Newly Diagnosed & Trailblazing: An Interview with Michelle Anderson-Benjamin
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Newly Diagnosed & Trailblazing: An Interview with Michelle Anderson-Benjamin

In this episode, Our MBC Life sits down with patient and advocate Michelle Anderson-Benjamin, founder of The Fearless Warrior Project. During the pandemic, Michelle was diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer and then with metastatic breast cancer shortly after she completed initial treatment. An experienced healthcare professional, a mom of two kids, and a wife who poured all her energy into others, Michelle says the diagnosis of MBC put a "battery in her back" to refocus attention on herself. This candid conversation has a lot to offer those newly diagnosed with MBC, and will inspire all of us.

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The Legacy of Lisa Laudico
In Memoriam, MBC Stories, MBC Allies, Communication and Relationships, Caregivers, MBC Patients, Legacy, Making Our Best MBC Life, Advocacy, Grief and Loss and End of Life Our MBClife In Memoriam, MBC Stories, MBC Allies, Communication and Relationships, Caregivers, MBC Patients, Legacy, Making Our Best MBC Life, Advocacy, Grief and Loss and End of Life Our MBClife

The Legacy of Lisa Laudico

Lisa Laudico, who created and spearheaded the Our MBC Life podcast series, died on August 6, 2022 from MBC. In this episode, Lisa’s friends, family, and colleagues remember her amazing life and celebrate the many ways she fostered connection, resilience, and hope throughout the MBC community.

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MBC & Parenting Expert Panel
Living with MBC, Communication and Relationships, Medical Community, Parenting, Lifestyle Research, Basic Science Our MBClife Living with MBC, Communication and Relationships, Medical Community, Parenting, Lifestyle Research, Basic Science Our MBClife

MBC & Parenting Expert Panel

How does one even begin to bring up the topic of metastatic breast cancer to a child? On this third episode of our MBC & Parenting series, we’ll talk to three experts that can give us some insight and guidance on how to talk with our children in the most open and safe ways. First up, Co-host Martha Carlson and Senior Co-host Victoria Goldberg speak with Dr. Leeza Park, psychiatrist, clinical researcher, and Deputy Director for the Comprehensive Cancer Support Program at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill. Finally, Senior Co-host and Producer, Lisa Laudico and Co-host Martha Carlson have an illuminating conversation with Morgan Livingstone, Certified Child Life Specialist based in Toronto, Ontario Canada, and Amanda Celeste, Parenting Expert for Project Life, mother, wife, and teacher.

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Dr. Lidia Schapira: Hey Doc, What Are You Telling Me?
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Dr. Lidia Schapira: Hey Doc, What Are You Telling Me?

What can we, as patients, do to strengthen our communication and relationships with our oncologists? This episode of Our MBC Life, the first in our MBC 101 series, includes perspectives, insights and suggestions from both sides of the critical doctor-patient relationship

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Doing End-Of-Life Right
Living with MBC, Medical Community, Hospice, Our MBC Bookshelf, Communication and Relationships, Difficult Life Choices, Grief and Loss and End of Life, Challenges and Barriers Our MBClife Living with MBC, Medical Community, Hospice, Our MBC Bookshelf, Communication and Relationships, Difficult Life Choices, Grief and Loss and End of Life, Challenges and Barriers Our MBClife

Doing End-Of-Life Right

How does one do things right at the end of life? There are many ways to answer this question, as varied as all of us.

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Does Advocacy Matter? The New Breast Cancer Brain Mets Website
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Does Advocacy Matter? The New Breast Cancer Brain Mets Website

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MBC & the LGBTQ2S+ Community
Living with MBC, Access to Care and Drugs, MBC Allies, MBC Patients, Challenges and Barriers, Communication and Relationships, Health Disparities, MBC Stories, Our MBC Bookshelf Our MBClife Living with MBC, Access to Care and Drugs, MBC Allies, MBC Patients, Challenges and Barriers, Communication and Relationships, Health Disparities, MBC Stories, Our MBC Bookshelf Our MBClife

MBC & the LGBTQ2S+ Community

join us for our discussion about the LGBTQ2S+ community and MBC. Co-host Natalia Green moderates a panel with Bob DeVito and Rainy Orteca, two guests living with MBC, and who are part of the LGBTQ2S+ community along with the co-founder of Queering Cancer, Dr. Evan Taylor. We also sit down with Kimiko Tobimatsu , a Canadian human rights lawyer and an award-winning graphic novelist whose book, Kimiko Does Cancer, tells the story of her breast cancer diagnosis at the age of 25 and the challenges she faced as a queer person, living with breast cancer.

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Facing Mortality
Difficult Life Choices, Faith, Grief and Loss and End of Life, Communication and Relationships, Legacy, Medical Community Our MBClife Difficult Life Choices, Faith, Grief and Loss and End of Life, Communication and Relationships, Legacy, Medical Community Our MBClife

Facing Mortality

Welcome to a special episode of our podcast. In April of 2021 a prominent clinical psychologist Dr Anne Kane joined SHARE’s Program Project Manager Deb Hackenberry in a discussion about the implications of facing mortality while also living as Dr Kane puts it as fully, richly, and deeply as possible. This episode is an audio version of the webinar about a very real, yet seldomly discussed issue.

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Best of 3BlackDocs
Medical Community, Diagnosis and Treatment, Communication and Relationships, Challenges and Barriers, Access to Care and Drugs, Health Disparities, Financial Toxicity, Clinical Trials Process Our MBClife Medical Community, Diagnosis and Treatment, Communication and Relationships, Challenges and Barriers, Access to Care and Drugs, Health Disparities, Financial Toxicity, Clinical Trials Process Our MBClife

Best of 3BlackDocs

We are excited to share another Best of from Season One. 3 Black Docs know how to keep it real and laugh and have fun. Dr. Karen Winkfield, Dr. Zanetta Lamar, and Dr. Tiffany Avery bring their professional take on racial disparities in healthcare and addressing structural barriers that lead to disparities in treatments and outcomes.

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GRASP: Guiding Researchers and Advocates to Scientific Partnerships
MBC Patients, Patient Advocates, Making Our Best MBC Life, Advocacy, Research, Communication and Relationships, Legacy Our MBClife MBC Patients, Patient Advocates, Making Our Best MBC Life, Advocacy, Research, Communication and Relationships, Legacy Our MBClife

GRASP: Guiding Researchers and Advocates to Scientific Partnerships

Co-host Natalia Green finds out how Christine Hodgdon and Julia Maués, co-founders of GRASP (Guiding Researchers and Advocates to Scientific Partnerships) saw an opportunity last year to bridge the gap between researchers and MBC advocates in the pursuit of better research connections.

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