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Powerful, Smart Choices After Diagnosis at Age 38

Powerful, Smart Choices After Diagnosis at Age 38

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Send us Fan MailTreatment ends, the calendar clears, and somehow that’s when the real questions surface: Who am I now? What do I actually want my life to look like? In this episode of Love Letters 2 Our Bodies, Gwendolyn Mitchell sits down with Kia Lee, a stage three breast cancer survivor, author, speaker, and patient advocate who knows this terrain intimately, both as someone who has lived it and someone who now walks alongside other women finding their way through it. Kia shares the story of being diagnosed at 38, the shock of facing cancer after doing many of the “right” things, and why survivorship is not about returning to who you were before. She reflects on how chronic stress, survival mode, and hypervigilance affect the body, especially for Black women and women of color navigating a world that often requires them to stay strong and keep pushing through. The conversation then turns to identity shifts, grief for the person you were before diagnosis, and the deeper questions that shape life after treatment. Kia also talks about self-advocacy, researching treatment options, fighting for proton radiation, and making choices that protected her body. This conversation offers an honest look at healing, alignment, and what it means to move forward with presence and purpose after diagnosis.Key Points From This Episode:• A warm welcome to today’s guest, Kia Lee.• Kia’s stage three breast cancer diagnosis at 38.• The shock of facing cancer after doing many of the “right” things.• Why survivorship is not about returning to who you were before.• How chronic stress and living in survival mode can affect the body.• Why hypervigilance is especially relevant for Black women and women of color.• The identity shifts many women face after cancer treatment.• Navigating grief for the person you were before diagnosis.• How Kia helps women recognize when they are running on empty.• The reflection guide Kia created to support deeper healing work.• Why you are not behind in your healing or your life.• How self-advocacy shaped Kia’s treatment and recovery choices.• The role of scalp cooling, compression boots, and personal research.• Why the emotional side of survivorship is not linear.• Choosing breath, alignment, and self-care after treatment ends.• Kia’s reflections on purpose, healing, and becoming a lighthouse. Quotes: “You're not the same person the moment you get the news that you were two hours before. And then as you move through the treatment, you're not the same person spiritually, physically, energetically, emotionally.” — Kia Lee [0:07:02]“You have to decide: is chemo right for me? Is radiation right for me? Is immunotherapy right for me? You're being bombarded with all of these questions, all while facing your own mortality.” — Kia Lee [0:07:29]“Grief is the hardest part, and for a while you don't even realize that that's what that emotion is. And it's hard because you are grasping and holding on to her, trying to get her back, trying to not let her go through the chemo, not let her go through all of the changes.” — Kia Lee [0:16:50]“I am exactly where I am meant to be. All of my choices have brought me to this moment. So I'm not behind; I’m right where I’m supposed to be.” — Kia Lee [0:27:44]“If anyone is in that fight [for proton treatment], keep appealing. And the proton centers are pretty great at it. So, as long as you're okay with the delay, which I was, I say keep fighting for it. But, research it for yourself and get second opinions.” — Kia Lee [0:31:45] “It’s not my way, it’s not about me. It’s just guiding people along their way. I'm not a lifeboat. — I don't have the answers. I just ask you to ask the right questions to get you on your way.” — Kia Lee [0:49:11]Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:Kia LeeKia Lee on SubstackLighthouse: The Path Through CancerLighthouse: Surviving Narcissistic AbuseLife After Breast Cancer with Kia Lee: Free Reflection GuideGwendolyn Mitchell on LinkedInMOYO Institute, IncLove Letters 2 Our Bodies is sponsored by Moyo Institute, Inc and the Lloyd Symington FoundationGwendolyn Mitchell on LinkedInMOYO Institute, Incinstagram.com/moyoinstitute
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