How One Woman’s Breast Cancer Battle Led to the Self-Care Movement
During this conversation, Dorothy and Dr. Fitzpatrick talk about the past four years and how they’ve impacted the breast cancer community. He’ll talk about the need for caregivers to embrace self-care and encourages breast cancer patients to engage in self-acceptance.
She Beat Breast Cancer, Now She’s Paying it Forward to The Rose
The Rose’s annual Everything’s Coming Up Roses Luncheon happens on March 27th. This year’s honoree is Nancy Craig. Nancy joins Dorothy to discuss her role and share why it’s important to her to spread The Rose’s mission. She shares her personal experience with breast cancer, including early detection and treatment.
Self-Care vs Well-Being, a Conversation with Chief Possibility Officer Peter Remington
Peter Remington is a business coach with a passion for paying it forward. But it was a friend with breast cancer who gave him the title “Chief Possibility Officer.” Years later, he still holds the title. During this conversation, you’ll hear why “Chief Possibility Officer” is a perfect fit for Peter.
The Piece of Paper That Saved Her Life
Surviving breast cancer in her twenties, Marisol Guerrero attributes her survival to a single piece of paper—a sponsorship form to The Rose. Marisol’s powerful story highlights the importance of early detection and self-advocacy in breast health. Her commitment to helping others echoes through her advocacy work for The Rose, aiming to spread awareness and support for breast cancer prevention and care.
She’s Fighting to Extend the Lives of Women with Metastatic Breast Cancer
Ginny Thompson Kirklin, with a career deeply rooted in breast cancer education and advocacy, now focuses on metastatic breast cancer and joins Dorothy Gibbons to discuss the disease’s insights, ongoing efforts to prolong affected women’s lives, and potential future developments.
Honoring The Rose with a Bottle of Wine–and a BATHROOM!
Ryan Levy, founder of Nice Winery and a dedicated advocate for The Rose’s mission to support uninsured women in Houston, shares his inspiring career pivot from a successful lawyer to creating wines for a cause, highlighting how they honor The Rose’s mission in multiple ways in this episode.
How to be a Breast Cancer Advocate
This man wrote the book on how to be an advocate. James Gray influenced so many policy changes, and he’s here today to tell us why our voice and our story is probably the most important weapon we have in the fight against breast cancer.
During this episode he gives specific ways everyday people have used their voice to shape state policy, why using personal stories are critical in the fight against cancer, and how he helps inspire volunteers.
What Happens When a Well-Connected Family Encounters Issues Within the American Healthcare System
Saul Valentin, a prominent architect in Texas who serves on the board of The Rose, shares the harrowing journey of his family’s encounter with the American healthcare system, which nearly cost his wife’s life due to red tape, emphasizing the importance of paying it forward and the impact of their move to Texas on his life in this episode.
She Credits a Single Piece of Paper with Saving Her Life
Marisol Guerrero, whose breast cancer journey began in her early twenties with a lemon-sized tumor, shares her inspiring story, advocacy for The Rose, and struggles with imposter syndrome in the breast cancer community, as she opens up about the guilt related to the financial challenges of her diagnosis and underscores the importance of self-examinations, regular screenings, and open dialogue in this episode with Dorothy.
This Former TV Anchor Beat Breast Cancer and is Now Empowering Others to do the Same
Former TV anchor and breast health advocate Lyndsay Levingston, a breast cancer survivor, shares her inspiring journey, including a life-changing self-examination and a previously unknown family history of cancer, emphasizing the importance of open discussions about breast health, and how her determination and early detection enabled her to overcome the challenges of a triple negative 2B diagnosis, now dedicating her time to empowering women across America through SurviveHER. Learn more at iamasurviveher.org.
