Breast Friends Cancer Support Radio

A cancer diagnosis and treatment is more than a wake-up call. It is an opportunity to change your entire life for the better. Tune in as the Breast Friends Co-founders, Sharon Henifin and Becky Olson, who also co-host this program, share their lives and their inspirations. They remind us, there is always hope.

When Stacie Overman went through cancer in 2006, she had a near death experience which led her to her discovery of angels and the spiritual realm of healing from a completely different perspective. Listen in and hear her amazing story.

We all know that volunteers greatly benefit organizations and individuals that need help. But what do we get out of the act of volunteering? Turns out volunteering is great for your health! Volunteering helps reduce stress levels, improves our social life, develops news skills and may even advance your career! Hear from a Breast Friends Volunteer how helping others has been its own reward.

We all know that stress is bad for cancer patients. Learn about the impact of stress and how to overcome it using various tools, including massage, and introducing balance into our lives. We will also explore how others affect our self-care and how to ask for help even if our cancer is in remission. Join us with our guest Jacki Gethner.

Every now and then we bring someone on our show to tell their personal story and through the telling of those stories, we hear stories of resilience and hope. Our guest today, Julie Seiber, has one such story. She has been through an amazing journey of cancer, which then led to a heart problem, but with the love and support of her husband and others, Julie is still going strong.

How Biohacking can have you thinking, moving, and feeling your best. Listen in today and learn what it is and why it works with our guest Mary Jo Campbell

Sometimes life's twists and turns are expected — and sometimes they are not. A diagnosis of breast cancer often comes out of the blue causing great upheaval and trauma in our lives. We may try many paths, or feel stuck while our wheels just spin. We can become tired and have difficulty seeing a path ahead. Join us today as we explore the healing power of writing with our guest Karen Newcomb.

Becky Olson, co-founder of Breast Friends, inspirational speaker and author of The Hat that Saved my Life, is in the middle of her 5th breast cancer battle since 1996. This time, her fight is with metastatic breast cancer. She is currently enrolled in a medical trial that includes Immune therapy. Hear her story and how she used three things that got have gotten her through each battle.

Dr. Larkey will share evidence from the latest research on the lifestyle behaviors one can adopt that reduce risk for cancer as well as reduce risk for recurrence. She will discuss her research about strategies for rebuilding wellness in the wake of a cancer diagnosis and she will share information on a study that is currently open for breast cancer survivors, aged 45-75, that provides free classes, further testing these strategies.

Meet Anne-Louise Sterry, otherwise known as Aunt Lena. She will teach us the power of using music and humor and Audacious Joy, to help people change their story to one of health and hope. She used this technique to overcome her journey through breast cancer. She will share with us today her journey and the tools she used to overcome. I have a feeling we might need to be strapped in. This lady is FUNNY!

Cancer related fatigue hits nearly all cancer patients in one form or another. It is a mystery that cannot be measured objectively. There is no blood test or scan to determine if you have it, or to what degree. It can be due to a number of factors which we will explore on today's show. Not only will we discuss what it is and why it happens, but we will look at ways to combat it. Our guests, Door Vonk and Dr. Bram Kuiper, are from the Netherlands and will bring their perspective to this very important issue. We will also discuss their cancer related app, appropriately named, Untire.

Dr. Robert Nagourney is a cancer researcher who has a new concept of carcinogenesis wherein cancer is not caused by mutations, challenging decades of genomic research. He just announced research findings in which he could identify breast cancer patients with a greater than 95 percent accuracy. Dr. Nagourney is a proponent of healthy diet and lifestyle to help mitigate cancer risks and will talk about the importance of personalized breast cancer care/functional profiling and lifestyle and diet to reduce cancer risks.

Radiation therapy has been an approved method of treatment for cancer for many years. But there are still many mysteries about how it works, is it safe and more. Our guest today is a researcher in the field of radiation and will debunk the myths often associated with this method of treatment.

The beautiful parts of life are sprinkled with love, challenge, fear, joy, and hopefully the appreciation for the insight we gain along the way. If your goal is to outrun pain or conflict you will never succeed. But, if you can learn to turn the tides and recognize the strength you have and the blessings all around you, you will in turn become more courageous, more alive, and fearless to face whatever is thrown your way. Through her own journey with cancer, Shandy Welch was given the opportunity to walk the walk, see medicine from the perspective of a patient, and became incredibly inspired along the way.

Elizabeth Cluff was diagnosed with cancer at the young age of 37. Like many of us, it turned her life upside down. After treatment, she began to research what was missing the world of breast cancer. She came to the same conclusion that Breast Friends did. There is much information on prevention, research and awareness, but there was very little that actually helped women in the trenches - to help them feel whole again. As a result, she formed I'mpact One. Now in her second battle she is still fighting and will not stop.

We all survive something. Tangie Roseboro grew up in poverty and abuse but somehow came out on the other side as a warrior. When cancer strikes, things can seem hopeless at times. The struggles can be daunting But we can be warriors too.

When life hands us a diagnosis like cancer, we have choices in how we handle it. Our guest today, Kristen Carbone made choices after her mother's diagnosis that changed her life for the better.

We will discuss the relationship of stress and cancer. What is this relationship? How does stress work? What are the 3 most common mistakes people make about stress? How managing your stress is NOT going to help you in the long run. And how to achieve mastery over your stress.

When a person is struck with a serious illness or other trauma, it is easy to fall into a pit of sadness and just watch life move around you. We can become isolated and fearful. Dr. Fox will share with us the concept of staying in the light, and why it is so important mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. She helped Becky Olson, the co-host of this show with those very words, and now is here to to share it all with you.

16 years ago Liam Ryan was anonymous in the world. Then he began to get headaches. He was diagnosed with a huge stage 4 tumor in his face and was told very few hospitals in the world could look at his case. To survive the surgery alone would be a miracle. But the tumor was so extensive that radical radiotherapy was also required to remove what the surgery couldn’t. If medics were to be found, the chances were the surgeon would be in New York, but the radiotherapist would be in Tokyo. He needed both of them in the one place. Eventually, a team in Liverpool offered treatment. They didn’t think he’d make it but wanted to give him the chance he was desperate for. Today, he will share his miraculous story