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In today’s world, staying healthy, beautiful and happy means much more than absence of disease. Wellness abounds for women who want to take a preventive, empowered and fun approach to health. This means investing in ourselves and our lives – and for real benefit like lower healthcare expenses, and more energy so we can live life to the fullest. Real Women on Health! is all about supporting and encouraging women to shift their thinking from "being a patient" to being their own best health and wellness advocate. Our content partners are women's health advocacy groups like the National Women's Health Resource Center and the Women's Sexual Health Foundation - bringing credibility to all of our conversations. From breast cancer survivorship to weight management and osteoporosis, we provide the most credible information we find through our research and filter it through conversation and commentary. Join us in empowering women with the tools to live into wellness!
kelleyconnors
Date / Time: 11/20/2009 1:30 AM UTC
Category: Health
Call-in Number: (646) 929-2625
Do you know someone with cancer? As a friend, mom, aunt, grandmother, sister or colleague of someone with cancer, has there ever been a time when you just didn’t know what to say, how to say it, or how to help someone you know or love? You’re invited to join two cancer survivors and their friends in a “get real’’ discussion of what it takes to help a friend coping with cancer. So, dial in to join Kelley Connors, Host of RealWomen on Health! with Lori Hope, Author, Help Me Live: 20 Things People with Cancer Want You to Know” and Sheryl Kraft, Women’s Health Writer, National Women’s Health Resource Center to discover for yourself how you can help your friends coping with cancer of any kind.
Date / Time: 11/4/2009 12:33 AM UTC
When I invited Lori and Sheryl to contribute to our Real Women on Health! community, I was struck by my naivite about talking to a loved one or friend who is coping with a cancer diagnosis.
But, that’s no longer.
I was with my dad when he was diagnosed with chronic myelogenous leukemia, a rare leukemia that is partially curable with Gleevec. In last month since his diagnosis, I’ve struggled to find a way to talk to him about anything…without being overly concerned or too dismissive, too humorous and too serious.
I’m feeling like there’s no perfect way to talk to a loved one or friend and much guilt about my own apparent health…. at least for today.
So, it was with relief when Sheryl Kraft outreached to me to see how we could collaborate on an upcoming radio show on how to help a friend with cancer. As a breast cancer survivor of many years and women’s health writer and advocate at HealthyWoman.org, Sheryl was enthusiastic about helping friends talk with their friends who might have just been diagnosed..or are in the throes of a long, active treatment cycle for any type of cancer.
Sheryl suggested we contact Lori Hope, Lung Cancer Survivor, and Author of “Help Me Live: 20 Things People with Cancer Want You to Know”.
Always the filmmaker, one of Lori’s first thoughts after being diagnosed with lung cancer was, “I should make a documentary about this.” When her therapist urged her to deal with the disease first and worry about documenting her journey later, Lori dropped the idea. But soon after, when a well-meaning friend said something to Lori that made her extremely anxious and when people continually asked her whether she had smoked, she thought "Someone really ought to write a book about what people with cancer need others to know!"
About nine months later, Ten Speed Press publisher Kirsty Melville took Lori's seminar on documentary production at Bay Area Video Coalition in San Francisco, and asked Lori whether she had ever considered writing a book. After several meetings, Help Me Live started to come to life.
Published by Celestial Arts, an imprint of Ten Speed Press, Help Me Live: 20 Things People with Cancer Want You to Know, tells intimate stories of words and actions that have made a tremendous difference to people with cancer. Designed to help caregivers, friends, and loved ones of cancer patients and survivors communicate more effectively and compassionately, Help Me Live does not prescribe behavior, but encourages compassion, respect, and listening.
Join Lori, Sheryl and Kelley in a "kitchen table conversation" and share your own story, struggles and victories in helping your friend with cancer of any kind.
Date / Time: 10/23/2009 4:20 PM UTC
We’ve watched the ad and witnessed the controversy. Now, we’re asking: “What’s next?”
Earlier this year, Rethink Breast Cancer released a memorable and infamous public service announcement (PSA) that was seen around the world. Produced with the visual and sensual focus on “boobs” – specifically those of Aliya Jasmine, host of MTV Canada – it quickly became the subject of heated and passionate commentary. Some suggested that it was overly sexualized, male-focused and objectified women. Others argued that the PSA breathed fresh life into a breast cancer communications strategy that has become tired, unappealing and unrealistic.
The Rethink PSA was successful because it reminded us that, yes, breast cancer has a sexual component. Women like Ms. Jasmine who are between the ages of 20 – 49, are regularly diagnosed with breast cancer. They not only deal with the physical impact of a breast cancer diagnosis, but they must navigate the sexual issues associated with the disease. For example, the actress Christina Applegate decided to have a double mastectomy after being diagnosed with breast cancer last year. She has openly discussed the impact of her decision on her relationship with her boyfriend and body image.
Rethink’s PSA was memorable, but we can’t afford to let the conversation begin and end with boobs. We need to find ways to grab the attention of young men who are impacted by breast cancer, but don’t think about it much. We need to boldly and forthrightly talk about the intimacy issues associated with a breast cancer diagnosis. We need to bring people wedded to traditional breast cancer awareness strategies together with those who have decided to tear up the playbook.
It’s time to have a candid conversation about “what’s next” in breast cancer awareness communications. We believe the following questions must be addressed more broadly:
Consider this an open invitation to men, health influencers and women’s health advocates to continue the conversation about issues raised by the Save the Boobs PSA in an open forum.
There are three ways you can help.
Thank you in advance for your attention and support.
Kelley Connors
President, KC Healthcare Communications, LLC (www.realwomenonhealth.com)
Founder, Real Women on Health (www.blogtalkradio.com/realwomenonhealth)
Fard Johnmar
Founder, Envision Solutions, LLC (www.envisionsolutionsnow.com)
Founder, The Path of the Blue Eye Project (www.pathoftheblueeye.com
Original Air Date: 10/22/2009 10:30 PM UTC
Original Air Date: 10/16/2009 4:30 PM UTC
Date / Time: 10/11/2009 11:41 PM UTC
“Frontotemporal Dementia is often lost in the shadow of Alzheimer’s disease”, says Kelley Connors, MPH, Real Women on Health! radio show host and Founder of KC Healthcare Communications. Compared to the 5+ million adults living with Alzheimer’s disease, this is a rare disorder. FTD usually occurs as an early-onset disease, presenting itself when a patient is in her 30s, 40s or 50s and can take a decade or more to be properly diagnosed due to lack of knowledge of the disease in the medical community, and resulting in increased healthcare costs and financial devastation for patients who are not properly diagnosed. “This show aims to increase awareness to families and healthcare professionals of the signs and symptoms of FTD, and help families understand what resources are available to help them,” says Ms. Connors.
This 60-minute on-line radio show, themed “It’s not Alzheimer’s. FTD, the Other Dementia” will be a conversational forum open to all, especially those who are interested in learning and spreading the word about FTD. To listen to the on-line radio show, please register for the radio show first. Once you’ve registered, you will receive an email instructing you with the next steps. To listen to the show, once registered, please go to www.blogtalkradio.com/realwomenonhealth. Please leave us your comments about the show and future topic suggestions at www.realwomenonhealth.com
Original Air Date: 10/8/2009 11:30 PM UTC
Date / Time: 9/30/2009 12:39 PM UTC
Have you met Hillary Rubin yet? She is a blogger for Huffington Post, a yoga and personal empowerment expert, and our featured “real woman”. Hillary has committed her professional and personal life to empowering women to transform their troubled past into opportunities for personal growth and healing.
I recently spoke with Hillary and learned about her struggles, her triumphs and her passion to help others heal through personal transformation and self-empowerment. Here is a sneak preview of her story that she will share with us live in our on-line radio show on October 8th at 7:30 pm EST.
The tingling started in her left foot. Then it continued to her left arm and left breastplate. This was followed by weakness in the legs and numbness in both feet. These physical symptoms turned the simple act of walking into a trial, the discomfort akin to moving on pins and needles. At the time, Hillary didn’t know what was happening to her.
The diagnosis of multiple sclerosis initially left Hillary feeling angry, as if she’d been “given a sentence.” But she had two choices—either to be proactive or let her illness control her life. She embraced the former.
Hillary says she “took the invitation” and made a choice to learn more about her diagnosis, explore treatment options and live healthier. She began frequenting health food stores and talking to the vitamin specialists there; they recommended books on nutritional healing. Hillary says this led to a more internal journey: “I organically listened and decided, OK, now I get to dive in and educate myself.”
To find out how Hillary’s transformative commitment to healing on all levels has given her the freedom to manage her symptoms without medication, join us on October 8th at 7:30 pm EST. Hillary will be joined by Kat Ross, multiple sclerosis patient, and a member of a local chapter of the Multiple Sclerosis Society. For more information, please go to our show page for details on how to participate in the live radio show and on-line health salon.
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