In the summer of 2017, Lisa Laudico became the 4th generation in her family to be diagnosed with breast cancer but the first to be diagnosed at Stage IV de novo.
Today we are going to chat with Lisa about legacy. Breast cancer as legacy, storytelling as legacy: whether it is a gift received or a gift given, something passed knowingly or subconsciously. She will share with us the story of her grandmother's breast cancer and how it lingers for Lisa now as she lives with MBC. As you'll hear, the power of storytelling as legacy is important for the teller and the recipient. I'll include a writing prompt to get YOU writing as well.
Lisa is the creator of Our MBC Life Podcast @ourmbclife. She lives with her family in Connecticut.
🔥 Today on The Burn, Lisa is reading her personal essay, “Legacy.”
👂LISTEN NOW: wildfirecommunity.org/the-burn or on your favorite podcast player (available everywhere!). Be sure to tell a friend who needs these stories & writing prompts in their life, too. ❤
📕 READ: You'll find Lisa's piece in the Wildfire Magazine 2020 issue, “Family.”
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April here. Today on The Burn podcast, I want to tell you a story from my own breast cancer survivorship. It’s a story that will shed light on why I focuses so much energy on the younger breast cancer community with my work with both Wildfire Magazine, the Wildfire writing workshops, and this podcast. As always, I'll tie it all together with a writing prompt at the end to help you use writing to heal your own story. Today, I'm reading a story I wrote about what it’s like to be young and diagnosed, and finally finding my BC person.
👂LISTEN NOW at wildfirecommunity.org/the-burn or on your favorite podcast player.
In the episode, I mention a few resources designed specifically with younger breast cancer patients in mind:
The Young Survival Coalition @youngsurvivalcoalition
Rethink Breast Cancer @rethinkbreastcancer
The Breast Cancer Portrait Project @breastcancerportraitproject
And of course WILDFIRE Magazine. 😊
Happy listening! Happy writing.
Kira Hodgson knows what happens when you are literally the only one in your friend group that has had to deal with something as serious as cancer. Kira came face to face with what this new reality looked like one day at Dolores Park in San Francisco. She asks, can we still be friends when I know the truth about how fragile life can be?
Kira was diagnosed at 31 with Stage III, estrogen and progesterone positive breast cancer.
🔥 Today on The Burn podcast, Kira is reading a piece she wrote for Wildfire Magazine’s 2021 “Bay Area Young Survivors” issue called “A Fragile Invincibility.” @kirahodgson
LISTEN NOW: Link to The Burn on your favorite podcast player or at wildfirecommunity.org/the-burn
And be sure to tell a friends who needs these stories & writing prompts in their life, too. ❤
Erin Weiss is a mom and a psychotherapist, and she’s been living with breast cancer since August 2019. Erin was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer following her very first ever mammogram at 42. Erin’s story takes us right to the day she received this devastating diagnosis, and shows us what it’s like to not only bear that weight on a very real, very day-to-day level, but also how to shift that weight to something more manageable. Erin’s story gives us the opportunity to develop empathy for one another, and for the metastatic breast cancer (MBC) community. It also gives us a little bit of a road map should we find ourselves in Erin’s shoes. Erin’s story is one of hope, hope for her, and hope for us. Today, Erin is here to read a piece she wrote for Wildfire Magazine’s 2020 “Family” issue: "Feeling Good as Hell?" Listen to The Burn podcast now in your favorite podcast player or at wildfirecommunity.org/the-burn
