The Many Faces of Cancer
As a cancer survivor and thriver, I know how important community and support are when you are facing a cancer diagnosis. That’s why I created The Many Faces of Cancer Podcast.
Each week I will be interviewing amazing people with heartfelt and inspirational stories from all sides of the cancer journey: patients, survivors and thrivers, caregivers, family and friends, and professionals. I may even throw in a bonus episode once in a while talking about things that are important to us all.
We never think it will happen to us, until it does. This podcast will be about community, knowing you’re not alone in your journey. It will also be an opportunity for people to share their stories and hopefully help others.
I hope you will all tune in. While it will be cancer stories, we all learn from others and, ultimately, these are human stories, applicable to many other areas of life.
Episodes
80 episodes
The Power of Support Groups with Becky Bosley
Today's guest is Becky Bosley, an oncology nurse, leader of myeloma support groups since 2018, and both a breast and ovarian cancer survivor. She is passionate about empowering the myeloma coMMunity with research, education, advocacy and suppor...
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Episode 81
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Thriving with Heart after Childhood Pancreatic Cancer with Dr. Rachel Orgel
Today's guest is Dr. Rachel Orgel, a passionate educator with a lifelong commitment to student success. Diagnosed with a rare form of pancreatic cancer at age 13, Rachel would endure two recurrences and several surgeries in her teens and early ...
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Episode 79
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46:02
Friendship, Strength and Resilience with Ninja Moms Debbie Feinberg and Brandi Lebsack
You are in for such a treat today!! I had the privilege of interviewing the Ninja Moms, Debbie Feinberg and Brandi Lebsack. Their sons, Max Feinberg and Kaden Lebsack, have been competing on American Ninja Warrior for several years now and alwa...
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Episode 78
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41:51
Positively Altered: Finding Joy in All Things with Dr. Cindy Howard
Today's guest is Dr. Cindy Howard, board certified chiropractic internist and nutritionist, incredible public speaker, award-winning author, and Hodgkin's Lymphoma survivor. Dr. Cindy loves to inspire with humor, wisdom, and finding joy in adve...
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Episode 77
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45:41
Mindset, Movement, and Loving Yourself First with Courtney Lockwood
Today's guest is Courtney Lockwood, realtor, fitness instructor, and breast cancer survivor. Going through treatment at the height of the pandemic, Courtney's story is rooted in resilience, growth and purpose.We talk about genetic testin...
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Episode 76
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44:59
Alcoholism, Liver Cancer, and a Second Chance to Make a Difference with Beth Lehman
Today's guest is Beth Lehman and her story is a powerful one. She was diagnosed with alcohol related cirrhosis of the liver in 2019 and, while waiting for a transplant, was also diagnosed with liver cancer in 2020. Beth received her liver trans...
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Episode 75
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45:40
From the U.S. Navy to the Cancer Action Network with LaTina Starling
Today's guest is LaTina Starling, diagnosed with Stage III Breast Cancer at age 29 while serving in the U.S. Navy. After her treatment, she transitioned from military to civilian life and found a way to help others with advocacy.Starting...
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Episode 74
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Prostate Cancer: The Importance of Community and a Healthy Lifestyle with Steve Hentzen
Today's guest is Steve Hentzen, chairman and co-founder of the Prostate Network and 15 year prostate cancer survivor. Steve is a passionate advocate for cancer patients and serves on many advisory boards and other roles.We talk about the...
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Episode 73
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42:20
Appreciating Every Moment after Testicular Cancer with Charles Wroten III
Today's guest is Charles Wroten III, an inspiring young man. He's studying social work at East Carolina University, an accomplished collegiate rugby player, and a resilient testicular cancer survivor. Diagnosed at age 15, he has bec...
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Episode 72
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31:26
Communication and Setting Boundaries amid Breast Cancer with Julia Olsson
Today's guest is Julia Olsson, a proud mom and SAG-AFTRA member, and breast cancer survivor. She loves storytelling as a singer/songwriter and performer, and has a deep belief in authenticity, creativity, and connection.We talk about the...
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Episode 71
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45:19
Overcoming Setbacks and Stage 4 Pancreatic Cancer with Andy Campbell
Today's guest is Andy Campbell, a resilient survivor and inspirational author who has overcome numerous life-altering challenges, including a battle with Stage 4 Pancreatic Cancer. He talked about his 15 core beliefs that empowered him (and can...
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Episode 70
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Light Through Darkness: Miracles Along a Cancer Journey with Harriet Cabelly
Today's guest is Harriet Cabelly, grief counselor, therapist, speaker, and author of "Light Through Darkness: Miracles Along My Cancer Journey." Diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma in early 2022, Harriet got in the habit of looking...
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Episode 69
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Bringing Awareness to Male Breast Cancer with Bret Miller
Last week we talked with Peggy Miller, co-founder of the Bret Miller 1T Male Breast Cancer Happens Foundation. This week we get to hear Bret's story. Diagnosed at age 24 with breast cancer, he decided that no man should ever feel alone again wh...
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Episode 68
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Male Breast Cancer Happens with Mom and Advocate Peggy Miller
Today's guest is Peggy Miller. Peggy's son Bret was diagnosed 15 years ago with breast cancer. Since then, she and her family have been on a mission to bring awareness to male breast cancer.They started a non-profit called Bret Miller 1T...
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Lessons from Colon Cancer at Age 31 with Truitt Taylor
Today's guest is Truitt Taylor, diagnosed with colorectal cancer at age 31. He's owner of the design/build firm, Taylor Construction + Design, and cofounder of Beauty and the Builder, an Atlanta based non-profit organization focusing on serving...
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Episode 66
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49:20
Cancer, College and Chicago (Marathon) with Tom Anderson
Today's guest is such an inspiration!! Meet Tom Anderson, M.Ed., a two time cancer survivor, two time Chicago Marathon finisher (while going through treatment), and two college degrees, working on his doctorate. Wow!!Tom was diagnosed in...
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Episode 65
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Navigating Cancer Your Way with Maureen Kozicki
Today's guest is Maureen Kozicki. In 2014, Maureen's world changed with an ovarian cancer diagnosis. A longtime yoga and meditation teacher, she struggled to find her own voice amid countless "right ways" to heal and toxic positivity. Determine...
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Episode 64
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44:05
Hope and Resilience in the Face of Cancer with Peggy Velasco
Today's guest is Peggy Velasco, a 16 year breast cancer survivor, retired in Florida with her husband and their dog Scout. Peggy had an incredible support team during her cancer journey and she pays it forward.We had a great conversation...
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Episode 63
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36:34
Testicular Cancer Awareness and Advocacy with Mike Craycraft
Today's guest is Mike Craycraft, registered pharmacist, testicular cancer survivor, and founder of the Testicular Cancer Society.Mike provides heartfelt insight into what it was like to remain silent about his diagnosis for seven months,...
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Episode 62
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41:42
The Emotional Side of a Cancer Diagnosis with Jennifer Dutilly
Today's guest is Jennifer Dutilly, a breast cancer survivor, a very active Boy Mom, the Director of Clinical Growth at Parker Integrative Health and a Personal Development Coach.Jennifer and I go deep in this episode - from having cancer...
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Episode 61
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41:01
Solo Episode - Survivorship - Now What?
Welcome to another solo episode. This topic has come up several times with guests and I wanted to do a whole episode on it because it's that important and it's not talked about enough.Some say survivorship starts as soon as you are diagn...
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Episode 60
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20:39
Don't Sit on Symptoms with Peter Coolbaugh
Today's guest is Peter Coolbaugh, an avid baseball fan, cat dad, and survivor of both stage 5 kidney failure and stage 3 Multiple Myeloma. He started out with back pain and it took several weeks before someone finally did bloodwork and a diagno...
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Episode 59
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39:30
Taking Responsibility for Your Health and Healing with Patty Thompson
Today's guest is Patty Thompson, amazing massage and spinal flow therapist and three time cancer survivor.40 years ago, Patty was sent home from the Mayo Clinic, basically to die. She had Stage IV cancer, cervical, uterine, AND non-Hodgk...
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Episode 58
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44:47
The Importance of Self Care During Treatment with Lauren Taylor
Today's guest is Lauren Taylor, owner and founder of Aesthetics 360 Lash and MedSpa, located in Parker, Colorado. She is also currently going through treatment for breast cancer. Lauren really just wanted to feel better and look and...
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Episode 57
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Sharing Your Story to Help Others with Claudia Perez-Favela
Today's guest is Claudia Perez-Favela, a proud wife and mother of three, a first generation non-traditional college student studying criminal justice, and a cervical cancer survivor. Living in a rural community in California, when s...
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Episode 56
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39:47
