Healing Conversations - a One Mission Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Healing Conversations is a podcast for people who find themselves on a healing journey, who need help and want to hear stories of those who have walked before them. Healing Conversations is presented by One Mission, a childhood cancer charity that does whatever it takes to get kids through cancer treatment. Hosted by Ashley Haseotes, One Mission founder, author of TheUnspoken, Reiki Master and Meditation Coach.
Guest names: Melissa McGovern & Lynn McJohnson
In this episode:
- Lynn and Melissa both met Ashley while volunteering at One Mission helping kids get through cancer.
- As a same-sex couple who had tried to have children on their own only to find that this wasn’t their path, they decided to adopt. They attended classes for prospective parents at their local library in their home state of Connecticut to learn more about the adoption process.
- They discuss the lengthy process of their adoption experience, from informative classes, to licensure, background checks, and more over the course of a year and a half. Thankfully in their home state they were able to provide some preferences in a candidate, and eventually got the opportunity to adopt their first child - a 7 year old boy named Logan.
- Melissa and Lynn have had multiple foster children and teenagers in their home, all with varying backgrounds and levels of trauma. In some cases, the children are able to open up about these traumas, while in other cases the child remains more reserved in what they choose to share. They speak about how to offer support in these situations and how each parent can play a different role to balance out the support.
- They share advice to individuals who are considering adopting children who have abusive backgrounds, and share their own experience of how they never could have imagined how the process has gone for them.
Organizations discussed in this episode:
Massachusetts Adoption Resource Eschange, Inc. (MARE)
https://www.mareinc.org/
This is a One Mission Podcast.
Cancer can steal a kid’s childhood – we help them get it back through
programs and activities that foster friendship, fun, and positive
distractions from treatment. Whether it’s putting on holiday
celebrations, providing art and music therapy or paying for expensive
hospital parking, we make life brighter for children and their families
from the moment of diagnosis, through treatment and beyond.
https://onemission.org/
Follow us on instagram @onemissionofficial and on facebook
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This podcast is presented by Provident Healthcare Partners.
Guest Name: Carly Tobin
In this episode:
- Carly was diagnosed with Wilms tumor at a young age. The beginning of her journey was surrounded with surgeries and hospital stays while she tried to maintain some degree of normalcy in her childhood.
- Carly worked hard to maintain her friendships and connection to her dance team during the time she spent in the hospital. Her team would show their support by calling her after practice, and she even made new friends on the hospital floor.
- Carly and Ashley discuss the impact that One Mission had on Carly’s experience while she was receiving treatments. One Mission was a support staple for the entire family, and as her father describes, they were able to heal together.
This is a One Mission Podcast.
Cancer can steal a kid’s childhood – we help them get it back through
programs and activities that foster friendship, fun, and positive
distractions from treatment. Whether it’s putting on holiday
celebrations, providing art and music therapy or paying for expensive
hospital parking, we make life brighter for children and their families
from the moment of diagnosis, through treatment and beyond.
https://onemission.org/
Follow us on instagram @onemissionofficial and on facebook
@onemission
Join our mailing list at onemission.org to stay up to date on our news
and events.
If you would like become part of this podcast email us
info@onemission.org
This podcast is presented by Provident Healthcare Partners.
Guest Name: Mandy Goldman
In this episode:
- Mandy is the mother of her son Mateo, a 2x Cancer survivor who was diagnosed at age 8
- How your social circle changes after diagnosis and how to “keep your cool” while dealing with the impact of cancer in your family
- Finding healing and release through Reiki and sound baths
- Adding yourself to the bone marrow registry as a potential match for transplant candidates
- Having faith that good things can still happen amidst the confusion and devastation brought on by cancer
- Throughout your journey, taking the time to focus on creating good memories to erase the bad ones
This is a One Mission Podcast.
Cancer can steal a kid’s childhood – we help them get it back through
programs and activities that foster friendship, fun, and positive
distractions from treatment. Whether it’s putting on holiday
celebrations, providing art and music therapy or paying for expensive
hospital parking, we make life brighter for children and their families
from the moment of diagnosis, through treatment and beyond.
https://onemission.org/
Follow us on instagram @onemissionofficial and on facebook
@onemission
Join our mailing list at onemission.org to stay up to date on our news
and events.
If you would like become part of this podcast email us
info@onemission.org
This podcast is presented by Provident Healthcare Partners.
Guest Name: Sam Saperstein
- Sam and Ashley met through One Mission; Sam had previously volunteered for the Buzz Off and her father had been the auctioneer for a One Mission Gala event. Sam was happily married in 2017 and she and her husband welcomed their son Mason into the world on March 16, 2020.
- Mason was born with Treacher Collins Syndrome: a cranial facial syndrome that affects people’s facial features, and how those features develop. It can vary from mild (unnoticeable) to severe. Treacher Collins Syndrome in many cases also involves varying degrees of hearing loss.
- Ashley and Sam recall their stories of having toddlers who are living a different reality than a "normal" childhood. They talk about the journey as a parent, navigating unknowns at every turn - from hospital stays and care, to the affects on family relationships, and how they built the strength to get through it.
This is a One Mission Podcast.
Cancer can steal a kid’s childhood – we help them get it back through
programs and activities that foster friendship, fun, and positive
distractions from treatment. Whether it’s putting on holiday
celebrations, providing art and music therapy or paying for expensive
hospital parking, we make life brighter for children and their families
from the moment of diagnosis, through treatment and beyond.
https://onemission.org/
Follow us on instagram @onemissionofficial and on facebook
@onemission
Join our mailing list at onemission.org to stay up to date on our news
and events.
If you would like become part of this podcast email us
info@onemission.org
This podcast is presented by Provident Healthcare Partners.
Guest Name: Ashley Brown
In this episode:
- Ashley Brown is the Founder and CEO of Selfless Love Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization that leverages resources, expertise, and proven solutions to improve the child welfare system, creating opportunities for more foster youth to find their forever families and thrive in adulthood.
- Ashley was put up for adoption as a baby, and through elementary school she wore that fact as a sense of pride. In her own words, she always felt she had “hit the family jackpot.” She describes the ripple effect of when a family decides to adopt a child, therefore changing the life of the child and the life of the family members.
- She describes the challenges for children who age-out of the foster care system, often facing homelessness after turning age 18 and not being chosen for adoption. Selfless Love Foundation formed a partnership with Children’s Harbor to create Brown’s Harbor, a supportive housing community for former foster youth ages 18-23 that helps bridge the gap from dependence to independence.
- Ashley and Selfless Love Foundation work to help get families ready for adoption, and they help the hardest-to-place children find their forever families.
@selflesslovefoundation
https://selflesslovefoundation.org/
https://www.facebook.com/SelflessLoveFoundation/
This is a One Mission Podcast.
Cancer can steal a kid’s childhood – we help them get it back through
programs and activities that foster friendship, fun, and positive
distractions from treatment. Whether it’s putting on holiday
celebrations, providing art and music therapy or paying for expensive
hospital parking, we make life brighter for children and their families
from the moment of diagnosis, through treatment and beyond.
https://onemission.org/
Follow us on instagram @onemissionofficial and on facebook
@onemission
Join our mailing list at onemission.org to stay up to date on our news
and events.
If you would like become part of this podcast email us
info@onemission.org
This podcast is presented by Provident Healthcare Partners.
Guest Name: Abby Pastyrnak
In this Episode:
- Abby Pastyrnak is the Managing Director at One Mission. She has been with One Mission since before her two separate cancer diagnoses, and in today’s episode she shares her story.
- Abby describes her journey of her diagnosis. Her initial diagnosis was a shock, and after regrouping she took on a positive mental attitude that gave her the confidence to look forward.
- She learned the news of her Stage 4 diagnosis just months after meeting her husband, and the world was simultaneously bracing for the impact of the pandemic.
- The “privacy factor,” building your team quietly and strategically. Allowing yourself to take the step to ask for help by saying, “I can’t do this alone.”
- Abby’s words of advice to others who are living with terminal cancer.
This is a One Mission Podcast.
Cancer can steal a kid’s childhood – we help them get it back through
programs and activities that foster friendship, fun, and positive
distractions from treatment. Whether it’s putting on holiday
celebrations, providing art and music therapy or paying for expensive
hospital parking, we make life brighter for children and their families
from the moment of diagnosis, through treatment and beyond.
https://onemission.org/
Follow us on instagram @onemissionofficial and on facebook
@onemission
Join our mailing list at onemission.org to stay up to date on our news
and events.
If you would like become part of this podcast email us
info@onemission.org
This podcast is presented by Provident Healthcare Partners.
Guest Name: Kemberly Mauricio
In this episode:
- Kemberly and Michael are parents to a child who, at age 13, told them that they would like to transition from male to female. Amidst the shock, Kemberly responds with compassion and puts in her own words, “I don’t understand this; I love you; I have a lot to learn, and I’m here for you.”
- Kemberly shares her support for her child while still taking a conservative approach through talking with her pediatrician, therapy for her and her child, extensive research of her own, and maintaining a family support system for Alex.
- Ashley and Kemberly discuss the Gems Clinic at Boston Children’s Hospital and the stepped, conservative approach to starting the treatment process.
- The perspective that Kemberly’s family was going through a transition, not just her child. She shares the importance of remembering not to carry shame - whether that is the child who wants to transition, or it’s the parent who’s on the transitioning journey with their child.
This is a One Mission Podcast.
Cancer can steal a kid’s childhood – we help them get it back through
programs and activities that foster friendship, fun, and positive
distractions from treatment. Whether it’s putting on holiday
celebrations, providing art and music therapy or paying for expensive
hospital parking, we make life brighter for children and their families
from the moment of diagnosis, through treatment and beyond.
https://onemission.org/
Follow us on instagram @onemissionofficial and on facebook
@onemission
Join our mailing list at onemission.org to stay up to date on our news
and events.
If you would like become part of this podcast email us
info@onemission.org
This podcast is presented by Provident Healthcare Partners.
Guest name: Chris Chapin
In this episode:
- Chris discusses his healing journey and recalls his decision to get sober as a young man. After a noticing a pattern of what he described as, “a negative loop of bad decisions,” he decided to make a change by the age of 20.
- Hitting the reset button in life while the environment around you might not match that trajectory. Maintaining your focus on one day at a time, centering, finding your identity through sobriety, and keeping it together.
- Learning how to take inventory on your life, how to take accountability for your own actions, how to get honest with someone, and how to ask for help if a problem feels bigger than you. Chris gives advice to others who feel like they might be struggling with addiction.
- Chris recalls the critical time in his life working at a treatment center working as a professional in that environment. Through his own eyes, Chris saw on a larger scale that alcoholism and mental health issues don’t just affect one population of demographics.
This is a One Mission Podcast.
Cancer can steal a kid’s childhood – we help them get it back through
programs and activities that foster friendship, fun, and positive
distractions from treatment. Whether it’s putting on holiday
celebrations, providing art and music therapy or paying for expensive
hospital parking, we make life brighter for children and their families
from the moment of diagnosis, through treatment and beyond.
https://onemission.org/
Follow us on instagram @onemissionofficial and on facebook
@onemission
Join our mailing list at onemission.org to stay up to date on our news
and events.
If you would like become part of this podcast email us
info@onemission.org
This podcast is presented by Provident Healthcare Partners.
Guest Name: Jim DeSimone
In this episode:
- Jim recalls the difficult experiences that led to him self-medicating with alcohol - a history of anxiety since childhood, and an eventual divorce in his adult life. He noticed abnormal patterns in his drinking and sought help through Alcoholics Anonymous.
- Jim describes how the 12-steps of AA have helped him regain control over his life, and his personal relationships. Taking a personal inventory to eventually identify the fears he let drive him through life.
- The desire to give back to the organization that helped him get his own life in order by being someone’s Sponsor.
- Words of wisdom to a past version of himself when first entering a life of sobriety.
This is a One Mission Podcast.
Cancer can steal a kid’s childhood – we help them get it back through
programs and activities that foster friendship, fun, and positive
distractions from treatment. Whether it’s putting on holiday
celebrations, providing art and music therapy or paying for expensive
hospital parking, we make life brighter for children and their families
from the moment of diagnosis, through treatment and beyond.
https://onemission.org/
Follow us on instagram @onemissionofficial and on facebook
@onemission
Join our mailing list at onemission.org to stay up to date on our news
and events.
If you would like become part of this podcast email us
info@onemission.org
This podcast is presented by Provident Healthcare Partners.
Guest Name: Kristen Benjamin
In this episode:
- Kristen recalls the diagnosis of her daughter Paisley in 2018, spending 44 days in the hospital during initial treatment
- Paisley's condition taking a turn for the worse at the beginning of treatment, while simultaneously learning that Paisley's father passed away
- Kristen's story of healing through the devastation of being a single mom raising a child with cancer
- Controlling the waves of guilt and anxiety as a mother whose child has cancer
- “Live through tragedy and you can persevere, there is hope for healing.” - Ashley Haseotes
This is a One Mission Podcast.
Cancer can steal a kid’s childhood – we help them get it back through
programs and activities that foster friendship, fun, and positive
distractions from treatment. Whether it’s putting on holiday
celebrations, providing art and music therapy or paying for expensive
hospital parking, we make life brighter for children and their families
from the moment of diagnosis, through treatment and beyond.
https://onemission.org/
Follow us on instagram @onemissionofficial and on facebook
@onemission
Join our mailing list at onemission.org to stay up to date on our news
and events.
If you would like become part of this podcast email us
info@onemission.org
This podcast is presented by Provident Healthcare Partners.
Guest Name: Eric Bloomstein
Once he found his learning style and type of intelligence, Eric received his masters degree in special education and later received his Ed.S. in Special Education Administration from Simmons College.
He attended the William and Mary Law School program for Special Education Advocacy in 2013. He has been a public and private school special education teacher and an administrator of special education for over 20 years. His work has impacted and changed the lives of hundreds of children and their families.
In this episode:
- Finding the right avenues for Men to be vulnerable about their traumas. Using nature as a tool to help Men find emotional stability and open up their healing journey.
- The realization of past traumas and how learning from others will open your mind to new ideas.
- Eric's work with special needs children, and the importance of relationships (especially family) when doing this introspective emotional work.
- Breaking down the barrier for men to explore their emotions in an innate way that doesn’t feel unnatural.
https://www.rainmakeredu.com/
This is a One Mission Podcast.
Cancer can steal a kid’s childhood – we help them get it back through
programs and activities that foster friendship, fun, and positive
distractions from treatment. Whether it’s putting on holiday
celebrations, providing art and music therapy or paying for expensive
hospital parking, we make life brighter for children and their families
from the moment of diagnosis, through treatment and beyond.
https://onemission.org/
Follow us on instagram @onemissionofficial and on facebook
@onemission
Join our mailing list at onemission.org to stay up to date on our news
and events.
If you would like become part of this podcast email us
info@onemission.org
This podcast is presented by Provident Healthcare Partners.
Guest name: Kelley Bernard
In this episode:
- Kelley is a Pediatric Oncology Nurse at Boston Children’s Hospital who had her own journey with childhood cancer after being diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in 2007 at age 15.
- Spent over 170 days in the first year of treatment and experienced numerous side effects and medications throughout.
- An aware 15 year old’s perspective of the seriousness of your diagnosis and the headspace surrounding that - from coping methods like binge TV and extra sleep, to at times not feeling or looking “like yourself.”
- Staying on track with school and graduating on-time after completing two years online. Kelley talks about navigating social life as a teenager in a time where social media and One Mission hadn’t existed to connect teenagers who were all going through the same thing.
- Fast-forward through nursing school(!!) Kelley's first shift back on the floor at Boston Children’s Hospital working as a nurse…this time, with her own journey with cancer in her rear view mirror.
This is a One Mission Podcast.
Cancer can steal a kid’s childhood – we help them get it back through
programs and activities that foster friendship, fun, and positive
distractions from treatment. Whether it’s putting on holiday
celebrations, providing art and music therapy or paying for expensive
hospital parking, we make life brighter for children and their families
from the moment of diagnosis, through treatment and beyond.
https://onemission.org/
Follow us on instagram @onemissionofficial and on facebook
@onemission
Join our mailing list at onemission.org to stay up to date on our news
and events.
If you would like become part of this podcast email us
info@onemission.org
This podcast is presented by Provident Healthcare Partners.
Guest name: Holly Patnaude
In this episode:
- Holly’s son Sam was diagnosed at the age of 7 with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and T-Cell.
- Holly recalls the process of her sons diagnosis - a cough leading to an ER visit, being briefed by doctors on the diagnosis, and the shock of hearing this news as a parent
- “Knowing what you know now, what advice would you give to yourself in the initial traumatic experience?”
- Taking advantage of the resources made available to families enduring this process through organizations like One Mission
- Managing grief with your spouse and the importance of making time to express your feelings and emotions on the issue together
- Reflecting thoughts for post-treatment
This is a One Mission Podcast.
Cancer can steal a kid’s childhood – we help them get it back through
programs and activities that foster friendship, fun, and positive
distractions from treatment. Whether it’s putting on holiday
celebrations, providing art and music therapy or paying for expensive
hospital parking, we make life brighter for children and their families
from the moment of diagnosis, through treatment and beyond.
https://onemission.org/
Follow us on instagram @onemissionofficial and on facebook
@onemission
Join our mailing list at onemission.org to stay up to date on our news
and events.
If you would like become part of this podcast email us
info@onemission.org
This podcast is presented by Provident Healthcare Partners.
Guest Name: Pamela Esty
Pamela's first introduction to yoga was in the 1970's through a lovely phys-ed teacher who offered a class for "girls who really disliked gym class"! She took what she had learned home to her numerous siblings who patiently practiced with her. She came to classes later in life after having been led to practice by her oldest child who was then practicing in NY. Her first teacher was the Kripalu and Ashtanga teacher Gail Cannon of Earthsong Yoga in Marlborough, MA. Her practice continued under Shawn Shaw of Metrowest Yoga in Worcester and Westboro. She became interested in assisting and completed training with Ray Mucci. She later completed her 200 RYT at Metrowest Yoga under Shawn Shaw, Anne Toupizis, Ray Mucci and Cindy Boulter. She then followed up with yer 500RYT at Sacred Seeds Yoga Shala led by Jacqui Bonwell with co-teachers, David Vendetti (South Boston Yoga), Sagel Urlacher, and Johnny Gillespie (Balanced Athlete).
Her safe, creative and inclusive classes include Slow flow and Flow Vinyasa, Heart of Yoga, and One-on-one classes. Pamela has also worked with at risk teens and elementary school children through Ivy Child International.
Her workshops include Mandala and Movement, Creativity and Yoga, Beyond Asana, Chanting Basics, Mythology and Movement, Finding your True Core(s) With Props, and Peak Pose Deconstruction.
She is a perpetual student and is forever grateful to the teachers and mentors mentioned above as well as; David Williams, David Swenson, Nancy Gilgoff, Beryl Bender Birch, Theresa Murphy, Shiva Rea, David Nichtern and Lama Tsultrim Allione.
In this episode:
- Ashley and Pam talk about how yoga is like "coming home to your soul"
- How our bodies store energy, and the effects that has on the body
- The repercussions of letting trauma go, rather than healing it and re-traumatization
- The importance of picking a good yoga teacher when you’re dealing with trauma
- Different types of yoga, and how yoga can be more than just "movement"
- Meditation: it's connection to the mind, body, and soul, and the life changing benefits of meditating
- Misconceptions about yoga
- Hear about mantras and follow along with some mudras from Pam
- Savasana pose for letting go at the end of a practice
This is a One Mission Podcast.
Cancer can steal a kid’s childhood – we help them get it back through
programs and activities that foster friendship, fun, and positive
distractions from treatment. Whether it’s putting on holiday
celebrations, providing art and music therapy or paying for expensive
hospital parking, we make life brighter for children and their families
from the moment of diagnosis, through treatment and beyond.
https://onemission.org/
Follow us on instagram @onemissionofficial and on facebook
@onemission
Join our mailing list at onemission.org to stay up to date on our news
and events.
If you would like become part of this podcast email us
info@onemission.org
This podcast is presented by Provident Healthcare Partners.
Guest name: Chris Mingace
Attorney Christopher H. Mingace has practiced law in the state of Massachusetts for the past 25 years, helping families navigate the complex legal world in which we live. Attorney Mingace began his career as a solo practitioner helping families in the areas of personal injury, business formation, bankruptcy, family law, criminal law, real estate transactions and basic wills and trusts. Clients have given him great trust to help generations of their family members. Attorney Mingace prides himself in zealous representation of his clients. He finds reliable attorneys to assist family members when they seek assistance in areas in which he does not practice.
Attorney Mingace is a 1987 graduate of Framingham State University Cum Laude and member of the Presidents Club and Omicron Delta Epsilon. He graduated Suffolk Law School in 1990 with his Juris Doctorate. Attorney Mingace has served as a past President and Director of the South Middlesex Bar Association now known as Metrowest Bar Association. He is a member of Real Estate Bar Association, Juistinian Law Society, Metrowest Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association, Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys and a founding member of the Metrowest Business Partners. Additionally he has held membership in the Mass Academy of Criminal Defense Attorneys.
In this episode:
- The shoebox affect. What is it and how can it lead to bankruptcy?
- The ups-and-downs of filing for bankruptcy
- Filing bankruptcy is all about timing, filing at the right time
- How filing for bankruptcy affects your credit score
- What does it cost to file bankruptcy and is it expensive?
- Learn about circumstances where filing bankruptcy may not the best option for you
- Life after bankruptcy
This is a One Mission Podcast.
Cancer can steal a kid’s childhood – we help them get it back through
programs and activities that foster friendship, fun, and positive
distractions from treatment. Whether it’s putting on holiday
celebrations, providing art and music therapy or paying for expensive
hospital parking, we make life brighter for children and their families
from the moment of diagnosis, through treatment and beyond.
https://onemission.org/
Follow us on instagram @onemissionofficial and on facebook
@onemission
Join our mailing list at onemission.org to stay up to date on our news
and events.
If you would like become part of this podcast email us
info@onemission.org
This podcast is presented by Provident Healthcare Partners.
Adam Bortolussi is the Founder and President of Bortolussi Wealth Management, Inc. He began his career at as an Intern with Morgan Stanley Dean Witter in 2003, in 2004 he joined Morgan Stanley as a Financial Advisor. In 2006 Adam left to join a team of Financial Advisors at UBS Financial Services and has since worked at Merrill as an Investment Specialist and Columbia Management as a Regional Sales Director. Adam founded Bortolussi Wealth Management in 2010.
Adam graduated from Quinnipiac University in 2004 with a B.S. in Finance and from Salve Regina University in 2014 with a Masters in Business Administration. He lives with his wife Laura, daughter Addison, son Graham and their dogs Gracie, Daisy and Hank. Adam serves as a Director for The Fitts Insurance Agency, Inc. and Chairman of the Board of Directors for The 200 Foundation, Inc.
In this episode:
- Toxicity of having a child endure cancer treatment
- Information on how financial planning can impact a patients treatment and life.
- First hand experience from Ashley about how expensive cancer treatment really is.
- Find out what you can you do, without a wealth manager, to save your credit score and maintain everyday life expenses when you’re also faced with paying for cancer treatment.
- Adam delves deep into his own personal experience with being in a family who filed bankruptcy due to cancer and his advice for other families in the same situation.
- How bankruptcy effects your credit score.
- Assembling your team: who is on your team and what do they do for you?
- Is filing bankruptcy a potential strategy for overwhelming financial situations?
- Tips and strategies for someone in a financial crisis having to do with nearly filing or filing bankruptcy.
- Ashley tells personal story from her time in the hospital with her son Nicholas.
- Open and honest communication with those closest to you is key. It's okay to ask for help!
- What it’s like managing emotions in times where it seems impossible.
This is a One Mission Podcast.
Cancer can steal a kid’s childhood – we help them get it back through
programs and activities that foster friendship, fun, and positive
distractions from treatment. Whether it’s putting on holiday
celebrations, providing art and music therapy or paying for expensive
hospital parking, we make life brighter for children and their families
from the moment of diagnosis, through treatment and beyond.
https://onemission.org/
Follow us on instagram @onemissionofficial and on facebook
@onemission
Join our mailing list at onemission.org to stay up to date on our news
and events.
If you would like become part of this podcast email us
info@onemission.org
This podcast is presented by Provident Healthcare Partners.
Guest Name: Carlie Gonzalez
Carlie was diagnosed with Ewing Sarcoma (bone cancer) in October 2015. After seeing her doctor upon experiencing shoulder pain, a CT-scan revealed a tumor, and she was sent to Boston Children’s ER for an MRI and biopsy. Carlie's treatment has included surgery and chemotherapy. She completed treatment in spring 2016. She used music and singing and her positive spirit to beat the disease.
Carlie, a graduate of Milford High School loves to sing and feels that singing has been hugely therapeutic for her since her diagnosis. She is involved with the music therapy program at the Zakim Center for Integrative Therapies at Dana-Farber. Carlie is grateful to the Jimmy Fund, Dana Farber Cancer Center, The Boston Red Sox and the town of Milford for their endless support. "Life is Like a Song to Me" is a children's book which shares the story of Carlie Gonzalez of Milford MA and her fight and ultimate recovery from cancer.
Purchase her book, “Life is Like a Song to Me” here:
https://tinyurl.com/466n6cb8
In this episode:
- 2:03 Hear about Carlie’s reaction to her cancer diagnosis at the age of 14.
- 4:42 How Carlie stayed positive through her diagnosis and treatment, and the emotional roller coaster for her and her family.
- 7:57 A unique view on destiny coming into play: taking a bad situation and turning it around to spread positivity and help others. “Everything is meant to be.”
- 8:55 Carlie and her medical team use music to pass the time by singing in the hospital. Check out the video here!
- 10:55 Holding onto hope “even the size of a mustard seed” and Charlie’s advice for others who have been diagnosed with cancer.
- 12:45 Music was a driving force behind Carlie’s healing process and self-expression. It was a form of self care for her. Hear about how she felt not being able to sing for a period of time.
- 14:55 Navigating the aftermath of treatment. Healing as a survivor and what it means for family and friends. The difficulties Carlie had with going back to school.
- 20:52 The hard truths about friendships: how some relationships grow stronger and others falter. The importance of staying in a community and not self isolating.
This is a One Mission Podcast.
Cancer can steal a kid’s childhood – we help them get it back through
programs and activities that foster friendship, fun, and positive
distractions from treatment. Whether it’s putting on holiday
celebrations, providing art and music therapy or paying for expensive
hospital parking, we make life brighter for children and their families
from the moment of diagnosis, through treatment and beyond.
https://onemission.org/
Follow us on instagram @onemissionofficial and on facebook
@onemission
Join our mailing list at onemission.org to stay up to date on our news
and events.
If you would like become part of this podcast email us
info@onemission.org
This podcast is presented by Provident Healthcare Partners.
Guest Name: Rob Wergin
Rob Wergin is a sacred conduit for the Divine Energies of pure light and unconditional love, a healer, and a personal transformation coach. It is Rob’s intention to be a portal of the highest light as it creates transformation for your highest good. He brings forth your Divine Light and Love and allows the miracles of the Source to come forth. It is imperative that you have a positive mindset, believe in your wellness goals and be committed to your intended outcome in all health sessions.
Rob’s work as Divine Conduit for Divine Energies has changed the fate of over 250,000 people in the last 19 years. His gift of connecting the soul to the energy of the Divine is the pathway for transformation. When the connection is received, and the mind patterns fully engage in trust and belief, miracles occur.
https://robwergin.com/
In this episode:
- Clairvoyance and connection at a young age to healing powers in animals, and a family’s push back response
- Going from riches to a low point overnight, resulting suicide attempts, and the story of bouncing back
- Harnessing and translating energy from a higher power and using it in a healing setting for over 200,000 people
- Observations in working with children, and a child’s ability to go “all in” on a healing mindset
- Repaving pathways in the brain from old patterns of the past to new patterns moving into the future
This is a One Mission Podcast.
Cancer can steal a kid’s childhood – we help them get it back through
programs and activities that foster friendship, fun, and positive
distractions from treatment. Whether it’s putting on holiday
celebrations, providing art and music therapy or paying for expensive
hospital parking, we make life brighter for children and their families
from the moment of diagnosis, through treatment and beyond.
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Guest Name: Robert Yauckoes
Robert is an expert acupuncturist and herbalist who earned his Masters of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (MAOM) at the New England School of Acupuncture at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS).
Robert strongly believes that Chinese medicine can greatly help a myriad of conditions and can be used proactively to achieve greater levels of health and wellbeing. Robert founded Acupuncture Connections to provide the highest quality of acupuncture treating a wide range of conditions from pain, sport performance enhancement, autoimmune conditions, arthritis, fertility and hormonal issues. He is a regular speaker at the New England School of Acupuncture and his Framingham clinic is popular assisting location for interns to observe advanced procedures and techniques. He is specializes in orthopedics and uses a variety of techniques including 'dry needling', motor point and trigger point therapy. He teaches other acupuncturists these techniques in postgraduate classes.
Robert grew up in Stow, MA and after living overseas and traveling extensively for many years. He returned to New England. During his spare time he enjoys being a husband and a dad and looking for adventure in the area. If not cycling or practicing martial arts, you can find Robert in a local coffee shop or listening to music.
https://acupunctureconnections.com/team/robert-yauckoes/
In this episode:
- 8:12 Bringing out the body’s ability to heal itself, versus simply managing things wrong with us through artificial means
- 10:28 What does acupuncture treat and why acupuncture isn’t just for those with something wrong with them.
- 15:02 Mitigating cancer side effects through acupuncture
- 16:52 kids in acupuncture - cancer patients, strengthening the immune system, allergies, common colds, behavioral issues
- 21:52 How long does a patient typically come to an acupuncturist?
- 27:52 putting aside emotions and trauma, how the body stores this on the cellular level, and how acupuncture can build the reserve within the body to handle these things (29:30)
- 31:52 Finding the right acupuncturist for you
This is a One Mission Podcast.
Cancer can steal a kid’s childhood – we help them get it back through
programs and activities that foster friendship, fun, and positive
distractions from treatment. Whether it’s putting on holiday
celebrations, providing art and music therapy or paying for expensive
hospital parking, we make life brighter for children and their families
from the moment of diagnosis, through treatment and beyond.
https://onemission.org/
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This podcast is presented by Provident Healthcare Partners.
Guest Name: Anna Holtzman
Guest Bio: Anna Holtzman is a Chronic Pain Recovery Therapist and Coach. For years she struggled with chronic pain (migraines) and as the pain kept getting bigger, she felt her life getting smaller. Since learning the mind-body method and getting her life back from chronic pain, Anna has made it her mission to help others get their lives back too!
Anna has been supporting clients since 2016, first as a coach and then as a therapist and group facilitator. In addition to her independent practice, Anna facilitates chronic pain recovery groups for Curable Groups.
https://www.annaholtzman.com/
In this episode:
- 2:08 The teachings of Peter Levine the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute, the energy state of our nervous system and how a stressor or trauma affects the modulations within our daily rhythm
- 6:30 Does everybody truly need to heal from trauma, and how accurate is the idea that “time heals”? Withholding and subduing our traumas and the physical toll taken by not allowing ourselves to vent this energy from our nervous system.
- 15:00 The different ways of healing - therapy, creative arts, movement & exercise, spirituality - and how the dynamics within a couple might prompt different forms of healing for each partner
- 21:00 Finding the right therapist for YOU. Feeling like you’re in a safe environment where you can let go of your defenses and release the trauma you’re holding onto.
- 26:00 Employing methods of breathing, meditation, and body scanning to interrupt mental spiraling and ground ourselves to the present
- Taking a step forward in your healing journey and learning about yourself to find your path.
This is a One Mission Podcast.
Cancer can steal a kid’s childhood – we help them get it back through
programs and activities that foster friendship, fun, and positive
distractions from treatment. Whether it’s putting on holiday
celebrations, providing art and music therapy or paying for expensive
hospital parking, we make life brighter for children and their families
from the moment of diagnosis, through treatment and beyond.
https://onemission.org/
Follow us on instagram @onemissionofficial and on facebook
@onemission
Join our mailing list at onemission.org to stay up to date on our news
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We are happy to offer this Bonus Meditation from Episode 1 with Anna Holtzman!
Guest Name: Anna Holtzman
Guest Bio: Anna Holtzman is a Chronic Pain Recovery Therapist and Coach. For years she struggled with chronic pain (migraines) and as the pain kept getting bigger, she felt her life getting smaller. Since learning the mind-body method and getting her life back from chronic pain, Anna has made it her mission to help others get their lives back too!
Anna has been supporting clients since 2016, first as a coach and then as a therapist and group facilitator. In addition to her independent practice, Anna facilitates chronic pain recovery groups for Curable Groups.
https://www.annaholtzman.com/
This is a One Mission Podcast.
Cancer can steal a kid’s childhood – we help them get it back through
programs and activities that foster friendship, fun, and positive
distractions from treatment. Whether it’s putting on holiday
celebrations, providing art and music therapy or paying for expensive
hospital parking, we make life brighter for children and their families
from the moment of diagnosis, through treatment and beyond.
https://onemission.org/
Follow us on instagram @onemissionofficial and on facebook
@onemission
Join our mailing list at onemission.org to stay up to date on our news
and events.
If you would like become part of this podcast email us
info@onemission.org