The Pink Ribbon Roller Coaster

Wellness advocate Nicole Hatten joins hosts Sarah and Jane to discuss the many toxins in the products we use every day and how they can affect our health and livelihood - and yes, even contribute to cancer rates. She shares helpful tips on clean products as well as the benefits of essential oils. Great information for all of us, cancer or not!  

There's no way around the financial impact of breast cancer treatment. It can affect families in so many ways. But there IS help - and sometimes it's just a matter of knowing who and what to ask. Our guest, Ellen Wardlaw, is a nurse navigator and helps lots of patients through the process. She shares some insightful tips and encouragement with hosts Sarah and Jane. Music by Seth Wright: sethwright...

Today's show explores the benefits of Eastern medicine - specifically, acupuncture, and how it can help ease many of the issues women often deal with during and after treatment. We talk with Dr. Seneca Dewbre about her acupuncture practice and the healing art of this ancient science.  

Hosts Jane and Sarah continue from part 1, with more scriptures and prayer for hope and healing. This is a few short minutes of no script or agenda - just a time to slow down, reflect and take time to remember the strength and hope we can find in God's Word.

During this busy, often chaotic time of year, hosts Jane and Sarah take a few minutes to slow down, breathe, and reflect on the healing power of God's words. If you're in need of comfort, hope, restoration, or just a moment in solitude, this is for you. It's less than two minutes - because we are all busy! - but our hope is that it can change the course of your day.  

Join Sarah and Jane this week as they talk to Ellen, a local RN who has been involved in the care of many of our Project31 ladies, but who is also just full of passion and knowledge. She talks with us about what to expect, the things people ask most often, and more. You'll find this one chock-full of great information!  

Kendra Scott is more than a national jewelry and accessory retail store - the company's founder is a passionate advocate for women fighting breast cancer and her company has become a significant contributor to the cause on many levels. Today our host, Jane, speaks with one of the Oklahoma City-based representatives of Kendra Scott about the company's many initiatives nationwide and how they're mak...

We talk all about the breast cancer experience from the patient's perspective, but what's it like to be the husband or caregiver, sitting in the waiting room just ... waiting? Steve McLean, husband of Project31 founder Sarah McLean, joins us and shares a little about his feelings and fears at the time and what he wishes he would have known at the time. Guys - listen in!

Attorney Venessa Donchin specializes in insurance law and she joins Sarah and Jane for an in-depth and very informative discussion on the claims process, why claims often get denied, what you can do about it (more than you think!) and when to seek help.

Our guest on this episode is physical therapist Paige Sims. She has a special heart and talent for helping breast cancer patients work through the many types of pain that can be the unexpected lingering effect of cancer and its treatment. Many women are told that living with pain and discomfort is just their "new normal" and they should just learn to cope with it. Paige disagrees - and she's helpe...

We all process experiences differently through the filter of our own emotional makeup. Personality tests can tell us a lot about ourselves, but when a blow like breast cancer comes along, you might wonder if you even know who you are anymore. You thought you understood yourself, but nothing like this has ever hit you. One of our favorite guests, licensed professional therapist Tiffany Fuller, join...

You may have heard about proton therapy and wondered if it's an option for you during breast cancer treatment. If so, how does it differ from traditional radiation? Should you ask your doctor about it? We'll find out all the facts as our special guest, Dr. Storey of Oklahoma Proton Center shares with hosts Sarah and Jane.

You know those people who always seem to be having fun? Who just exude happiness and positivity? Well, that's Delana. And that was even Delana as she went through cancer. She talks with host Jane Wilson about her thoughts as she was trying to process the news, how she found Project31, and why she came back even after she showed up at her first meeting and was the only one there!

School teacher Beth Harper joins us this week to share her story about diagnosis and treatment and how she was open and honest with her students throughout the experience. She found that talking about it openly encouraged others and helped her get through the rough days, too. To all that know her, Beth is a daily example of positivity and grace - taking the time to praise God even during the darke...

Project31 leader Amy Stewart shares her story about her diagnosis, her sister's diagnosis, and how she found a sisterhood she never knew she needed.

Our friend Ellen, a nurse navigator, joins us again today to talk about the financial burden that comes along with breast cancer. There are more resources and options than you realize - and so often it just comes down to simply not asking the right questions because we don't know we can. Listen in for some great information.

Our special guest Ellen is a nurse navigator and has a real heart for breast cancer patients. She walks us through some of the terms you may hear at the time of diagnosis and as you're considering different treatment options.

Hosts Jane and Sarah talk a little bit about hosting a support group with a big focus on not acting like a support group! They started with a single location and now host 11 groups in different locations throughout Oklahoma every month. The hope is to reach into every state, every corner, every place where there is a survivor who needs a group of sisters who get it.

Hosts Sarah and Jane, two survivors with a passion and a heart to serve others who are facing the emotional and spiritual destruction left behind by breast cancer, share how their paths crossed, how the mission that is now Project31 came to be, and how they see it all becoming bigger and doing more than they ever dreamed.

Hair loss is just part of the journey with breast cancer. But when Janet McLain had a negative experience trying to find a wig, she realized there was a real need for a place that women could find comfort, reassurance, understanding and - yes - style! She is the founder of Cancierge - a full-service wig salon that provides not only top-quality wigs, but a place for women to come and feel celebrate...

Hey guys - we haven't forgotten about you! Because for every married woman diagnosed with breast cancer, there's a husband going through some very real, very personal "side effects", too. Steve McLean, husband of host Sarah McLean, joins the discussion today to share with the guys some of the things he learned during their journey when Sarah was first diagnosed at the age of 25.

Our special guest, licensed professional therapist Tiffany Fuller, joins us to talk about the importance of and power in mindfulness. It can change your perspective through a breast cancer battle and just everyday life.

Survivor Jenna Bolerjack joins hosts Sarah and Jane to share her story and how she discovered that she could find ways to be sincerely grateful through all the ups and downs.

Therapist Angie Ridings is a specialist in trauma as well as a breast cancer survivor, so she has a lot to share on the topic of working through cancer beyond the chemotherapy, radiation and physical aspects.

Hosts Sarah and Jane talk to survivor Jenna Bolerjack about the whole what-just-hit-me feeling of being diagnosed, how she began to process it, and a few of the ways she found to help navigate through it with friends, family and the reality of her new normal.