While cleaning and decluttering, Heather came across a stack of books that carried her through the early years of living with cancer. Some were informational. Some were inspirational. And some simply helped her feel seen.

In this episode, Heather and Larry talk through those books—not as prescriptions or promises, but as companions during a time when reaching for anything steady mattered. They reflect on why certain voices, stories, and practices were helpful, how repetition and slowing down supported Heather’s mindset, and how mental and emotional care became just as important as physical treatment.

The conversation then expands into what building a “library” looks like today. Not just books—but audio, YouTube, meditation, journaling, saved resources, and non-cancer content that helps regulate fear, doubt, and overwhelm. Heather shares how she now thinks about choosing resources that feel safe, grounding, and accessible—and why what helps can (and should) change over time.

This episode is an honest look at what it means to feed your mind with care, build a personal support library, and give yourself permission to reach for whatever helps you feel a little more steady.

If you have books, videos, or resources that have helped you through a hard season, Heather invites you to share them—so we can help each other build libraries that hold us.

Available Now!👉 Break the Cancer Spiral – Heather’s 15-minute guide to reset your mindset anytime life feels overwhelmingYou can grab Heather’s new 15-Minute Reset guide and her 5 to Thrive series at ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://shop.heatherjose.com/stop-the-cancer-spiral⁠⁠⁠⁠🎧 About the Podcast:I’m Still Here: Lessons from Life with Metastatic Breast Cancer is hosted by Heather and Larry Jose. Each week, they share honest, hopeful conversations about living fully with cancer — the messy, meaningful, real-life parts of survivorship that don’t always make it into the brochure.🌐 Connect with Heather:Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠HeatherJose.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@heatherbjose⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Heather Jose⁠⁠⁠YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@ImStillHereCancer⁠⁠⁠⁠Podcast available on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | YouTube | Amazon MusicTo Life! 💚Listen, subscribe, and share with someone who could use a little calm and encouragement this holiday season.

A new year often comes with pressure to set goals, do more, and fix ourselves. But when you’re living with metastatic breast cancer, that framework can feel exhausting — and disconnected from reality.

In this New Year episode, we talk about a different way forward. One that starts by asking a more honest question:

What do I need this year?

Because when cancer doesn’t reset on January 1st, the goal isn’t reinvention — it’s living.

We explore:

• Why living with metastatic breast cancer is already enough

• Letting go of “shoulds” and redefining progress

• Shifting from performance to presence

• Creating anchors instead of rigid routines

• Trusting what your body and life are asking for right now

• Why rest matters — and why engagement still does too

This is an honest, grounded conversation about living well with metastatic disease — without pretending it’s easy, and without waiting for life to begin “after.”

You’re not behind.
You’re not broken.
And you don’t need to fix yourself to deserve a meaningful life.

Living is the goal.

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What I found was something I didn’t realize I’d been missing: connection, affirmation, and a growing movement focused not just on survival, but on living well with metastatic disease.

In this episode, I share:

• What it was like attending SABCS as a patient advocate

• Why quality of life matters just as much as treatment advances

• How patient advocacy is evolving — and where I see myself in it

• What it means to finally feel like these are my people

This conversation is about belonging, purpose, and using our voices — especially for those living with metastatic breast cancer who are navigating life beyond the early days of diagnosis.

If you’re living with cancer, supporting someone who is, or wondering how to keep moving forward when the path feels uncertain, this episode is for you.

If you’re looking for practical, compassionate support for living well with cancer, you can find my guides here:
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Each guide can stand alone, and many people choose more than one to support different phases of their journey.

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In this powerful episode, Larry and I go back to the week in December 1998 that changed our lives forever. What started as a routine appointment just before the holidays quickly became a devastating spiral of tests, unanswered questions, and the phone call that revealed I had stage 4 metastatic breast cancer at only 26 years old.

We share:

• The moment my doctor noticed something was wrong

• The shock of hearing “It’s cancer” days before Christmas

• The traumatic appointment where I was told to get my affairs in order

• How a second oncologist offered hope and completely changed my prognosis

• What those early days of fear, uncertainty, and survival really felt like

• How this diagnosis became the foundation for the life and mission I have today

If you’re navigating a new cancer diagnosis, living with metastatic breast cancer, or supporting someone who is, this honest conversation is for you. This is the story I wish I could have heard back then — a story about fear, resilience, terrible doctors, life-saving doctors, and the spark of hope that carried me forward.

27 years later, I’m still here. And I want you to know that hope is real.

The holidays hit different when you’re living with cancer. In this honest and heartfelt conversation, Heather and Larry talk about the emotional weight of the season — the pressure to make everything perfect “just in case,” the anxiety that comes with big family gatherings, and the guilt of not being able to keep up with old traditions.

They dive into boundaries, expectations, caregiver dynamics, and the internal struggle of wanting to savor the moments while also feeling overwhelmed by them. From navigating relatives’ questions to simplifying holiday plans to protecting your energy, this episode is full of validation, humor, and practical ways to make this season more manageable.

If you’re dealing with metastatic breast cancer — or supporting someone who is — this one will help you feel seen, understood, and a little less alone.

Available Now!

👉 Break the Cancer Spiral – Heather’s 15-minute guide to reset your mindset anytime life feels overwhelming

You can grab Heather’s new 15-Minute Reset guide and her 5 to Thrive series at ⁠⁠⁠https://shop.heatherjose.com/stop-the-cancer-spiral⁠⁠⁠

🎧 About the Podcast:I’m Still Here: Lessons from Life with Metastatic Breast Cancer is hosted by Heather and Larry Jose. Each week, they share honest, hopeful conversations about living fully with cancer — the messy, meaningful, real-life parts of survivorship that don’t always make it into the brochure.

🌐 Connect with Heather:

Website: ⁠⁠⁠HeatherJose.com⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠@heatherbjose⁠⁠⁠

Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠Heather Jose⁠⁠

YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠@ImStillHereCancer⁠⁠⁠

Podcast available on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | YouTube | Amazon Music

To Life! 💚Listen, subscribe, and share with someone who could use a little calm and encouragement this holiday season.

In this episode, Heather opens the door to a conversation many people living with metastatic cancer think about privately — but rarely speak aloud:

You are allowed to live.
You are allowed to plan ahead.
You are allowed to imagine a future that is yours.

Heather shares how, at 26, she was told her life would narrow — that cancer meant shrinking dreams, shorter plans, smaller horizons. Twenty-seven years later, she is proof that life doesn’t end where statistics suggest it should. It unfolds. It evolves. It can even expand.

Inside this episode, we explore:

🌿 Rejecting statistics + choosing your own story
🌿 The clarity cancer brings: what matters vs. what doesn’t
🌿 Why planning isn’t denial — it’s hope in motion
🌿 Living your life instead of the one others expect
🌿 Releasing guilt, comparison, and shrinking to fit
🌿 Mary Oliver’s question that changes everything:

“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”

This is your invitation to dream again — to think about 2026, the future you desire, and the everyday steps that move you toward it. Cancer may have changed your path, but it does not get to own your future.

Available Now!

👉 Break the Cancer Spiral – Heather’s 15-minute guide to reset your mindset anytime life feels overwhelming

You can grab Heather’s new 15-Minute Reset guide and her 5 to Thrive series at ⁠⁠https://shop.heatherjose.com/stop-the-cancer-spiral⁠⁠

🎧 About the Podcast:I’m Still Here: Lessons from Life with Metastatic Breast Cancer is hosted by Heather and Larry Jose. Each week, they share honest, hopeful conversations about living fully with cancer — the messy, meaningful, real-life parts of survivorship that don’t always make it into the brochure.

🌐 Connect with Heather:

Website: ⁠⁠HeatherJose.com⁠

⁠⁠⁠Instagram: ⁠⁠@heatherbjose⁠⁠

Facebook: ⁠⁠Heather Jose⁠

YouTube: ⁠⁠@ImStillHereCancer⁠⁠

Podcast available on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | YouTube | Amazon Music

To Life! 💚Listen, subscribe, and share with someone who could use a little calm and encouragement this holiday season.

Episode Description:
The holidays are a mix of joy, chaos, and endless temptation — which makes it easy to say, “I’ll just start over in January.” But what if you didn’t have to throw in the towel?

In this episode, Heather and Larry talk about how to stay intentional, flexible, and grounded through the holiday season — without giving up all the things you love. From choosing simple non-negotiables to moving your body (even a little), eating like you love yourself, and focusing on connection over perfection, they share what really helps you feel good through the busiest time of year.

You’ll laugh along as they banter about color-coordinated outfits and cookie cravings, but you’ll also walk away with seven doable commitments that can keep you steady — and make January feel a whole lot easier.

In this episode:

• Why waiting for January to “start over” doesn’t work

• The small, realistic habits that help you stay grounded

• Handling food, movement, and rest without guilt

• Letting go of perfection and choosing connection instead

• How to enjoy the holidays and feel good in your body and mind

Available Now!

👉 Break the Cancer Spiral – Heather’s 15-minute guide to reset your mindset anytime life feels overwhelming

You can grab Heather’s new 15-Minute Reset guide and her 5 to Thrive series at ⁠https://shop.heatherjose.com/stop-the-cancer-spiral⁠

🎧 About the Podcast:I’m Still Here: Lessons from Life with Metastatic Breast Cancer is hosted by Heather and Larry Jose. Each week, they share honest, hopeful conversations about living fully with cancer — the messy, meaningful, real-life parts of survivorship that don’t always make it into the brochure.

🌐 Connect with Heather:

Website: ⁠HeatherJose.com

⁠Instagram: ⁠@heatherbjose⁠

Facebook: ⁠Heather Jose

YouTube: ⁠@ImStillHereCancer⁠

Podcast available on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | YouTube | Amazon Music

To Life! 💚
Listen, subscribe, and share with someone who could use a little calm and encouragement this holiday season.

When your mind starts spinning with fear, what-ifs, and worst-case scenarios, how do you stop it? In this episode of I’m Still Here, Heather and Larry talk about the “cancer spiral” — that flood of anxious thoughts that shows up at diagnosis and sometimes never fully leaves.

Heather shares how her new guide, Stop the Cancer Spiral: The 15-Minute Reset, was born out of her own experience of living with metastatic breast cancer for more than 25 years. Together, they break down what the spiral really is, why your brain defaults to it, and how you can interrupt it — in just a few minutes — using practical mindset tools that work in real life.

Whether you’re newly diagnosed, in treatment, or simply overwhelmed by everyday stress, this conversation will help you calm your mind, challenge your thoughts, and find your footing again.

💬 You can grab Heather’s new 15-Minute Reset guide and her 5 to Thrive series at https://shop.heatherjose.com/stop-the-cancer-spiral

🎧 About the Podcast:
I’m Still Here: Lessons from Life with Metastatic Breast Cancer is hosted by Heather and Larry Jose. Each week, they share honest, hopeful conversations about living fully with cancer — the messy, meaningful, real-life parts of survivorship that don’t always make it into the brochure.

🌐 Connect with Heather:
Website: HeatherJose.com
Instagram: @heatherbjose
Facebook: @HeatherJose
YouTube: @ImStillHereCancer
Podcast available on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | YouTube | Amazon Music

Finding balance isn’t about perfection — it’s about learning what works for you. In this episode, Heather and Larry dig into the daily juggling act of work, health, and real life while managing metastatic breast cancer. They talk about scheduling versus spontaneity, energy management, and how both structure and grace play a role in living well long-term.

Heather Jose was diagnosed with stage IV breast cancer at age 26 and has been thriving for more than 25 years. Through her podcast I’m Still Here: Lessons from Life with Metastatic Breast Cancer, she shares honest conversations, hope, and practical ways to live fully — no matter what life looks like.

💬 Connect with Heather:
Instagram: @heatherbjose
Facebook: Heather Jose
YouTube: I’m Still Here Podcast
Website: www.heatherjose.com

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#ImStillHerePodcast #MBCStrong #MetastaticBreastCancer #CancerMindset #WorkLifeBalance #LivingWellWithCancer #HeatherJose #CancerCommunity

What you say about yourself matters. In this solo episode, Heather shares 10 powerful “I Am” statements to help you shift from fear and frustration toward strength, peace, and purpose — even while living with cancer.

These statements aren’t about denial; they’re about defining yourself on your own terms. From choosing peace over panic to nourishing your body with care, this conversation will help you remember who you are beyond your diagnosis.

✨ Listen in for:

• 10 “I Am” statements to help you live fully with cancer

• Practical ways to protect your energy and peace

• Why words shape mindset — and mindset shapes healing

Share this episode with someone who needs a reminder that they are more than their diagnosis. 💗

🎧 Connect with Heather:
Instagram: @heatherjose
YouTube: @ImStillHerePodcast
Website: HeatherJose.com

#ImStillHerePodcast #HeatherJose #LivingWithCancer #CancerMindset #MetastaticBreastCancer #IAmStatements #HopeAfterCancer #MindsetMatters #FaithOverFear #ChoosePeace #LiveFullyWithCancer