty-nester, and enjoys traveling with her partner to both her daughterâs hockey games and her sonâs volleyball games. In this episode, Kate reads her essay âFinding Purpose in Paradoxâ from Wildfire Magazineâs 2024 âWork & Careerâ issue. Kateâs piece is about one womanâs career decisions following her cancer diagnosis. April and Kate will discuss masking, searching for a job during treatment, and what inspired Kate to email April about creating a work themed issue of Wildfire Magazine.
More about Kate: https://www.instagram.com/katerowb/
Purchase the âWork & Careerâ issue of Wildfire Magazine: https://www.wildfirecommunity.org/shop/p/digital-body24
Listen to another episode with Kate: https://player.captivate.fm/episode/118270c8-979b-466f-8b7a-53d025106a08/
Buy the Wildfire book Igniting the Fire Within: Stories of Healing, Hope & Humor, Inside Todayâs Young Breast Cancer Community: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJVJ629F?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860
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Returning guest Beth Gainer was diagnosed at 39 with breast cancer. She is now a long-term survivor of 23 years. Beth is a writer and artist. In her spare time, she enjoys being with her family and friends, as well as reading, working out at the gym, and going to museums. In this episode, Beth reads her essay âTrading Placesâ from Wildfire Magazineâs 2024 âWork & Cancerâ issue. Bethâs piece is about cancer colliding with her work life. When her employer turned their back following her diagnosis, she took the scary leap into the unknown to change careers. April and Beth will discuss the challenges of survivorship, Bethâs art projects, staying connected to community, and workplace discrimination. They will also talk about how cancer can motivate us to make changes that turn out better than we could have imagined.
More about Beth:
https://bethlgainer.substack.com/
Purchase the âWork & Careerâ issue of Wildfire Magazine: https://www.wildfirecommunity.org/shop/p/digital-body24
Listen to another episode with Beth:
https://player.captivate.fm/episode/248e279f-1eb2-49c0-87b3-5a39d3fe32d5/
Buy the Wildfire book Igniting the Fire Within: Stories of Healing, Hope & Humor, Inside Todayâs Young Breast Cancer Community: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJVJ629F?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860
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Stacy Conlon was diagnosed at 42 with Stage IIb lobular breast cancer. Stacy is a certified mindfulness meditation facilitator and Reiki energy healer. In this episode, Stacy reads her essay âSnip, Surrender, Shine: A Ritual in Resilienceâ from Wildfire Magazineâs 2024 âBodyâ issue. Stacyâs piece takes us along on an act of intentional ritual when removing her hair before chemo, and giving herself a ceremony container to move through a part of her cancer journey. April and Stacy will discuss making different spaces to honor experiences or create closure in the breast cancer journey, Stacyâs perspective on resilience, and tips for creating rituals. They will also talk about Stacyâs upcoming book Breast Cancer Made Easier.
More about Stacy:
https://www.instagram.com/stacy_conlon_/
https://stacyconlon.com/
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Buy the Wildfire book Igniting the Fire Within: Stories of Healing, Hope & Humor, Inside Todayâs Young Breast Cancer Community: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJVJ629F?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860
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This week weâre sharing a favorite episode from the archives as we take a break from our regular podcast schedule to celebrate the New Year. Production assistant Monica Haro selected this episode from December 2021 to reshare. Enjoy!
Tova Wolking is an attorney from Oakland, California. She was diagnosed at age 43 with Stage III, hormone positive breast cancer. She also carries the BRCA2 gene. In this episode, Tova reads her piece âSwimâ from Wildfire Magazineâs 2021 âBay Area Young Survivorsâ issue. In the wake of Tovaâs mom passing away, breast cancer took root in her body. This is the story of one woman asking how to find the key to unlocking her own grief about her breast cancer when her mother took so many of those answers with her when she died. Note of warning for sensitive listeners, this episode touches upon loss and suicide.
More about Bay Area Young Survivors: https://bayareayoungsurvivors.org/members/
Get the âBay Area Young Survivorsâ issue here: https://www.wildfirecommunity.org/shop/p/digital-bays21
Buy the Wildfire book Igniting the Fire Within: Stories of Healing, Hope & Humor, Inside Todayâs Young Breast Cancer Community: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJVJ629F?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860
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This week weâre sharing a favorite episode from the archives as we take a little holiday break from our regular podcast schedule. Production assistant Monica Haro selected this episode from October 2021 to reshare. Enjoy!
In this episode, Laurie Ratliff reads her piece âWhere Do You Go When You Donât Belong Anywhere?â from the 2019 âSocialâ issue of Wildfire Magazine. We all want to know where we belong, where our people are: where are the ones who understand us and accept us completely? Since her diagnosis at 34 and in the 20+ years sheâs lived with metastatic breast cancer, Laurie has navigated many communities within breast cancer, searching for others like herself. At last she found her place in the so-called pink sisterhood. When she found her home, she also found herself in the unexpected role of an advocate for a type of breast reconstruction called aesthetic flat closure.
More about Laurie:
https://www.tiktok.com/@statisticaloddity
https://www.instagram.com/statisticaloddity/
Get the âSocialâ issue here: https://www.wildfirecommunity.org/shop/p/digital-body21
Buy the Wildfire book Igniting the Fire Within: Stories of Healing, Hope & Humor, Inside Todayâs Young Breast Cancer Community: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJVJ629F?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860
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This week weâre sharing a favorite episode from the archives as we take a little holiday break from our regular podcast schedule. Production assistant Monica Haro selected this episode from December 2021 to reshare. Enjoy!
Erica Fitch was 12 when her mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. Two decades later at 30, she was diagnosed with DCIS: stage 0, estrogen positive breast cancer when her own daughter was 2. She carries the BRCA2 mutation. Her story today is about growing up with intimate knowledge of illness and the parallels when you face it yourself. And how to write about deeply personal stories that have been sewn into the fabric of your identity. Erica reads her piece âMemories in Color: Four Generationsâ from Wildfire Magazineâs 2020 âFamilyâ issue, where she uses the structure of color to explore and write the hard stories in our lives.
More about Erica: https://www.instagram.com/beeing_erica/
More about color symbolism: https://www.writersdigest.com/prompts/the-color-of-ideas-color-associations-writing-prompt
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Buy the Wildfire book Igniting the Fire Within: Stories of Healing, Hope & Humor, Inside Todayâs Young Breast Cancer Community: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJVJ629F?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860
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Lorie Kolak is a wife and a stay-at-home mom from Illinois. She was diagnosed at 41 with Stage II breast cancer, and also carries the pK71 genetic mutation. Lorie has worked in university libraries, book sales and distribution, copywriting, and copy-editing. When not writing or reading, she enjoys arts and crafts. In this episode, Lorie reads her essay âDoor Marked Dangerâ from Wildfire Magazineâs 2024 âBodyâ issue. Lorieâs piece slows down to take us into the moments surrounding her nipple tattoo experience following her mastectomy. April and Lorie will discuss the storytelling fairy tales buried inside of us, cold capping, talking about cancer with children, and the times when you do get to have a choice in the cancer experience.
Purchase the âBodyâ issue of Wildfire Magazine: https://www.wildfirecommunity.org/shop/p/digital-body24
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Claire Lemiski is an airline pilot who was diagnosed at 36 with Stage III, hormone positive breast cancer. As a captain at a regional airline in Toronto, Claire is passionate about providing mentorship to new and aspiring women pilots. In this episode, Claire reads her essay âAbout Damn Timeâ from Wildfire Magazineâs 2024 âFamilyâ issue. Claireâs piece is about breast cancer being a genderless disease, and a bond that was strengthened with her father because of their shared experience of both receiving a breast cancer diagnosis. April and Claire will discuss using a musical container for writing, the treatment contrasts and misconceptions of male breast cancer, reconstruction, and the intersection of career and cancer. They will also talk about Claireâs lymphedema concerns, and when itâs appropriate to talk about breast cancer when asked about her lymphedema compression sleeve.
More about Claire: https://www.instagram.com/flatpilot/
Purchase the âFamilyâ issue of Wildfire Magazine: https://www.wildfirecommunity.org/shop/p/family24
Buy the Wildfire book Igniting the Fire Within: Stories of Healing, Hope & Humor, Inside Todayâs Young Breast Cancer Community: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJVJ629F?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860
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This week we are sharing a favorite episode from the archives as we take a little fall break from our regular podcast schedule. Production assistant Monica Haro selected this episode from September 2021 to reshare. Enjoy!
When Katie Murray was diagnosed with breast cancer, she was surprised to discover that old traumas she thought she had dealt with were reawakened within her. She turned to writing to ground herself - quite literally on the gurney going into and emerging from surgery - and make sense of all she'd been through, prior to cancer, and then during her cancer treatment. Katie reads a story âNaked Narrativeâ from the 2021 âBodyâ issue of Wildfire Magazine. Trigger warning: this episode includes a mention of miscarriage.
More about Katie:
https://www.instagram.com/1day_2019/
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Less Radical Podcast
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Jennifer Bringle is a freelance writer and editor who was diagnosed at 37 with Stage II, hormone positive breast cancer. She also has the BRCA2 genetic mutation. Jennifer lives in North Carolina with her husband, young son and special needs cat. In this episode, Jennifer reads her essay âBra Huntingâ from Wildfire Magazineâs 2024 âBodyâ issue. Jenniferâs essay is about bra shopping after breast cancer surgery told through the lens of buying bras throughout her life. April and Jennifer will talk about the possibility of more reconstruction surgeries in the future, cancer stealing the pleasure of dressing your body, and finding new joy in writing about the past. They will also discuss the people we encounter along the way in our cancer experience. Jennifer will also share her writing process and tips.
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https://jenniferbringle.com/
https://www.instagram.com/jbhandy78/
More about our episode sponsor:
Less Radical Podcast
https://cancerculture.substack.com/podcast
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4mMdQpSdVr9kKSGXTfYLmo
Purchase the âBodyâ issue of Wildfire Magazine: https://www.wildfirecommunity.org/shop/p/digital-body24
Buy the Wildfire book Igniting the Fire Within: Stories of Healing, Hope & Humor, Inside Todayâs Young Breast Cancer Community: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJVJ629F?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860
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Shangrong Lee was diagnosed with hormone positive breast cancer at age 43 in 2017. Shangrong is a mother, wife and marathon runner. She is a Baddie Ambassador with For the Breast of Us, and a Young Advocate Alumni for Living Beyond Breast Cancer. In this episode, Shangrong reads her essay âThe Story About My Bodyâ from Wildfire Magazineâs 2024 âBodyâ issue. Shangrongâs piece is about receiving a cancer diagnosis that transports her back in time growing up Asian when she felt like her body wasnât a safe space because she looked different from ridiculous American beauty standards. Then she found running, and found her way to feeling safe in her body again. April and Shangrong will discuss running as an enjoyable lifestyle, body comparisons, and accepting body betrayal. They will also talk about Shangrongâs advocacy work with For the Breast of Us and Living Beyond Breast Cancer.
More about Shangrong: https://www.instagram.com/shangrongs.vibes/
More about our episode sponsor:
Less Radical Podcast
https://cancerculture.substack.com/podcast
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4mMdQpSdVr9kKSGXTfYLmo
Resources mentioned in this episode:
https://www.breastofus.com/
https://www.lbbc.org/
Purchase the âBodyâ issue of Wildfire Magazine: https://www.wildfirecommunity.org/shop/p/digital-body24
Buy the Wildfire book Igniting the Fire Within: Stories of Healing, Hope & Humor, Inside Todayâs Young Breast Cancer Community: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJVJ629F?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860
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Hannah Haworth was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 41, and she carries both the Check2 and ATM genetic mutations. Hannah is an author of teen fiction and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and daughter. In this episode, Hannah reads her essay âThe Deformed Womanâ from Wildfire Magazineâs 2024 âBodyâ issue. Hannahâs piece is about attending a support meeting only to hear a woman raging about the changes to her body and realizing she is not angry about her similar body, but rather, feels transformed. April and Hannah will discuss Hannahâs experience of writing her usual fiction books versus cancer memoir, embracing the privilege of aging, and the road to finding a support group that resonates. Hannah will also share two of her favorite writing prompts.
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https://www.instagram.com/hannahjayneauthor/
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https://www.facebook.com/AuthorHannahJayne
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Purchase the âBodyâ issue of Wildfire Magazine: https://www.wildfirecommunity.org/shop/p/digital-body24
Buy the Wildfire book Igniting the Fire Within: Stories of Healing, Hope & Humor, Inside Todayâs Young Breast Cancer Community: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJVJ629F?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860
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This week we are sharing a favorite episode from the archives as we take a little fall break from our regular podcast schedule to enjoy some Halloween fun. Production assistant Monica Haro selected this episode from January 2022 to reshare. Enjoy!
Megan-Claire Chase was diagnosed with lobular breast cancer at 39 after watching her mother go through her own cancer. Her mom was still very much in need of caregiving when Megan was diagnosed and this led to some hard truths about being a daughter and a caregiver to a parent. What do you do when you need love and nurturing while at the same time being that for a parent? In this episode, Megan reads her piece "When Cancer Worlds Collide'" from Wildfire Magazine's 2018 "Caregivers" issue.
More about Megan-Claire: https://www.instagram.com/warriormegsie/
Get the âCaregiversâ issue here: https://www.wildfirecommunity.org/shop/p/digital-caregivers
Listen to more episodes centered on caregivers:
Well, Letâs Start a Podcast by Danielle Hernandez
https://player.captivate.fm/episode/958ded9e-a99d-4531-be9c-e9d459dc49a2/
I Call Her Mother by Diana Mae Vega
https://player.captivate.fm/episode/aa086054-221d-4dce-96c5-bb28f4451138/
Let the Mirror Shatter by Wang Shein
https://player.captivate.fm/episode/7fb3d4a9-b5d7-4a17-9d7e-419fab782f86/
Buy the Wildfire book Igniting the Fire Within: Stories of Healing, Hope & Humor, Inside Todayâs Young Breast Cancer Community: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJVJ629F?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860
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