Performance coach and writer Emma Jarrett was diagnosed at 51 with lobular breast cancer. In this episode Emma reads her essay “Traveling With Pets” from the 2023 “Travel & Adventure” issue of Wildfire.  Emma’s story is about those first milestones after a cancer diagnosis, and using humor to cope.  April and Emma will talk about where Emma now stands with her breast prostheses, how numerous conversations and grieving helped her come to terms with losing her breasts, the choices cancer takes away in its immediacy, and the shame Emma felt around losing her breasts.  They will also discuss the writing process of making Emma’s one-woman play Breastless.  Additionally, Emma will share how breast tissue is attached to her body, heart, soul, and intuition experiences.

More about Emma:

https://emmajarrett.substack.com/

https://www.instagram.com/emmajarrettwrites/

https://www.instagram.com/emmajbreastless/

Purchase the “Travel & Adventure” issue here: https://www.wildfirecommunity.org/shop/p/travel23

Enjoy more episodes about travel or coming to terms with breast loss:

“Quebec Beckons” with Anita Saesing

https://player.captivate.fm/episode/20800b87-9c19-4a15-b7b3-20e06504c695

“AKA Trouble” with Patti Duncan https://player.captivate.fm/episode/de472041-d1da-4017-a27a-3f3aac2a242d

“The Water Spirit” with Vicki Pedigo

https://player.captivate.fm/episode/d12a268d-5d65-42e1-b7b0-1d86e36cea44

“A Eulogy to the Person I Was Before” with Saskia Lightstar https://player.captivate.fm/episode/6ac96dec-585c-4505-95aa-8dcdb1f4e373

Buy the Wildfire book Igniting the Fire Within: Stories of Healing, Hope & Humor, Inside Today’s Young Breast Cancer Community: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJVJ629F?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

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