Episode 83: Find Your Harbor: Life in the Wake of Loss ft. Margo Fowkes

EPISODE SHOW NOTES Episode 83: Find Your Harbor: Life in the Wake of Loss featuring Margo Fowkes After her son Jimmy died of a cancer rarely found in children, Margo Fowkes found that what helped her through her profound grief the most was other people leaving space in the world for him. She discovered support […]

Episode 74: A Life in 147 Days ft. Andrea Wilson Woods

EPISODE SHOW NOTES Episode 74: A Life in 147 Days featuring Andrea Wilson Woods Andrea Wilson Woods was barely an adult herself when she got legal guardianship over her 8-year old sister Adrienne after their mother called to say she no longer wanted to be a mother. An actress trying to make it in LA, […]

Episode 57: What a Cancer Mom Wants Anti-Vaxxers to Know ft. Diane Windsor

EPISODE SHOW NOTES Episode 57: What a Cancer Mom Wants Anti-Vaxxers to Know featuring Diane Windsor For Diane Windsor and her son, the anti-vaxx movement represents the difference between life and death. In June 2018, he was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and needed immediate treatment. He and Diane had had a strained relationship because […]

Episode 11: Life Through A Different Lens ft. Zaakirah Nayyar

EPISODE SHOW NOTES Episode 11: Life Through A Different Lens When Zaakirah Nayyar was 9 months old she lost her right eye to non-hereditary Retinoblastoma, a rare childhood eye cancer.  With a prosthetic eye and declining hearing from radiation treatments Zaakirah often felt like she didn’t fit in. But with encouragement and support of her […]