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Everything Joy to Life!
by Joy to Life Foundation
We offer those affected by breast cancer a place to share their stories, provide insightful information from members of the medical community and share a variety of engaging content to help you live your best life! Through it all, we promote the life-saving mission of the Joy to Life Foundation--to provide free mammograms and other breast cancer screenings to the medically underserved in Alabama, build and support breast cancer awareness among all Alabamians and promote over-all good health, well-being, and education throughout the state. Find out more at www.joytolife.org.
Episodes
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Nancy Wright: Let's Talk About Cancer
Nancy Wright --Director of the Cancer Prevention and Control Division of the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH)--has been working with the Joy to Life Foundation for over 20 years and she knows a lot about cancer! In this episode, we take a look back at how that relationship began and…
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Dr. Lois Schulman: Eat Your Way to Better Health
We didn't invite Dr. Lois Schulman on our podcast to talk about some new drug or some robotic surgical procedure. We’re talking about how plants can help us live healthier lives—specifically how eating a plant-based diet can make a huge difference in people’s health. During our conversation, Dr....
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Kym Klass: My Journey Through Loss, Faith and Mental Health
Kym Klass is a 20-year veteran newspaper reporter and many of her life experiences--good and bad-- find their way into her writing. In this episode, Kym talks about the circumstances that moved her to her explore the topic of mental health in many of her columns and her book "One More Day: a...
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Javacia Harris Bowser: It's All About The Story
How do you turn negatives (like getting hit by a car or being diagnosed with breast cancer) into positive stories that inspire others? If you're Javacia Harris Bowser, that's just what you do! According to her mother, Javacia has been writing "since she could sit up straight" and her work has...
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Ripples of Kindness
When Hilly Blondheim found out that his friend and co-worker was in dire need of a kidney transplant, he knew he wanted to help. That decision would lead Hilly, his family, his friend and a group of other like-minded people down a path that they could never have imagined. This is a story that…
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SISTAs Can Survive Coalition: Showing Survivors Support
In 1994, Dr. Carrie Nelson (a now 35-year breast cancer survivor) establishes SISTAs Can Survive Coalition--the first African American survivor run group in Alabama. From that time forward, SISTAs has provided (and continues to provide) a culturally sensitive approach to combatting diseases among...
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John Moorer: Be Your Own Health Advocate
For years, John Moorer felt like there was something off with his health. He sought the counsel of multiple doctors, but none of them provided a diagnosis. They didn’t seem to think that there was anything he should be worried about. They were wrong. We got the chance to sit down with John and…
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Kadie Agnew & Lizzie Norman: Driving Hope
In November of 2023, we had the pleasure of sitting down with Lizzie Norman, the Mobile Mammography Coordinator at Montgomery Cancer Center and Kadie Agnew Director of Marketing & Communications at Baptist Health to talk about their "Driving Hope" program which features a state-of-the-art Mobile...
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Hands On Healing: Everything Is Connected
Did you know that pain in your shoulder may originate from your foot? Did you know that your brain may be hurting you while trying to protect you? Did you know that research is being done that involves training bacteria to fight cancer cells while leaving the good bacteria in your body alone?...
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Dr. Pam Strickland: This Is A Problem, But We Can Fix It!
"This is a problem, but we can fix it. It will take work, but we can fix this." This quote from Dr. Pam Strickland sums up her approach to her work--offering a full range of surgical services to women with breast cancer and other breast diseases. She is a board-certified general surgeon with…
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Deanne Allegro: Eat The Rainbow!
What's best food-wise for us to put in our bodies is a big question. But Deanne Allegro (Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Kinesiology at Auburn University Montgomery) has a unique way of breaking down this monumental subject into "bite-size" pieces that anyone can understand! In...
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Susan Reed: A Front Row Seat To Hope Every Day
Susan Reed (Vice President of Oncology Services and Administrator at the Montgomery Cancer Center) has a very personal relationship with cancer. She herself is a cancer survivor (thyroid cancer) and her husband Darren was diagnosed with colon cancer early on in their marriage. While many people...
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The Trainer Trio: Sustainability Is Key!
In this episode with our trio of personal trainers (Ashley Jenkins, Clinton Adams and Ryan Callicott), Joy to Life Foundation co-founder Joy Blondheim and her husband Dickie take a look at the “New Year, New You” phenomenon and how the key to sustainable weight loss and physical fitness isn’t as...
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Hands on Healing: The Body Loves Movement
Imagine that you're experiencing pain in your shoulder. Now imagine that the key to relieving you of that pain lies in your foot. Sound weird? It is...weirdly amazing as we find out from our guests on this episode--Anthony Allegro and Carla Wall. Anthony and Carla are experts at myofascial…
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The Trainer Trio: The Power of Movement
In this episode with our trio of personal trainers (Ashley Jenkins, Clinton Adams and Ryan Callicott), Joy to Life Foundation co-founder Joy Blondheim and her husband Dickie cover a wide range of topics---from the almost unbelievable fad trends Joy has tried over the years (does anyone remember…
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Dr. Nancy Merner and Betsy Stallworth: Behind The Scenes With The Gene Machine
If you live in Alabama, you've probably seen The Gene Machine--that adorable pink bus that goes around and collects genetic information for ongoing research at Auburn University. What you may not know is who's behind it, how that genetic info is collected and, most importantly, how it is used to...
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Betty Ehrlich and Elaine Kirkpatrick: Stories From a Three-time Cancer Survivor
When she was three years old, Betty Ehrlich lost her mother to breast cancer. Today, Betty is herself a three-time cancer survivor. Her daughter Elaine has been by her side through all three struggles. The duo shared what they’ve each learned and how prayer and positive thinking have proven...
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The Trainer Trio: Questions and Answers
Our favorite trio of personal trainers (Ashley Jenkins, Clinton Adams and Ryan Callicott) is back and this time they are answering the questions you wanted us to ask! Joy to Life Foundation co-founder Joy Blondheim asks the group questions about topics like how young is too young to start weight...
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Joy Lambert (Jiras): I Chose Life!
After learning about her hereditary risk of cancer when she was working in Montgomery as weekend anchor for WAKA-TV (where we got to know her), Joy made the decision to undergo a series of preventative surgeries to lower both her breast and ovarian cancer risks. As she puts it “I’ve spent much of...
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The Trainer Trio: Another Visit to the Gym
Is counting calories that important? What about those at-home workouts? What is clean eating? Can you still workout while you're pregnant? Joy to Life Foundation co-founder Joy Blondheim makes another visit to the gym to talk to our trio of trainers (Ashley Jenkins, Clinton Adams and Ryan...
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The Trainer Trio: The Science Behind The Sweat
What's more important: nutrition or exercise? Why would a personal trainer gain over 30 pounds on purpose? Can't I just work out at home? We tackle all these questions, and so much more, on this episode! Joy to Life Foundation co-founder Joy Blondheim is joined by a trio of trainers (Ashley...
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Tina Hodge: How I Became a Breast Cancer Pre-vivor
Tina Hodge has been dealing with breast cancer for almost 30 years--just not as a cancer survivor. Tina has provided compassionate leadership to clinics in the central Alabama area (and continues to do so) and has helped guide countless women and men through their breast cancer journeys. When she...
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Joy, Sarah, Jackie and Jackie: One More Day
What keeps us going for one more day? To answer that, Joy to Life co-founder Joy Blondheim and Program Director Jackie Butler talk with two people who know first hand about the trials and triumphs of providing breast health services to those in Alabama who desperately need it but are not equipped...
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Janet Bolton: A Shower Card Saved My Life!
When Janet picked up a Joy to Life breast self exam shower card during a visit from Ohio to Alabama's Gulf Coast, she never imagined that it would be instrumental in saving her life! Having never been one to perform self exams, Janet let the card sit for a while before heeding its message. Little...
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Scott and Beth Boyar: From Cancer to Kids
When Scott and Beth got married, they knew that they wanted to start a family. Unfortunately, breast cancer made them take a few detours on their journey. Through it all, their courage became an inspiration to everyone they came in contact with. Theirs is a story of how to look at even the…
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David Barranco: Men Get Breast Cancer, Too
While it doesn't get talked about very much, men can be diagnosed with breast cancer. Chappy's Deli owner David Barranco knows this only too well. Of course, being treated for a disease that typically only effects members of the female population brings with it a whole new perspective on life and...
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Joy and Dickie Blondheim: A Look Back and a Look Ahead
Join Joy to Life Foundation co-founders Joy and Dickie Blondheim as they share the reasons why Joy to Life came to be, explain how the Foundation got off to a successful start (despite some difficult timing) and explore the new challenges and opportunities that lay ahead with the Foundation's...
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David & Lee Herman: A Breast Cancer Love Story
Breast cancer. Petit Fours. A match-making friend. All these elements and many more come into play in the story of how David (a Jewish man with a daughter) and Lee (a Christian woman with three sons) Herman became man and wife. If you've ever heard the phrase "it's a God thing", you'll be amazed…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
We offer those affected by breast cancer a place to share their stories, provide insightful information from members of the medical community and share a variety of engaging content to help you live your best life! Through it all, we promote the life-saving mission of the Joy to Life Foundation--to provide free mammograms and other breast cancer screenings to the medically underserved in Alabama, build and support breast cancer awareness among all Alabamians and promote over-all good health, well-being, and education throughout the state. Find out more at www.joytolife.org.
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Joy to Life Foundation
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We offer those affected by breast cancer a place to share their stories, provide insightful information from members of the medical community and share a variety of engaging content to help you live your best life! Through it all, we promote the life-saving mission of the Joy to Life Foundation--to...
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