27 YEARS Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer with Thriver - Heather Jose!

In this beautifully hopeful episode, Wren, the creator of the Living Our Breast Lives Podcast, is joined by the incredible Metastatic Breast Cancer Thriver, Heather Jose, the MBC thriver living with triple positive metastatic breast cancer for 27 YEARS! Heather Jose is a long-term metastatic breast cancer thriver, advocate, and the host of the podcast I’m Still Here: Lessons from Life with Metastatic Breast Cancer. Diagnosed at 26 and living with metastatic disease for over 25 years, Heather focuses on honest, grounded conversations about what it means to live fully — not just survive — alongside breast cancer. After her diagnosis, Heather went on to adopt a child, redefining what building a family can look like after metastatic breast cancer and showing that life doesn’t stop at a diagnosis, it evolves. She has spent decades navigating treatment, motherhood, advocacy, and survivorship, all while helping others feel less alone.Listen to this episode as it breaks down:Who is Heather Jose? – Meeting the woman behind the diagnosisHer MBC story – Diagnosed in 1998, her subtype, and how she’s still here decades laterThen vs. now – What MBC treatment looked like then and how far it’s comeStrength without the pressure – The moments that carried her through and why the term "inspirational" comes with a heavy weight to itLiving with grief and joy – Mourning the life imagined while fully living the one she hasMotherhood after MBC – Infertility, adoption, and expanding her family against the odds“I’m Still Here” – Why Heather launched her podcast and who it’s forLong-term survivorship – What it really means and what she’s still dreaming of for the future Living Our Breast Lives Information:Email: [email protected]: @livingourbreastlivesFounder: Wren MorrobelPersonal Instagram: @wren_morrPodcast Guest Speaker: Heather Jose's Information:Email: [email protected]: @heatherbjoseFacebook: Heather JoseWebsite: www.heatherjose.comYouTube: I'm Still Here