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Real Pink, a podcast by Susan G. Komen, is taking real conversations about breast cancer from the doctor's office to your living room. Hosted by Adam Walker, episodes feature candid conversations with survivors, researchers, physicians, and more. Find answers to your toughest questions and clear, ac...
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Episode 359: How to rebuild energy & vitality after treatment ends
Breast cancer can be one of the toughest experiences anyone can face, but it can also be a transformative journey. While both the physical and emotion...
Episode 358: Real Talk: Health Insurance Hang Ups
For many Americans, health insurance open enrollment is underway. They’re deciding which coverage they need and how they can afford out-of-pocket expe...
Episode 357: When the Caregiver Needs Care
Today on Real Pink, we are joined by someone w ho knows what it means to care deeply for others and what it feels like when life suddenly requires tha...
Episode 356: Finding Strength, Sharing Hope: Guerdy Abraira on Life After Breast Cancer
Welcome to the Komen Health Equity Revolution podcast series on Real Pink. Each month, we bring together patients, community partners, health care pro...
Episode 355: Real Talk: Our Family Only Knows Life with Cancer
Today we are speaking with a family who only knows life with breast cancer. With a strong family history of both breast cancer and BRCA gene mutations...
Episode 354: Beyond the Pink Ribbon: Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer
During National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, breast cancer gets more attention and that is a great thing for fundraising, awareness and early detect...
Episode 353: My Komen Why
This podcast is brought to you by Nature’s Bounty. With a long-standing commitment to supporting women’s health and wellness, Nature’s Bounty is proud...
Episode 352: Real Talk: Bringing Care To The Black Community
Breast cancer affects everyone differently. African American and Black women are 40% more likely to die from breast cancer than white women. Biology a...
Episode 351: The Language of Care: Culturally Responsive Breast Health
During Hispanic Heritage Month, we reflect not only on cultural pride but also on the urgent health challenges facing the Latino community. Breast can...
Episode 350: A Scheduling Mix-Up That Saved My Life
Naomi’s story is a powerful reminder of how something as simple as a routine mammogram—and even a scheduling mix-up—can change the course of your life...
Episode 349: Decoding Genetic Testing
Did you know that in some families with a history of prostate cancer, the women may have an increased risk of breast cancer? People with one or more f...
Episode 348: Your Healthiest Healthy: Breaking the Code on Breast Cancer
Today, we are sharing an episode of Your Healthiest Healthy, in which our Honorary Vice Chair, Paula Schneider, made an appearance. In the episode, sh...
Episode 347: Love Stays Strong: Parenting Through Cancer
We are happy to welcome back the Honorary Vice Chair of Susan G. Komen, Paula Schneider, and today she is also joined by her two daughters Zoe and Chl...
Episode 346: Bills and Barriers: Navigating the Cost of Breast Cancer
A breast cancer diagnosis can bring more than just emotional and physical challenges — it can also create a heavy financial burden. From the cost of t...
Episode 345: Donna Wentz's Journey of Courage and Healing
Donna Wentz is marking a remarkable milestone: 10 years of no evidence of breast cancer. Her journey began at just 39 years old, when she received the...
Episode 344: Real Talk: Cancer Determined My Future
Life changes in a split second when you hear the words, “you have breast cancer.” Shawna Bramel and Marian Santos know this personally. Shawna was dia...
Episode 343: Breast Cancer in Younger Women
You may have heard in the news that younger women are being diagnosed with breast cancer at higher rates than before. While women under 40 only accoun...
Episode 342: Real Talk: Mom’ing During Treatment
How can you be a full-time mom to your children while also facing breast cancer? Can you do both? Today’s guests share how they navigated two demandin...
Episode 341: Beyond Ramps: Breast Health Equity for Women with Disabilities
People with disabilities —especially women of color —face unique, often invisible, barriers when it comes to accessing breast health care. From physic...
Episode 340: The Power in Storytelling: Alison Hall’s Breast Cancer Story
When Inside Edition reporter, Alison Hall, was assigned to cover Olivia Munn’s breast cancer story, she agreed to use the same Breast Cancer Risk Asse...
Episode 339: An Oncology Nurse’s Journey with Breast Cancer
Today, we're joined by Karen Powell, a nurse practitioner who not only supports patients through breast reconstruction—but has also walked the journey...
Episode 338: How Sherri Easter Found Grace in the Hardest Year
Today, we’re joined by Sherry Easter, who shares her powerful and uplifting journey through breast cancer—from the moment of diagnosis to treatment an...
Episode 337: Navigating Breast Cancer as a Trans Person
What happens when your gender journey and a breast cancer diagnosis collide?
In this special Pride Month episode of Real Pink, our guests are As...
Episode 336: Faith, Brotherhood and Breast Cancer: The Caregiver’s Journey
When a loved one is diagnosed with breast cancer, the journey touches every corner of life —especially for caregivers. In honor of Black Family Cancer...
Episode 335: Promising Advances in Nipple-Sparing Mastectomies
If your doctor is recommending that you get a mastectomy, you will likely have some choices about how the surgery is performed. Your breast cancer tre...
Episode 334: Advocacy in Action: Fighting for Critical Breast Cancer Initiatives
Susan G. Komen stands alongside the rest of the cancer community with deep concern about proposed cuts in the federal budget in addition to significan...
Episode 333: Breast Health in the AANHPI Community
Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) women — but far too often, cul...
Episode 332: Role Reversal: Caregiving for My Mom Through Breast Cancer
Caregiving can be a very personal role on many levels - assisting a loved one through their cancer diagnosis, helping with daily activities, providing...
Episode 331: Real Talk: I Didn’t Want to Look Like Barbie Anymore
Laurel Pointer always knew that breast cancer was a possibility, with a strong family history and a confirmed CHEK2 gene mutation. In July 2024, Laure...
Episode 330: Healing the Body and the Mind: Mallory's Story of Survival
Today’s guest is Mallory Tucker, a mother of four and breast cancer survivor from Georgia. She shares her experience with her diagnosis, how she appro...
Episode 329: Know Your Risk, Change Your Future
What if one call could help change not just your future, but your family’s too? In this episode of Real Pink, we're joined by Fanny Jackson, a compass...
Episode 328: Regaining Intimacy After Breast Cancer
If you’re struggling with issues affecting your sexuality, you’re not alone. Sex and intimacy can be difficult for many women after a breast cancer di...
Episode 327: Real Talk: Lifestyle & Breast Cancer Risk
Brett Heins went through breast cancer in her late 30s. Kristin Goodman was in her early 40s when she was diagnosed. Both women are well below the ave...
Episode 326: Choices To Lower Breast Cancer Risk
Everyone is at risk of breast cancer. Some are more at risk than others due to hereditary factors – such as a family history of cancers – and lifestyl...
Episode 325: I Had No Idea I Was at Risk
Just before her 38th birthday, Lauren Yerkes learned she had breast cancer. Genetic testing would reveal she had the BRCA2 inherited gene mutation tha...
Episode 324: I’m Number Nine in my Family with Breast Cancer
Today, we’re honored to share the story of Nancy Pickett, a woman whose breast cancer journey is not just her own — it’s part of a long family history...
Episode 323: Real Talk: Cancer Genes Impacted Our Family
Breast cancer risk looks different for everyone. Our guests today have an inherited genetic mutation that increased their risk of breast cancer. Witho...
Episode 322: "Las Tres Sisters": Latina Storytelling Meets Breast Cancer Awareness
Welcome to the Real Pink Podcast by Susan G. Komen. I’m Adam Walker, and each week we take a look at the stories of real people affected by breast can...
Episode 321: Personalizing treatment for Triple Negative Breast Cancer
It is Triple Negative Breast Cancer Day – an annual opportunity to bring more awareness to this aggressive type of breast cancer that is difficult to...
Episode 320: Black Bodies, Black Health: Transforming Breast Cancer Care
Welcome to the Komen Health Equity Revolution podcast series. Each month, we invite in patients, community organizations, health care providers, resea...