About this episode

The episode features a candid discussion on the realities of surviving breast cancer with guests Amy Brace and Jenna Sartorius.

What does it really mean to survive breast cancer? Beth sits down with Amy Brace and Jenna Sartorius — co-founders of the Pink Power Hour podcast — for an honest, unfiltered conversation about life after a diagnosis. Amy is navigating the long-term side effects of treatment, including reconstruction that failed and hormone-induced hair loss. Jenna has been living with stage IV metastatic breast cancer — including a brain tumor she had surgically removed — for over three years, carrying a weight most people around her would never guess. Together, they're proof that survivorship looks nothing like the pink ribbon suggests. In this episode, the group digs into why society softens breast cancer, the "forced vulnerability" of looking visibly ill, and the very real identity crisis that follows treatment. They also share how they found each other through a documentary, built a podcast from scratch, and are now co-authoring a children's book — Love Stays — written from the perspective of their kids about a mom with metastatic breast cancer. Plus: a Boobs in the News segment that goes somewhere none of us expected (trust us), and a conversation about what "less pity, more power" actually…

People in this episode

Host: Beth

Guests: Amy Brace, Jenna Sartorius

Topics covered

• breast cancer survivorship
• long-term side effects
• identity crisis
• podcasting journey
• children's book
• societal perceptions of illness
• empowerment

Keywords

• breast cancer
• survivorship
• podcast
• identity crisis
• long-term effects
• metastatic breast cancer
• empowerment
• children's book

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pink Power Hour, Faith Through Fire, Thrivent, Gateway Financial Group

Books & works: Love Stays

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