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We Get It: Season one recap

In this episode of We Get It, Karine looks back on all the guests we’ve had this year. We invite you to enjoy some reruns of episodes this summer while we prep for the fall!

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We Get It: A chat with Jay Abramovitch (part 2)

In this episode of We Get It, Karine continues her chat with Jay Abramovitch. They focus on his personal experience with PTSD prior to cancer, and how he is using tools he learned about back then to help in the present.

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We Get It: A chat with Jay Abramovitch (part 1)

On this week’s episode of We Get It, Karine talks with Jay Abramovitch. Jay was diagnosed with colon cancer in his mid-30s during the pandemic and is learning to navigate his way through it with the help of his peers.

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We Get It: Breathing through stress and other challenges

On this week’s episode of We Get It, Karine talks with Lyne Poirier-Lorusso, Ottawa Program Coordinator of Kids Kicking Cancer Canada (Heroes Circle). Together, they practice some breath work techniques to help you cope with stress and to empower you when facing challenges.

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We Get It: The road to recovery

In this week’s episode of We Get It, Karine chats with Krista on her experience with cancer, including life before cancer, with cancer, and where she is today. She shares some of what has helped her and continues to help her along the road.

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We Get It: Knight’s Cabin and the benefits of nature

In this week’s episode of We Get It, Karine talks with Katie Sevalrud of Knight’s Cabin about its Walk It Out project, and the benefits of nature.

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We Get It: Planning a family

Karine talks with long time YACCers Nicole and Chris Dunne about family planning, more specifically, their path towards adoption. They share with us their cancer story and also what led them to want to adopt a child, the steps they took, the ups and downs, the learnings, the discoveries, and the hope.

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We Get It: Pandemic challenges

In this week’s episode of We Get It, Karine talks with Christine Skakum — nurse, program facilitator, supporter, and longtime friend of YACC. Together they discuss the challenges that healthcare providers, patients, and families are facing during the pandemic.

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We Get It: Quality of life

In this week’s episode of We Get It, Karine spends some time with Blair and together they discuss quality of life. The YAC Prime Study has found some significant differences in the quality of life (physical and mental) of young adults with cancer compared to their peers without cancer. Blair shares with us what this means to him.

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We Get It: Body image

This week on We Get It, Karine talks with YACCtivist Marley on body image issues. Together they will take a moment to review the findings from the YAC Prime Study on this topic and dig into Marley’s story. A little bit of information, a lot of inspiration!

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We Get It: Fear of cancer recurrence

In this week’s episode of We Get It, Karine speaks with Shanna about her cancer experience and fear of cancer recurrence.

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We Get It: A chat with Amber Pywell

Karine chats with YACC community member Amber about becoming an end of life doula, what that role entails, and the impact it had on Amber’s life.

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