In this episode, I asked a simple but deeply meaningful question in one of my breast cancer support groups:

“What is one thing you would tell yourself when you were just starting this journey?”

The responses… they were honest, raw, and comforting. The kind of words you don’t always hear from doctors or even the people closest to you, but the ones that come from women who have actually lived it.

Today, I’m reading through those answers.

If you’re newly diagnosed, I hope this feels like a hand to hold.

If you’re further along, you might hear something that takes you right back… or something that reminds you how far you’ve come; just know that you’re not doing this alone.