Your co-hosts Shawna Kaminski and Alli Kerr sit down with Cancer Trauma Coach Jenn Farr, who shares her deeply personal journey through breast cancer—not once, but twice. Jenn’s story begins at age 36 when she discovered an unusual lump under her arm and breast. With no family history of breast cancer, the diagnosis came as a shock. Jenn opens up about the physical, emotional, and mental toll of undergoing a double mastectomy, all while balancing the demands of raising a family and maintaining her career.

But her journey didn’t end there. Just three years after her initial diagnosis, Jenn faced another terrifying recurrence of cancer at age 39, leading to another round of treatments. She takes us through the pain of this second battle and the mental spiral it triggered, and how she struggled to find the right support—especially as no counselors she met were trained to handle the trauma of a cancer diagnosis like hers.

Jenn’s candid reflections offer insight into the challenges many women face, from hormone changes due to treatments and navigating medically induced menopause, to coping with physical pain and lifestyle adjustments after surgery. She discusses the importance of being educated rather than fear-driven when making health decisions, especially around hormone-positive cancers. Along the way, Jenn found support from specialists like Dr. Ardelle Piper, a menopause expert previously featured on the Girls Talk Healthy Aging podcast.

Jenn’s journey of healing led her to write her book No Baby Pigeons: Navigating Cancer Through Thought Wellness, where she shares her mission to help women move from a place of fear to one of forward momentum. In this episode, Jenn not only tells her story, but she also provides valuable guidance on how to support a loved one going through cancer, or how to care for yourself if you’re facing this battle.

Tune in for a raw, inspiring conversation about resilience, wellness, and aging well through the most challenging of journeys.

Jennifer Farr is a 2x breast cancer journeyer, Author of No Baby Pigeons - Navigating Cancer through Thought Wellness (Available on Amazon) and Cancer Trauma Coach. She provides 1:1 coaching, a self-paced digital coaching program and additional content on YouTube, The Farr from Fear Podcast and her blog at www.farrfromfear-coaching.com

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