Life looks different now — and they're learning to love it. This week, Sheena and Jordan get real about how cancer changed everything: their bodies, their priorities, their idea of what a "good life" even looks like. From a 15-hour solo drive to a no-phones family vacation, to a staycation that feels more luxurious than anything money could buy — they're discovering that using life to its fullest doesn't mean doing more. It means squeezing every last drop out of exactly what you already have. If your life has been flipped upside down and you're still figuring out who you are on the other side, this episode is for you.

Episode 15: Blessed, Grateful, and Mildly Sunburned

This week, Sheena and Jordan get into what it really means to slow down, soak it all in, and actually enjoy the summer without a packed itinerary or a countdown to the next thing.

From a retirement community pool to a $62 hotel in Georgia, Sheena is finding joy in the least frilly vacation she's ever taken — and realizing that sometimes the best trips are the ones with nowhere to be and nothing to rush toward.

The girls talk about what it looks like to embrace the season you're in, find gratitude in the simple stuff, and give yourself permission to just... be. Because after everything they've been through, they've learned that good days aren't something to take for granted.

Summer might be short, but the memories — and the sunburns — last.

As always, we're doing our best and faking the rest. 💛

Apologies - this week is missing an intro!

In this solo summer check-in, Sheena gets real about life on the other side of breast cancer treatment — from grieving beloved pets and navigating a painful uterine biopsy, to embracing lazy library days with her kids and finding unexpected healing in conversations with strangers. She shares why she quit her job before her body made the decision for her, what The Grapes of Wrath taught her about living with uncertainty, and the simple mindset shift that's keeping her grounded this season: stop fighting what's coming, and just invite it in.

As always, thank you all so much for listening. Remember to keep Living Loudly!

This week's episode is a solo one — Jordan, getting a little vulnerable.

I've spent most of my life really good at survival mode: carrying everything, fixing everything, keeping everyone okay. But I'm realizing that what made me "strong" was quietly costing me everything. In this episode, I'm processing that in real time — the identity shift of stepping away from work, the grief nobody talks about, and what it's actually like to learn how to slow down when chaos is all you've ever known.

If you've ever confused being busy with being okay, this one's for you.

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After a couple of hectic weeks — including a heartbreaking loss, end-of-school chaos, and the general noise of life — Sheena and Jordan are back with a raw, honest check-in on what it's actually like to leave the workforce and stay home with your kids.

From skipping showers for days to having full-on revelations about their children's emotional needs, they get into the real stuff: the identity shift that comes when your paycheck disappears, the surprising grief of not knowing your own kids, the myth of a clean house, and why "I'm fine" might be the biggest red flag of all.

They also talk about learning to listen — to yourself, to your body, and to the tiny humans who are, as it turns out, a direct mirror of everything you're feeling. Plus: a Kings Island story that proves motherhood is, in their words, absolutely ghetto.

If you're in the middle of a big life transition, feeling overwhelmed, or just need a reminder that you're doing better than you think — this one's for you.

In this episode, Sheena and Jordan get real about what happened immediately after their breast cancer diagnoses — from port placements and PET scans to the emotional earthquake of a mastectomy. Jordan walks through the whirlwind speed of her chemo start, while Sheena opens up about the grief of losing a part of herself she had only just come to love. The episode closes with a powerful reminder: you don't have to feel ready — you just do it anyways. Do it tired, do it scared, do it sick. One step at a time.

Telling Family — A Sister's Perspective

In this deeply personal episode, Sheena sits down with her older sister Missy to talk about one of the most pivotal moments of her breast cancer journey: the phone call that changed everything.

Missy shares what it was like to be on the receiving end of that diagnosis, trying to hold it together while feeling completely helpless. Together, they walk through the whirlwind weeks that followed: the bachelorette party the day after a preliminary diagnosis, a wedding four days before a double mastectomy, and the quiet, unspoken ways the people around Sheena showed up when it mattered most.

This episode is for anyone who has ever loved someone through a cancer diagnosis — the support people who hold everything together while quietly falling apart on their own. Missy's perspective is a reminder that caregivers carry a unique kind of weight, and that simply showing up — without a plan, without the right words — is often the most powerful thing you can do.

In this week's episode, Jordan sits down with her daughter for an honest, heartfelt conversation about one of the hardest conversations of their lives: the day Jordan told her she had breast cancer.

Avery shares her 9-year-old perspective with the kind of clarity and resilience only kids can bring. They talk about fear, confusion, hair donations, and how their lives actually got better on the other side of cancer.

Whether you're a parent trying to figure out how to have this conversation with your own kids, or just need something to make your heart full today — this one's for you.

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In this episode, we get real about the emotional weight of motherhood after cancer. Sheena opens up about a spiral triggered by a difficult OB-GYN appointment and the body image struggles that followed, while Jordan reflects on what it means to be a mom while navigating treatment and recovery.

Topics covered:

• Motherhood, emotional regulation, and why your kids feel everything you feel
• Body image after cancer and the invisible weight of OB-GYN appointments
• Hormone suppressants, bone health, and the long-term realities of ER/PR+ treatment
• One year post-chemo reflections
• Why facing your demons matters — because if you don't, they'll raise your kids

This one's for anyone having a hard day and needing a reminder to put your mask on first.

In this raw and deeply honest episode, both Jordan and Sheena open up about a terrifying stretch of weeks where bone scans, PET scans, CT scans, and unanswered results had them each privately preparing for a stage four metastatic diagnosis — at the same time.

They get real about the PTSD that comes with survivorship, the spiral that turns hip pain into a full-blown cancer scare, and the strange comfort of having a friend who truly gets it. They also share the surprising decisions that came out of it all — including both of them quitting their jobs, the grace of supportive partners, and what it actually feels like to get good news when you've already accepted the worst.

This one's about the parts of survivorship nobody warns you about: the scan anxiety, the bone pain, the aging body, the guilt, the grief, and somehow — the gratitude that grows right alongside it all.

If you've ever stared down a test result, made peace with the unthinkable, or just needed to hear that someone else is out here faking it too — this episode is for you.