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My breast cancer journey - optimistic and feisty!

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This is a platform for sharing our breast cancer journeys and testimonies (for me and for every single one of my amazing invited resilient pink sisters) as a source of encouragement to anyone going through breast cancer. I’m praying it provides a testimony of God’s unwavering faithfulness as we navigate this trajectory. Thank you so much for listening
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39. Talk with Sabreen Sudan Jolly-Brown - Share YOUR Story! Let Me Choose To Live!

Talk with Sabreen Sudan Jolly-Brown “Sabreen Speaks” I first had the opportunity to reach out to my most recent Podcast guest, Sabreen when I came across her amazing Instagram post pretty recently. After chatting for a short while, Sabreen agreed to being a guest on the Podcast!!!!! I want to first say a HUGE THANK YOU to my dear sister, Sabreen walking us through her journey and sharing her incredible breast cancer testimony today! Sabreen was age 22 when she first noticed what she thought were...

Jun 26, 202529 minSeason 1Ep. 39

38. Talk with Anetra Bey - Unshaken Faith in Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ

Thank you so much, sis, for being my most recent guest on the Podcast. For me, sharing your testimony is such an amazing way to close out 2024, sis!!!!!! Sis, I pray that you'll continue to be protected and healed, only by the grace and power of our living God! It was absolutely amazing having my dearest sister, Anetra, share her testimony of the Lord's goodness and healing power throughout her periods of health challenges. Specifically, her breast cancer journey started in February 2022 when sh...

Jan 01, 202519 minSeason 1Ep. 38

37. Talk with LaShae Rolle - take it one day at a time and trust that it will all work out…

Talk with LaShae Rolle, MPH, CPH ​Happy Breast Cancer Awareness Month, family❤️❤️❤️❤️!!!!!! My goodness! My most recent guest on the Podcast, my dear sister, LaShae Rolle was an amazing breath of our God’s unwavering power in navigating through her breast cancer journey with such poise, resilience and empowerment! My sister’s inspiring words “take it one day at a time and trust that it WILL all work out” ​LaShae’s journey started in 2023 when she initially felt a breast lump at just 26 years of ...

Oct 02, 202429 minSeason 1Ep. 39

36. Talk with Dekesha Bridgeforth - if I’m still here, I’m here for a purpose!

Thank you so very much, my dear sister Dekesha for being our most recent Podcast guest! Dekesha shares her incredible testimony of God bringing her through getting diagnosed with Stage 3B breast cancer in April 2021. She subsequently went through getting 21 of her lymph nodes removed (resulting in lymphedema), 11 rounds of chemo (starting just a week before her 45th birthday) and 32 days of radiation! Dekesha shared so many words of wisdom nuggets and I will always be deeply grateful for her wor...

Jul 15, 202416 minSeason 1Ep. 36

35. Talk with Sherri Lee - Things We Can Never Figure Out On Our Own...

I wanted to say a HUGE THANK YOU to my most recent Podcast guest, Sherri Lee. I’ve had the tremendous pleasure of following Sherri’s postings on IG since the beginning of the year. My goodness, Sherri is an amazing Breast Cancer Survivor, Digital Creator and upcoming Author!!!! YES, SIS!!!! Sherri was initially diagnosed in 2022. She was very vigilant about doing her monthly self-breast exams!!! That was the basis of her journey. She was 38 years old at the time. She got the “you are too young s...

Jun 09, 20241 hr 32 min

34. Talk with Angelica (Angie) Valadez - Standing Strong and Staying Deeply Grateful to God!!!!!

My recent guest, Angelica (Angie) Valadez, was initially diagnosed with early stage breast cancer in 2020 then diagnosed with MBC in 2022. Angie was first diagnosed with stage 2B HER2+ breast cancer. She underwent chemotherapy, lumpectomy, radiation, hormone therapy, axillary lymph node dissection and oophorectomy at that time. Things got better! Subsequently, Angie was told there was No Evidence of Disease (NED) for the next 11 months after those initial treatments! BUT in April 2022, after hav...

May 01, 202416 minSeason 1Ep. 34

33. Talk with Silvia Garcia - Our God Turns Pain To Purpose With Silvia’s Creations!

It was such an absolute pleasure having my dear sister, Silvia Garcia on the most recent Podcast episode!!!!!!! It was such a joy speaking with you and having you share your incredible testimony, sis!!!! Silvia was diagnosed with Stage IIB Triple Negative Breast Cancer in March 2020. She was just 31 years old at that time! What? And at the beginning of COVID-19 pandemic! Silvia ended up going through 16 rounds of chemo and bilateral mastectomy with reconstruction! She is thankfully, now official...

Feb 25, 202423 minSeason 1Ep. 33

32. Talk with Shalita Thrasher - Our God Turning Pain Into Purpose In Such A Beautiful Way!!!

My goodness! I'll always remain deeply grateful to God for Him intentionally placing my pink sister, Shalita Thrasher in my path! It was such an honor to have Shalita share her powerful testimony on the Podcast today. Shalita’s journey began in May 2020, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, when she underwent a routine mammogram and breast exam. She was given an “all clear” at that appointment and asked to return for her regular annual appointment the next year. Just shy of two months aft...

Jan 05, 202413 minSeason 1Ep. 32

31. Talk with Towina M. Jones - I am with you AND I will go through this with you!

I want to say a HUGE thank you to Towina!!!! I had the pleasure of having her share incredible testimony, life lessons and words of encouragement and wisdom on the Podcast this week! She was so real, very relatable and just an ambassador of the Joy of the Lord in our lives!!! Thank you, Towina! Towina M. Jones is an Ambassador of Christ (as His daughter), a Lover of Life and a Thriving Breast Cancer Survivor! Towina was diagnosed in February 2011 and her words with the Lord giving her foresight ...

Nov 30, 202329 minSeason 1Ep. 31

30. Talk with Adriana McCullouch - What Am I Learning From This Journey?

I’m deeply grateful to have my dear sister, Adriana McCullouch chatting with me today. Adriana is a mother, life coach, breast cancer survivor and an avid animal lover! And she’s such an amazing trailblazer pink sister!!!! Adriana joins me today to recall the stories and lessons learned in her breast cancer journey from her routine screening (for the first time ever!) to her diagnosis, treatment plan including mastectomy, chemo, radiation and oophorectomy to her journey through survivorship. Sin...

Oct 30, 202314 minSeason 1Ep. 30

29. Talk with Dr. Morgan Mitchell How could I be overjoyed and overwhelmed?

Talk with Dr. Morgan Mitchell For this episode, I had the pleasure of chatting with Dr. Morgan Mitchell. Morgan recalled how she was so incredibly elated to graduate with her doctoral degree, after tireless hours, days, weeks, months and years of working on her dissertation and eventually defending her thesis and earning her doctorate degree in Biochemistry in August 2020 from the University of Texas at the age of 36! But wait! Just a few weeks after graduation, she felt a lump in her left breas...

Oct 26, 20231 hr 5 minSeason 1Ep. 29

28. Talk with Dr. Chalice Rhodes Creating healthy boundaries and balance

My goodness!!!!! Chalice and I are kindred sisters!!!!! I’m so amazed, in awe and deeply grateful to God for orchestrating my meeting with Chalice, just me reaching out to her to find out more about her Podcast titled “Breast Cancer, Mental Health, & Black Women Breast Cancer Disparities: Clinical Research Trials” LIVE on Monday, 10/16/23! Dr. Chalice C. Rhodes (formerly Jenkins) is a licensed and nationally certified Professional Counselor. Most recently, she was honored as the first design...

Oct 24, 202351 minSeason 1Ep. 28

27. Talk with Sonja Sulcer Moving forward in HER God-given purpose!

In this episode, I had the tremendous privilege of chatting with Sonja Sulcer, who is a wife, mom, breast cancer survivor, Amazon best-selling author and remains a trailblazer deeply committed to her relationship with Jesus Christ!!!! Sonja was diagnosed with HER2-positive breast cancer in November 2021, just after her routine mammogram, then biopsy. It was initially worked up to be Stage 0 (DCIS), but after surgery, findings from the surgical pathology upstaged it to Stage 1. Sonja ended up hav...

Oct 23, 202331 minSeason 1Ep. 27

26. Talk with Paris Smith - Continuing to help to be that light!

I’m deeply grateful to my dearest pink sister, Paris Smith for coming on yet another Podcast episode (it’s her third time here!!!!)! I had chatted previously with Paris on Episodes 8 and 15! Thank you so much for continuing to share your invaluable words of wisdom and reflections on your new normal and beauty, Paris! I continue to be in awe of how our God remains in control and remains faithful as Paris shares her Stage 2 breast cancer (Triple Negative Breast Cancer, TNBC) journey on every platf...

Oct 23, 202339 minSeason 1Ep. 26

25. Talk with Dawn Marone Living toxin-free! It’s one step at a time

In this episode, I had the awesome pleasure of chatting with Dawn Marone, my dear sister with so much knowledge and practice about healthy living in every way. I met Dawn on IG while looking into breast cancer survivors living their best toxin-free lives. My goodness, thank you much for being such a great advocate for toxin-free living!!!!!!! She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2011, had a double mastectomy later that year and had 32 lymph nodes removed on her right side. Recovery was very b...

Oct 21, 202328 minSeason 1Ep. 25

24. Talk with Dr. Sally Knox - Focus on the things that bring you life, recognizing the power of God

For this episode, I had the awesome pleasure of chatting with Dr. Sally Knox, who shared so many of her remarkable thoughts and words of wisdom so incredibly well. Dr. Sally Knox, MD FACS is a surgical oncologist specializing in the diagnosis and surgical treatment of breast cancer. She practiced for 30 years at Baylor Scott & White Hospital in downtown Dallas with a team of breast cancer specialists who are passionate about stamping out breast cancer. Sally had so many, many thoughts and wo...

Oct 14, 202321 minSeason 1Ep. 24

23. Talk with Camille Lewis What is this cancer trying to teach me? Start with your “ME-SEARCH”!

Camille Lewis’ words “What is this Cancer trying to teach me? Start with doing your “ME-SEARCH”, recognize that are rewards in obedience…” still resonate with me. I had the amazing privilege and honor of having Camille Lewis here for this brief episode. Camille was and still is an anti-bias early childhood educator and preschool teacher in the Denver, Colorado Jewish community. Camille is an African-American woman working in a religious minority community. Since her diagnosis with aggressive sta...

Oct 12, 202318 minSeason 1Ep. 23

22. Talk with Angela HE is STILL making a way!

Thank you so very much, Angela for chatting with me about your breast cancer testimony. Had the privilege of chatting with Angela a few days ago. She walked me through the miracle of her eventual diagnosis, after an initial MISdiagnosis of mastitis! I also had mastitis during each of my 2 pregnancies. Angela eventually sought a second opinion, then lo and behold, needed a diagnostic ultrasound, then a biopsy. She was diagnosed with breast cancer just in 2020. She went through double mastectomy, ...

Oct 08, 202324 minSeason 1Ep. 22

21. Talk with Dionne Phillips Finding out the truth in a “Dionne-ish” way!

I was really honored to have my dear pink sister, Dionne (Dee) Phillips, talking through her breast cancer testimony. My goodness! Many of her reflections so resonate with me. She’s an amazing Clinical Mental Health Counselor and a Registered Nurse, so she just had that gut feeling that something was just not right, despite her Provider’s initial dismissal. In her “Dionne-ish” way, I’m so happy she insisted on getting heard, imaging and biopsy because her breast cancer diagnosis came on 9/28/22....

Oct 07, 202357 minSeason 1Ep. 21

20. Talk with Jeanelle It ain’t over! Live every day…

In this episode, I had the awesome pleasure of chatting with Jeanelle as I learned so much from her sharing her story and it continues to resonate with me! Jeanelle talks through her story of just noticing something wasn’t right as she noticed multiple abnormal symptoms with her breast, but her doctor maintained that everything was normal and insisted that was too young to worry. As Jeanelle recalled, her daughter was 6 years old and she hadn’t breastfed in years. For over a year, Jeanelle tried...

Sep 25, 202344 minSeason 1Ep. 20

19. Talk with Kiki The Breast Decision - NEW ways to make things…

In this episode, Kiki (Kiana) Wooten recalls the amazing testimonies (I repeat, testimonies!) of her traumatic journey starting at age 34 from her initial mammogram, then ultrasound, followed by her shocking breast cancer diagnosis in October 2019. Things got much worse from her first surgery, then subsequent multiple emergency surgeries, sepsis two different times, chemo and hormone therapy! My goodness! Many thoughts Kiki brought up really resonated with me, including her words “Close your eye...

Sep 05, 202352 minSeason 1Ep. 19

18. Talk with Tiffany Cooks Don’t lose heart and don’t give up!

This episode with Tiffany was so incredibly motivational and so real, at the same time! Thank you so very much for sharing your amazing testimony of your journey, sis! Tiffany shared her testimony about navigating her diagnosis with breast cancer at such a young age (of 39), just 2 weeks after her husband’s brain tumor diagnosis. Tiffany shared her testimony of the Lord carrying her throughout every part of her journey, while also taking care of her husband. Tiffany remained adamant about taking...

Aug 20, 202339 minSeason 1Ep. 18

17. Talk with Michelle Miller Your story is not over!

This episode features an amazing discussion with my dear pink sister, Michelle Miller. Michelle is such an amazing source of inspiration to me and I’m sure to thousands of breast cancer warriors. Oh wow! I was blown away by Michelle’s recount of her journey, from diagnosis, to every single part of her treatment journey for the Stage 4 breast cancer she was diagnosed with. Michelle kept dropping her incredible knowledge and tips about different strategies for thriving through the treatment plans ...

Aug 10, 20231 hr 2 minSeason 1Ep. 17

16. Talk with Pixey Dust Empowered to lead and be that change agent

This episode features an amazing discussion with Pixey, my pink sister from another mom. Pixey is a breast cancer advocate, and such a wonderful aesthetic flat closure advocate and I had reached out to her on social media about her sharing her story. My goodness! This episode with Pixey was so empowering as she reiterated our need to be empowered to lead and be that change agent

May 04, 20231 hrSeason 1Ep. 16

15. Talk with Paris Smith You are truly BEAUTIFUL inside and out!

For this latest Podcast episode, I had an amazing time speaking with my beautiful pink sister, Paris Smith!!!!!! Paris and I were in Tigerlily’s Angel Advocacy training cohort 10! My goodness, what an extraordinary privilege I have of getting to know and be inspired by Paris’ testimony! I have also had the pleasure of reading through Paris’ blog posts titled “Embracing the Journey-Susan G. Komen” and “Finding beauty during a difficult time” on LBBC’s platform. Paris will also be sharing her jour...

Apr 21, 20231 hr 7 minSeason 1Ep. 15

13. Talk with Patrice and Isabella - Recognize that God is still in control

For this episode, I’m joined by my pink sisters, Patrice Exantus and Isabella Milan. We have all had the extraordinary blessing of walking through our breast journeys, only by the grace of God. I met Isabella while reaching out to American Cancer Society’s Reach to Recovery program right after my diagnosis in 2021. Isabella was our Podcast guest on Episode 4!!!!! I also met Patrice while going through LBBC’s blogs a few months ago and I had reached out to her as soon as I could. She promptly res...

Jan 01, 20231 hr 21 minSeason 1Ep. 13

14. Talk with Allanda and Thandi - Being intentional

This episode includes awesome conversations with our guests, Allanda Christenson and Thandi Montgomery. Allanda was in Tigerlily Foundation’s Angel Advocate Cohort 10 with me. Her testimonies have been such a huge blessing to me and I’m so happy she’s back in the podcast to talk about what’s next for her after being on Episode 7!!!! Allanda is joined by Thandi, my other sister from another mama. I met Thandi through the AMAZING Young Survival Coalition (YSC) family I’ve had the awesome pleasure ...

Dec 31, 20221 hr 10 minSeason 1Ep. 14

12. Talk with Brittany (“YourFavoriteP.O.”) - Sharing your journey with your communities

For this episode, Brittany (an awesome YouTuber and Podcast host, also known as “YourFavoriteP.O.) will be sharing her breast cancer journey in such a powerful way, with so many lessons learned and words of wisdom. I first came across Brittany’s YouTube channel documenting her real-time experience from her diagnosis, initial treatment, recurrence and treatment again! She’s such as awesome powerhouse of positive energy and real talk. Please tune in to listen to her beautiful story!!!!!!

Dec 20, 202227 minSeason 1Ep. 12

11. Talk with Patrice Exantus - being intentional about healing

For this latest Podcast episode, I had the tremendous pleasure of speaking with Patrice Exantus. I reached out to Patrice after reading her amazing blog on Living Beyond Breast Cancer (LBBC). Here’s the blog link - https://www.lbbc.org/blog/the-worry-factor-in-breast-cancer-treatment-when-the-concerns-are-more-than-medical. I was blown away by her candor and optimism with her breast cancer journey. I am excited and honored to have her share her journey and great tips for being intentional about ...

Nov 16, 20221 hr 9 minSeason 1Ep. 11

10. Talk with Tenaira Layton - her words “don’t allow fear to have you living in an ignorant way”

I had the wonderful pleasure of chatting with tonight’s guest (Tenaira Layton) on this Podcast. Tenaira and I were both in Tigerlily Foundation’s Angel Advocate Cohort 10 earlier this year. Tenaira will be sharing her amazing words of wisdom and testimonies in her breast cancer diagnosis and subsequent journey since last year. Romans 15:13 - May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Oct 31, 202244 minSeason 1Ep. 10
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