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The Burn

Listen every other Wednesday when April Stearns and the writers of Wildfire Journal & Writing Community share their experiences of being diagnosed with breast cancer under 50. The Burn is about telling cancer stories like you’ve never read - or heard - before. We go way deeper than the medical facts to the transformation of survivorship, and in the process, we talk about the healing power of writing. Whether you’ve been diagnosed with cancer or not, you"ll be inspired to write the stories in you

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36:45

A Guest Room for MBC with Erin Weiss

The Burn ·

2022/04/27

Our episode 5 guest Erin Weiss returns to The Burn today to read her essay “A Guest Room for MBC” from Wildfire Magazine’s 2021 “MBC: Stage IV Survivorship” issue. Erin is a mom and psychotherapist who was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer following her very first mammogram at 42. She’s been living with breast cancer since August 2019. Her piece is about making space for metastatic breast cancer in her life and establishing boundaries for its coexistence. Erin found a way to contain this

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33:19

Cancer Breaks Us In Ways That Are Familiar with...

The Burn ·

2022/04/20

Madison Hager was diagnosed with Stage II breast cancer at 29, just months into the coronavirus pandemic. Today she reads her piece “The Chocolate Chip Cookie That Broke the Camel’s Back” from Wildfire Magazine’s 2021 “Body” issue. It’s about facing her pre-cancer demons while simultaneously facing cancer. The modern conception of a cancer survivor is that they are enlightened, and have all the answers to living joyfully and with fulfillment. But oftentimes, whoever you were before cancer, whatever

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27:55

I Still Love You: A Surprising Letter to Cancer with...

The Burn ·

2022/04/13

Jessica Wajda was 32 when she was diagnosed with Stage III Triple Negative breast cancer. Today, Jessica reads her piece “I Still Love You” from Wildfire Magazine’s 2020 “Body” issue. This is not a mainstream cancer story, or one that people are used to hearing. Jessica says doctor’s gave her just 4 years to live if she didn’t do the rigorous treatment of chemo, surgery, and radiation they prescribed. Jessica decided that wasn’t the path for her. She writes about finding strength within herself to

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26:41

My Life is a Movie with Jen Pogue

The Burn ·

2022/04/06

Today we are going to hear a story about flipping the script with Jen Pogue. Jen is an actor and producer living in Toronto, Canada. She was diagnosed at 37 with Stage IV Triple Negative metastatic breast cancer. She reads her piece “My Life is a Movie” from Wildfire Magazine’s 2021 “MBC: Stage IV Survivorship” issue. What happens when cancer comes along and startles you into a starring role in the movie you never wanted to see much less be in? Jen finds what is beautiful in life: being present,

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35:56

Revisiting Fertility Loss 10+ Years Later with...

The Burn ·

2022/03/30

Certified resilience and leadership coach Melanie Childers was diagnosed at 34 with Stage II, hormone-positive breast cancer. Today, Melanie reads her piece “No” from Wildfire Magazine’s 2018 “(In)fertility” issue. A decade ago, cancer made Melanie’s fertility choices final. A cancer diagnosis that affects reproductive organs that comes well after menopause is not going to land the same way the same diagnosis will decades prior. It is heartbreaking, maddening, painful in a way that is hard to

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29:39

Revealing the Moments Between with Erin Stodola

The Burn ·

2022/03/23

Erin Stodola was 28 when she was diagnosed with Stage I Triple Negative breast cancer. She carries the BRCA1 gene. Today, Erin reads her piece “The Moments Between” from Wildfire Magazine’s 2020 “Identity & Aftermath” issue. Erin never gave her breasts much thought or considered them as part of her identity - until she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Then she thought about them a lot in their natural, reconstructed and absent forms and found a new identity along the way in between each version

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27:44

Crawling in My Skin with Mila Knight

The Burn ·

2022/03/16

Mila Knight was 38 when she was diagnosed with Stage II hormone-positive breast cancer. In this episode Mila reads her piece “Crawling in My Skin” from Wildfire Magazine’s 2021 “Body” issue. Mila has always turned to music for solace in hard times, so it was no wonder that music also lifted her up while going through cancer treatment. Her journaling turned to song-writing, and then she took her passion and her pain and channeled it into a fundraising concert. April and Mila will discuss the burden

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33:00

Street Light with Natalie Bello Silva

The Burn ·

2022/03/09

Natalie Bello Silva was diagnosed at 27 with Stage II hormone-positive breast cancer. In this episode Natalie reads her piece “Street Light” from Wildfire Magazine’s 2022 “Changemakers” issue. This issue centered on the ones who have experienced breast cancer themselves, and how that experience has inspired a business to serve the community, making the cancer experience easier for the next person to be diagnosed. Like Natalie who founded Scarves for Healing, a business that supports women facing

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30:52

Rooting Stories in Music: Riding Shotgun with Ann Camden

The Burn ·

2022/03/02

Ann Camden was diagnosed with Stage III breast cancer at 38. She then had a Stage IV recurrence at 45. Now at 51, she was diagnosed with leptomeningeal disease - fluid of the brain, spine and many other organs. She is currently undergoing aggressive treatment. Ann is a mother of twin teenage girls and married to her college sweetheart, Jeff. In this episode, Ann reads her piece “Riding Shotgun” from Wildfire Magazine’s 2019 “Love & Intimacy” issue. Ann’s story is about riding shotgun as her

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39:33

The Search to Feel Alive with Jen Rozenbaum

The Burn ·

2022/02/23

Note of warning for sensitive listeners, this episode touches on suicidal ideation. Jen Rozenbaum is a photographer and author who was diagnosed at 41 with Stage IIb hormone-positive lobular breast cancer. In this episode Jen reads her piece “The Search to Feel Alive” from Wildfire Magazine’s 2021 “Grief & Acceptance” issue. Jen tackles the hard subject of suicidal ideation, and the difference between being alive and feeling alive. How do you live your life once you are done with breast cancer

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29:18

The Story is Bigger Than the Diagnosis: What My...

The Burn ·

2022/02/16

Tracy Cushing had been practicing emergency medicine for 19 years and then one day that shifted and she became a cancer patient. In this episode, Tracy reads her piece “What My Medical File Won’t Tell You” from Wildfire Magazine’s 2021 “Body” issue. Tracy was diagnosed at 45 with Stage 2 lobular breast cancer. This is the story of one woman taking back her medical file to fill in the gaps, all the while asking how, as she dons the title of survivor, she can keep her identity as an athlete, too

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32:09

A Family Narrative of Li-Fraumeni Syndrome with...

The Burn ·

2022/02/09

Whitney was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder called the Li-Fraumeni Syndrome. She has been diagnosed with breast cancer twice – the first time at 30 and then again at 32. While her diagnosis of Li-Fraumeni Syndrome provided the hint to a cancer mystery, it also gave Whitney a built-in support system because the gene ran in her family. In this episode, Whitney reads from her piece “The Cancer Gene” from Wildfire Magazine’s 2021 “Family” issue.More about Whitney:

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27:56

Finding Hidden Silver Linings with Tamira Jubber

The Burn ·

2022/02/02

Tamira Jubber was 29 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Her story is one about finding meaning in life experiences that spanned from a childhood in Zimbabwe to a sudden departure to the US, and then to a breast cancer diagnosis that ran parallel to her sister donating a kidney to a stranger. This is the story of one woman asking why her life path has led where it has, and discovering some answers along the way through the help of a few decades’ view and some unexpected twists that led to

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31:54

Patient and Caregiver: When Cancer Worlds Collide...

The Burn ·

2022/01/26

Megan-Claire Chase was diagnosed with lobular breast cancer at 39 after watching her mother go through her own cancer. Her mom was still very much in need of caregiving when Megan was diagnosed and this led to some hard truths about being a daughter and a caregiver to a parent. What do you do when you need love and nurturing while at the same time being that for a parent? In this episode, Megan reads her piece “‘When Cancer Worlds Collide‘” from Wildfire Magazine’s 2018 “Caregivers” issue. More

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34:10

Putting Flat Closure on the Map with Sondra Price

The Burn ·

2022/01/19

Sondra Price was diagnosed at 20, 24, and 28 with malignant phyllodes tumors that led to two lumpectomies, a bilateral mastectomy, implant reconstruction, and an explant to flat closure. She found her way to flat closure on her chest the long way around, and because of that, she’s now a fierce advocate for others to truly know what their breast surgery options are. Because the truth is, if you don’t know your options, you don’t really have any. Sondra is the President of a non-profit organization

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27:47

Surviving Via a Creative Outlet with Denise Archer...

The Burn ·

2022/01/12

Denise Archer was diagnosed with Triple Negative breast cancer at 45. She is a maker that has been sewing since she was 15 years old. Denise reads her piece “The Uneven Thread of Synchronicity” from the 2020 “Survivorship” issue of Wildfire Magazine. This is the story of a woman using hobbies as a lifeline to carry us through survivorship. Her story is about works in progress: the sewing in your hand, stitching your story into the fabric of your family story, of generations of women holding needle

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24:04

When Cancer Clarifies with Meaghan Calcari Campbell

The Burn ·

2022/01/05

Our guest today is Meaghan Calcari Campbell from San Francisco who was diagnosed at 32 with Stage 2 Triple Positive breast cancer. She is reading a piece she wrote titled “Dear One” from the 2021 “Bay Area Young Survivors” issue of Wildfire Magazine. It is a story about a life transformed by what cancer took away. It is our first about another path to motherhood. A circuitous path that began in not wanting it and ended in needing a community to make it happen. Get the free Wildfire email newsletter:

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38:47

Legacy Writing with Lisa Laudico

The Burn ·

2021/12/29

Today we are going to hear a piece about legacy - breast cancer as legacy, storytelling as legacy. Whether it is a gift received or a gift given, something passed knowingly or subconsciously. The power of storytelling as legacy is important for the teller and the recipient. Our guest is Lisa Laudico, reading her piece “Legacy” from the 2020 “Family” issue of Wildfire Magazine. In the summer of 2017, Lisa became the 4th generation in her family to be diagnosed with breast cancer but the only one to

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30:56

The Power of Being Vulnerable: I Was Alone Until I...

The Burn ·

2021/12/22

Our guest today is Jessica Lynne who was diagnosed with breast cancer at 43. After she was diagnosed, she learned certain thoughts and patterns no longer served her. She grew up with a strong family story of independence. An independence worn like armor to protect against life’s bumps and bangs. That is until one day she learned it was the one thing hurting her more than anything else. When she reached out for support during her treatment, she became amazed and grateful. Today, Jessica is here to

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31:10

Swim: Searching for Answers in Memoir with Tova Wolking

The Burn ·

2021/12/15

Our guest today is Tova Wolking, an attorney from Oakland, California. She is reading her piece “Swim” from Wildfire Magazine’s 2021 “Bay Area Young Survivors” issue. In the wake of Tova’s mom passing away, breast cancer took root in her body. She was diagnosed with stage 3, hormone positive breast cancer at age 43. She also discovered she was positive for the BRCA 2 gene mutation. This is the story of one woman asking how to find the key to unlocking her own grief about her breast cancer when her

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