In the Midst of It All

In this episode you will hear from Hope Pelkey as she describes all that she has been through and how she had the resilience to make it through with faith, trust, and generosity. Hope learned to put her trust in God at a young age and then when she was faced with cancer, she was able to put her trust in God and her treatment team at Smilow. Throughout her life and her cancer journey, Hope again an...

In this episode Hope Pelkey reads her story about how God guided her through the foster system, homelessness, and cancer. Hope’s story is a story of triumph and resilience.

In this episode you will hear from Ellen Silver as she describes difficult messages she received as a child and how she overcame these messages as a young adult. Ellen also describes the details of the five cancers she has and how she has discovered more of who she is throughout her treatments. Ellen speaks of the past few years of her cancer journey as some of the best years of her life.

In this episode, Ellen Silver reads her story of being diagnosed with five cancers over the course of 25 years. She describes her ability to overcome the challenges she faced in her childhood and the faith that has helped her through all her cancer treatments.

In this episode, you will hear from Moe Armstrong, a Vietnam Veteran and a Catholic and Buddhist-informed believer. In his conversation with chaplain Jane, Moe share how he reinvented himself after serving in Vietnam and how he has reinvented himself again after a different war – his battle with cancer.

In this episode, Moe Armstrong reads his story of fighting in the Vietnam war, getting into the music scene, going to college, and more recently going through cancer treatment and what he calls cancer after care. Moe has attended the Catholic church and has also studied Buddhism.

In this episode, you will hear Lynsey discuss how she balanced work, treatment, and family. Lynsey talks candidly about how hard treatment has been and how her friends and family have offered her real support, offering some guidance and encouragement to those looking to support a friend with cancer.

In this episode, Lynsey Eno reads her story of being diagnosed with breast cancer 7 years ago when her second son was just a newborn and how she got her degree in social work in the midst of hospitalizations and chemo treatments. Lynsey is a Congregational Christian and credits God, her friends, and family with giving her the strength to make it through all that she has been through.

In this episode you will have the opportunity to listen to Rodney Staggers share his story of growing up and living with Cerebral Palsy. Rodney helped begin this project and has been a huge creative motivator for me. Rodney is a Pentecostal prophet. He is so full of life and joy and one of the most generous people I know despite all the limitations and ongoing pain he endures on a daily basis. Thi...

Life is challenging and sometimes life is stage IV metastatic cancer challenging. So how can we make it through all that life throws at us? Jane Jeuland is the Chaplain in the Palliative Care Program at Smilow Cancer Hospital. Since 2011 she listened as people with life-limiting cancer have process their living, dying, healing and not healing and their faith, spirituality, and beliefs. Over the ye...