November Trailblazer and A Dash of Joy
MBC Allies, Making Our Best MBC Life, Long Term Adverse Effects, Fitness and Exercise, Nuitrition, Patient Advocates, Advocacy, Quality of Life Our MBClife MBC Allies, Making Our Best MBC Life, Long Term Adverse Effects, Fitness and Exercise, Nuitrition, Patient Advocates, Advocacy, Quality of Life Our MBClife

November Trailblazer and A Dash of Joy

The Season of Giving is upon us. Purely by chance, we may be starting a new tradition here on the Trailblazer series - guests bearing gifts. This gift will be symbolically unwrapped during this interview with this month’s Trailblazer - national nonprofit United for HER and Susan Weldon, Founder and CEO.

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Twisted Pink and a Dash of Joy
Advocacy, MBC Allies, Making Our Best MBC Life, Challenges and Barriers, MBC Research Funding, Patient Advocates Our MBClife Advocacy, MBC Allies, Making Our Best MBC Life, Challenges and Barriers, MBC Research Funding, Patient Advocates Our MBClife

Twisted Pink and a Dash of Joy

We are ending season 2 on a positive note with a dash of joy from Dar Finkelstein and a conversation with our Trailblazer of the Month Caroline Johnson, founder of Kentucky-based non-profit organization Twisted Pink whose sole mission is to raise funds for MBC. Even though there is still no cure, our odds of getting to a cure through better funded research and science are improving because of the contributions of allies like Caroline Johnson.

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April Trailblazer & Dash of Joy
Advocacy, MBC Allies, Health Disparities, Making Our Best MBC Life, MBC Patients, Patient Advocates, Challenges and Barriers, Access to Care and Drugs, MBC Stories Our MBClife Advocacy, MBC Allies, Health Disparities, Making Our Best MBC Life, MBC Patients, Patient Advocates, Challenges and Barriers, Access to Care and Drugs, MBC Stories Our MBClife

April Trailblazer & Dash of Joy

Welcome to the Episode 2 of the Trailblazer series. Have you ever asked yourself if Wonder Woman was real? Ask no more. She lives and her name is Jamil Rivers. She is also our Trailblazer of the Month. Jamil was diagnosed with MBC at age 39. She is a mother of three, a caregiver, a full-time CEO of a non-profit organization , the board president of METAvivor and if that’s not enough, she has recently embarked on a new venture—The Chrysalis Initiative, a project dedicated to eliminating disparities in outcomes for Black women with breast cancer.  Also in this episode is a Dash of Joy from Our MBC Life’s own Dar Finkelstein. Dar is committed to living a life of joy and she shows us all how to do it. An episode full or hope, inspiration and joy.

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Trailblazer and Dash of Joy
MBC Allies, Making Our Best MBC Life, Financial Toxicity, Patient Advocates, Health Disparities, Challenges and Barriers, MBC Patients Our MBClife MBC Allies, Making Our Best MBC Life, Financial Toxicity, Patient Advocates, Health Disparities, Challenges and Barriers, MBC Patients Our MBClife

Trailblazer and Dash of Joy

Our first season 2 trailblazer focuses on the patient - providing them with free services that enable them to focus on healing and time with their families. Through their Thriver Fund, 305 Pink Pack also provides dedicated to support to those living with metastatic breast cancer. Meet Rosemary Carrera of 305 Pink Pack and come south with us to Miami. Also in this episode is a Dash of Joy from Our MBC Life’s own Dar Finkelstein. Dar is committed to living a life of joy and she shows us all how to do it. An episode full or hope, inspiration and joy.

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A Dash of Joy
Living with MBC, Making Our Best MBC Life Our MBClife Living with MBC, Making Our Best MBC Life Our MBClife

A Dash of Joy

Meet Dar Finkelstein, the new team member of this podcast and the future host of a monthly segment “A Dash of Joy.” It will air along with our Trailblazer series on the last Friday of each month. All of us need a dash of joy in our lives. Dar is a professional clown and runs not just one, but two Facebook groups devoted to this very subject: She knows of what she speaks.

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