"I think there is something really beautiful I can make of these broken pieces...to give someone else some perspective...to leave the best parts of me behind.”

Part 2 of a 2-part conversation with Erin McHarge.

Take this podcast on your next walk. Trust me. Though it’s about cancer, incurable cancer at that, it’s one you will easily fall in love with because Erin is simply that kind of human. At 27, Erin was dealt a brutal blow - a stage 4B endometrial cancer diagnosis. This was less than a year ago, and now, freshly 28, she kindly pulls the curtain back on her life and offers us a rare insight into her world. 

We talk about everything, from the mundane to the profound, including diagnosis, the challenges of being taken seriously as a young woman with severe symptoms, her decision to continue pursuing her PhD, and how it feels having her new wife, the incomparable Sam!, also be her primary caregiver. Oh! And we cannot forget the honorable mention of Drew Carey and The Price is Right :P

Erin is a PhD student, a new wife, a Tarot Card aficionado, and simply one of the warmest, smartest, kindest human beings on planet earth. 

For more, check out Erin's substack x

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