Episodes

  • E13: You Are Not Alone

    E13: You Are Not Alone
    Mar 6 2024
    Throughout this podcast, you’ve heard people share their very personal stories and experiences around cancer. So many of them were nervous about being “interviewed”. When I asked them why they were doing it - they all said the same thing. They wanted to share their story to help someone else going through treatment, to know they are not alone.


    As we wrap up this podcast series, we want to thank our guests for being so open, vulnerable, and candid in sharing their experiences. It has been an honour to be part of these conversations. I hope you were able to take away something - whether it be practical information, or a moment you connected with personally. Please remember to share the Facing Cancer Together podcast with friends and family who may find it helpful. On behalf of Look Good Feel Better, thank you for listening.

    Please share this podcast with anyone in your life facing a cancer diagnosis - or caring for someone who is. For more information about Look Good Feel Better and our workshops, visit us at www.lgfb.ca.
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    8 mins
  • E12: Back To Work/Back To “Normal” ...Now What?

    E12: Back To Work/Back To “Normal” ...Now What?
    Feb 21 2024
    When treatment is done, people around you - including co-workers and bosses - may feel you are now “back to normal”. But side effects can last much longer after treatment ends. Dr. Christine Maheu and Maureen Parkinson, Co-Directors of Cancer and Work, will join us to share best practices.

    Visit Cancer and Work’s website for resources on heading back to work: www.cancerandwork.ca/

    Please share this podcast with anyone in your life facing a cancer diagnosis - or caring for someone who is. For more information about Look Good Feel Better and our workshops, visit us at www.lgfb.ca
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    44 mins
  • E11: How To Feel Like Yourself

    E11: How To Feel Like Yourself
    Feb 7 2024
    The appearance-related impacts of cancer treatment can take a very serious toll on someone’s overall well-being. It’s not vanity. It’s about looking into a mirror, and not seeing the “Cancer Patient” - but instead seeing yourself. Dr. Margaret Fitch, and some of our other special guests, discuss why feeling like yourself does, in fact, make you feel better. Then, Andrea Galley talks about "Boobie Parties", and body image post-surgery.

    To learn more about Be Appeeling: www.beappeeling.com/

    Please share this podcast with anyone in your life facing a cancer diagnosis - or caring for someone who is. For more information about Look Good Feel Better and our workshops, visit us at www.lgfb.ca.
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    30 mins
  • E9: Unique Experiences

    E9: Unique Experiences
    Jan 10 2024
    Everyone’s cancer experience is unique. In this episode, you’ll hear from Michelle Sylvain who is currently in treatment, then Denise Dmitruk on going through treatment as a nurse - and her most unusual pet. We finish with a male perspective from Michael Suba, who is looking back years later - and learning to trust his body again.

    Please share this podcast with anyone in your life facing a cancer diagnosis - or caring for someone who is. For more information about Look Good Feel Better and our workshops, visit us at www.lgfb.ca
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    34 mins
  • E8: Brave, Fierce & Funny Part II

    E8: Brave, Fierce & Funny Part II
    Dec 27 2023
    Radio broadcaster Maureen Halloway and television journalist Wendy Mesley are back - continuing the conversation about their cancer experience.

    You can hear more from Wendy and Maureen over at The Women of Ill Repute Podcast: www.womenofillrepute.com

    Please share this podcast with anyone in your life facing a cancer diagnosis - or caring for someone who is. For more information about Look Good Feel Better and our workshops, visit us at www.lgfb.ca.
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    33 mins
  • E7: Brave, Fierce & Funny Part I

    E7: Brave, Fierce & Funny Part I
    Dec 27 2023
    Anyone who names their own podcast “Women of Ill Repute” is not going to hold back. And Maureen Halloway and Wendy Mesley certainly do not hold back when it comes to sharing their cancer experiences.

    You can hear more from Wendy and Maureen over at The Women of Ill Repute Podcast: www.womenofillrepute.com

    Please share this podcast with anyone in your life facing a cancer diagnosis - or caring for someone who is. For more information about Look Good Feel Better and our workshops, visit us at www.lgfb.ca.
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    22 mins
  • E6: Navigating Nutrition

    E6: Navigating Nutrition
    Dec 13 2023
    Going through treatment, there can be so many extra sources of stress - including food & nutrition. Hopefully listening to Registered Dietician Denise Gabrielson will help take some of that stress off your plate.

    Here are the links to some of the resources Denise mentions: Eat well | Canadian Cancer Society and Healthy Eating - American Institute for Cancer Research (aicr.org)

    You can also sign up for Look Good Feel Better’s Post-Nutrition Workshop here: Find a Workshop

    Please share this podcast with anyone in your life facing a cancer diagnosis - or caring for someone who is. For more information about Look Good Feel Better and our workshops, visit us at www.lgfb.ca.
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    31 mins
  • E5: Michelle Audoin On Living With Cancer

    E5: Michelle Audoin On Living With Cancer
    Nov 29 2023
    Navigating stage four cancer, facing cancer as a Black woman, grieving - and dried up raisins. Michelle Audoin is here to talk about it all - including how she ended up revealing more than she thought she ever would.

    Here is a link to the resource discussed in this episode rethinkbreastcancer.com/uncovered, as well as a video featuring Michelle on YouTube.

    Please share this podcast with anyone in your life facing a cancer diagnosis - or caring for someone who is. For more information about Look Good Feel Better and our workshops, visit us at www.lgfb.ca.
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    39 mins