The Burn

Words to Live By with Nikki Leigh McKean


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Today’s guest is Nikki Leigh Mckean from Canada. The piece she is reading is titled “I’ll Meet You in the Field'' from Wildfire Magazine’s 2020 issue “Identity & Aftermath.”  Nikki was diagnosed with cervical cancer at 34.  A second cancer diagnosis came two years later - stage II breast cancer. Nikki describes what it means to throw out the “Cancer Binder'', to become fully the hero of her own story, and to use inspiring words of others to feel whole. She purged her mind and physical space of the things that no longer served her in a post-cancer world. In the wake of this purge, she is now widly free and living a life where the main experience is love in a world of endless possibility. She’ll also talk about the difficult role of the caregiver to just be present and bear witness while the person they love is going through cancer.

More about Nikki: https://www.nikkimagic.com/ and https://www.instagram.com/nikkileighmckean/.

More about Wildfire Magazine: https://www.wildfirecommunity.org/

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More about Rethink Breast Cancer at https://rethinkbreastcancer.com/.

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