I'm Still Here: Lessons from Life with Metastatic Breast Cancer with Heather Jose
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I'm Still Here: Lessons from Life with Metastatic Breast Cancer with Heather Jose
Heather was diagnosed with Metastatic (Stage IV) Breast Cancer at age 26, in 1998. Join Heather and her husband Larry as they discuss life with metastatic disease as it impacts every area from health, finances, family planning, and so much more. The podcast provides inspiration and hope, but also pr...
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263 episodis
Episode 262: What I Reached for in the Early Days—and How to Build a Library That Holds You
While cleaning and decluttering, Heather came across a stack of books that carried her through the early years of living with cancer. Some were inform...
Episode 261: What Do I Need This Year? Rethinking the New Year With Metastatic Breast Cancer
A new year often comes with pressure to set goals, do more, and fix ourselves. But when you’re living with metastatic breast cancer, that framework ca...
Episode 260: These Are My People: Finding Belonging in the Metastatic Breast Cancer Community
After 27 years of living with metastatic breast cancer, I attended the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium for the first time — not knowing what to ex...
Episode 259: Cancer at Christmas: The Week I Learned I had Stage IV Breast Cancer
In this powerful episode, Larry and I go back to the week in December 1998 that changed our lives forever. What started as a routine appointment just...
Episode 258: The Holidays Hit Different With Cancer: Stress, Memories, and Making It Manageable
The holidays hit different when you’re living with cancer. In this honest and heartfelt conversation, Heather and Larry talk about the emotional weigh...
Episode 257: What Will You Do With Your One Wild + Precious Life?
In this episode, Heather opens the door to a conversation many people living with metastatic cancer think about privately — but rarely speak aloud:
Don’t Wait for January: 7 Ways to Stay on Track Through the Holidays
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The holidays are a mix of joy, chaos, and endless temptation — which makes it easy to say, “I’ll just start over in January...
Episode 255: Stop the Cancer Spiral: A 15-Minute Reset for When Cancer Takes Over Your Thoughts
When your mind starts spinning with fear, what-ifs, and worst-case scenarios, how do you stop it? In this episode of I’m Still Here, Heather and Larry...
Episode 254: The Balancing Act: Structure, Flexibility, and Living Well with MBC
Finding balance isn’t about perfection — it’s about learning what works for you. In this episode, Heather and Larry dig into the daily juggling act of...
From “I Am Sick” to “I Am Strong”: 10 Statements to Reframe Your Life
What you say about yourself matters. In this solo episode, Heather shares 10 powerful “I Am” statements to help you shift from fear and frustration to...
Episode 252: Let's Talk About Sex - After Cancer
Let’s Talk About Sex – After Cancer
After cancer, everyone tells you “you look great”—but looking fine isn’t the same as feeling whole. In this...
Episode 251: Never Stop Starting Over: Building Strength After Cancer
Never Stop Starting Over
After a great appointment and scan results, Heather and Larry sit down to talk about what it really means to “start ove...
Episode 250: PET Scans, Panic, and Perspective
This week, I’m catching you up on a whirlwind of scans, cancer center conversations, and the realities of living with metastatic breast cancer. From t...
Episode 249: Infusion Centers: Healing or Losing the Human Touch?
After more than 25 years of treatment at the same small-town hospital, Heather shares how changes in systems and processes have stripped away what onc...
Episode 248: I Just Want a Break from MBC
Living with metastatic breast cancer is exhausting—physically, mentally, emotionally, and socially. It never takes a day off, and sometimes you just w...
Episode 247: We're Back! Let's Catch Up!
After a summer break, Larry is back on the mic! In this week’s episode, we reflect on the journey of I’m Still Here so far, share our hopes and dreams...
Episode 246: Sensational Survivor Terlisa Sheppard
🌟 Sensational Survivor Series Meet incredible women who have been living with metastatic cancer for 10 years or more. These candid conversations reve...
Episode 245: Kelly Shanahan, Sensational Survivor
🌟 Sensational Survivor Series Meet incredible women who have been living with metastatic cancer for 10 years or more. These candid conversations reve...
Episode 244:Sensational Survivor Series Melissa Haberl
🌟 Sensational Survivor Series Meet incredible women who have been living with metastatic cancer for 10 years or more. These candid conversations reve...
Episode 243: Sensational Survivor Kim Builta
🌟 Sensational Survivor Series Meet incredible women who have been living with metastatic cancer for 10 years or more. These candid conversations reve...
Episode 242: 20 yr Sensational Survivor Gillian Burles
🌟 Sensational Survivor Series Meet incredible women who have been living with metastatic cancer for 10 years or more. These candid conversations reve...
Episode 241: Quick Summer Check in
👇 New to the podcast? Here's what we're all about:I’m Still Here is a weekly show hosted by Heather Jose, who has been living with metastatic breast...
Episode 240: Sensational Survivor Jessica Strande
🌟 Sensational Survivor Series Meet incredible women who have been living with metastatic cancer for 10 years or more. These candid conversations reve...
Episode 239: Sensational Survivor Leecy Fink, 10 Years With Metastatic TNBC
🌟 Sensational Survivor Series Meet incredible women who have been living with metastatic cancer for 10 years or more. These candid conversations reve...
Episode 238: Sensational Survivor Sharon Hamilton, 19 years with MBC
🌟 Sensational Survivor Series
Meet incredible women who have been living with metastatic cancer for 10 years or more. These candid conversatio...
Episode 237: Thriving Decades Beyond Diagnosis – Beth’s Survivor Story (Replay from 2023)
Episode 237: Thriving Decades Beyond Diagnosis – Beth’s Survivor Story (Replay from 2023)
In this inspiring replay from 2023, Heather sits down...
Episode 236: Fear is the Worst. How to Get Relief When Living with Metastatic Cancer
We asked what you struggle with the most when living with cancer and the fear of dying and overall anxiety always tops the list. In this episode we ta...
Episode 235: 30 Years of Marriage
We are celebrating 30 years of marriage this week with a handful of questions for each other.
Each week, Heather shares profound insights gaine...
Episode 234: Living with Cancer 7 Techniques That Keep Me Going
Join us as we talk about 7 things that Heather has relied on for all of her years of living with cancer. Larry is back too!
Each week, Heather...
Episode 233: Break ups and Dating with MBC Part 2 with Annie Bond
In this episode Annie talks about breaking up and dating while living with MBC. Don't miss this one!
@theanniebond
Each week, Heather sha...
Episode 232: Annie Bond, Living with MBC since 2015, Part 1
Annie Bond joins Heather this week for part one of her story. Annie was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer at age 26 in 2015.
@theanniebon...
Episode 231 Living With Metastatic Breast Cancer
In this solo episode, Heather talks about living with metastatic breast cancer over 26 years.
Each week, Heather shares profound insights gaine...
Episode 230 10 Ways to Make Appointments Better
In this episode, Larry and Heather talk about tips to make appointments go smoothly and get the most out of them.
Each week, Heather shares pro...
Episode 229 The Emotional Weight of Cancer is Heavy
In this episode Larry and Heather talk about living with the weight of metastatic cancer along with the everything else that is happening in the world...
Episode 228: Getting Back on Track
This week Larry and Heather talk about getting back on track after a setback.
Each week, Heather shares profound insights gained from her remar...
Episode 227: 9 Tips for Caregivers
Each week, Heather shares profound insights gained from her remarkable 25-year journey as a metastatic breast cancer survivor. Join us as we delve int...
Episode 226 Surviving, Thriving or Living?
What do you want to be called? Is there implications behing the words? This episode talks about how the terms sit with Heather and why.
Each we...
Episode 225: Can You Eat 30 Plants a Week?
In this episode we talk about Heather's focus from a nutrition standpoint and how surprisingly easy it is to eat 30 plants a week.
Each week, H...
Episode 224: Where is Your Cancer Anxiety on a Scale of 1-10?
In this episode Larry and Heather talk about the level of cancer anxiety that is present day to day for people with metastatic cancer and ways to gaug...
Episode 223: 5 Things You Need to Know that No One Tells You when It's Cancer
In this episode Larry and Heather talk about some of the things that don't get talked about when you have been told it's cancer including, finances, e...