Being a Mom While Fighting Cancer

Being a Mom While Fighting Cancer

Cancer may have changed everything, but it didn’t stop me from being a mom. In this episode, I talk about trying to stay present for my boys and how motherhood gave me purpose while I was fighting to survive.

How I Tried to Stay Strong

During chemo, I created routines to make myself feel stronger; water, walking, makeup, movement. In this episode, I share how I fought to keep a sense of control when everything in me felt powerless.

Watching Cancer Through Other People’s Eyes

This week’s episode is about the people we meet in the middle of our hardest battles and the unexpected ways they change us.

Not Recognizing the Woman in the Mirror

Chemo didn’t just make me sick, it changed the way I saw myself. In this episode, I talk about losing my hair, my eyebrows, my lashes, and the struggle of not recognizing the woman staring back at me.

The Battle of Chemo

After surgery, I hoped the hardest part was behind me. Instead, I learned chemotherapy was next. In this episode, I share what it felt like hearing the treatment plan, facing the fear of losing my hair, and the heartbreaking day it finally started falling out. From the shower where reality hit to the difficult decision to shave my head, this is the story of one of the most emotional moments of my cancer journey.