In this deeply personal WAHNcast conversation, host Ashley Northcutt sits down with Brooke Etie, Cayleigh Miller, and Liz Childers — three women whose lives have been shaped by breast cancer in powerful ways. Together, they pull back the pink ribbon to talk about the hard truths behind awareness: missed mammograms, environmental causes, body image, advocacy, and the mental and emotional toll of diagnosis and caregiving.

They share how early detection and self-advocacy saved lives, how supportive workplaces — like Quadel, Eisner Amper, and DOZ — made healing possible, and why being open about the reality of cancer can change how we care for ourselves and each other.

This episode is as real as it gets: raw, informative, and full of the strength we don’t often see.

Resources Mentioned:

Freedom Natural Deodorant – a clean alternative created with women’s health in mind

SheMD – preventive health, risk testing, and education for women

Flat Out Love – community and advocacy for women choosing to go flat after mastectomy

Food Babe – clean food movement and ingredient transparency

Cancer Vaccine Collaborative – advancing research toward a breast cancer vaccine

Breast Cancer & the Strength We Don’t See is a reminder that awareness is only the beginning — advocacy, compassion, and conversation are what truly move us forward.