Common Threads for Cancer Awareness: Triumph Over Grief with Nichole Muex

Host Jaquell Bates welcomes special guest @Nichole Muex, a plus-size model and Founder of Common Threads, to discuss how the grief of losing her mother to pancreatic cancer inspired her to create the fashion show, "Common Threads for Cancer Awareness".Nichole shares her powerful realization that "cancer doesn't discriminate". She details the show's purpose: to unite people—regardless of their differences—to fight the disease by focusing on the "one common thread" they share. Discover the unique show format where designers create collections inspired by different cancer awareness colors, and learn how the event aims to drive much-needed education and awareness for various cancers.The conversation offers a deep, transparent look into finding strength and victory in the face of profound loss. Nichole opens up about how her deep faith, a supernatural strength, and her mother’s legacy of worship carried her through a year of depression. She and Jaquell, who shares her own recent experience with grief, stress the vital importance of releasing trauma, speaking life, and choosing to walk in the purpose that emerges from pain. This episode is a call to obedience, worship, and action, encouraging listeners to turn their sorrow into advocacy and to invest in their own health and knowledge. The Common Threads for Cancer Awareness fashion show is scheduled for November 9, 2025, at The Clyburn (2202 West Clybourn) in Milwaukee.For tickets and information, follow Nichole's event onInstagram (@CommonThreads4Cancer), Facebook, oremail [email protected].