Brighter Podcast
Brighter Podcast
Latest Episodes
Mammograms Explained: A Conversation with a Radiologist - Dr. Rana Yazdani
Mammograms can bring up a lot of questions, and sometimes a lot of anxiety. In this conversation, Dr. Yazdani, a diagnostic radiologist on the medical staff of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, joined Graci and Helen to break down what...
Intimacy After Cancer: What’s Normal? - Heather Nemec and Meredith Mitstifer
Cancer can change so much, including intimacy, body image, relationships, and the way you feel about yourself. In this episode, Graci is joined by Heather Nemec, a social worker and breast and non-Hodgkin lymphoma survivor, and Meredith Mitstif...
Education, Support and the Power of Community - Stephanie Hargis and the Ricardo Fisas Foundation
Stephanie Hargis, a mother, social worker, and breast cancer survivor, joined Brighter Magazine and the Ricardo Fisas Foundation to share her story and reflect on the difference their partnership is making in the lives of women affected by c...
Why We Avoid Screenings and Why We Shouldn’t: Marissa Griffin
In this episode, Marissa shares her breast cancer diagnosis story and explains why screenings played such an important role in saving her life. We talk about why so many women fear mammograms and self-checks, how to navigate scanxiety ...
Identity, Marriage, and Fertility - Katie and Taylor Fleenor
At age 23 and just two months before getting married, Katie was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer. Refusing to let cancer define their future, she and her fiancé, Taylor, moved up their wedding, and the two optimistically embarked on...