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Losing someone can make the holiday season incredibly tough. It’s okay to feel sad during these times. Finding ways to honor and keep the memories of our loved ones alive by sharing stories about them can be a beautiful way to keep their spirit alive during the holidays and help us through the grieving process. Guest Stephannie Ruvalcaba Ho shared some ways to remember our loved ones only on OC Talk Radio livestreamed from @UCI Beall Applied Innovation Center.

Not everyone is up to the Holiday cheer, this episode is dedicated to St James in Newport Beach “Annual Blue Christmas” service on Thursday, December 21 at 7pm “to pray, meditate and console your heart.” For information please email info@stjamesnewport.org

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Andrea O’Donnell is a certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and owner of Rising Roots Nutrition. She started her business after years of struggling with her own health issues.  She went to the doctors but felt she was not being heard or supported by doctors. Wanting to bring her daughter into a healthier lifestyle and wanting to help others after her mother’s diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, Andrea started her company.  You can contact Andrea at  andrea@risingrootsnutrition.com

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“I was determined not to let cancer control my life.” Laurie MacCaskill a Professional Speaker, Motivator, Patient Advocate, Cancer Life Coach and a 17-year pancreatic cancer survivor shares her journey and some invaluable tools she developed to help in her fight with the world’s toughest cancer.

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Why volunteer for a cancer that has such a dismal outcome? Bringing awareness being around people that you share something in common with helped her to heal having a voice helped her to feel empowered. 

Stephannie was the Caregiver for her Grandmother in the non tradional sense.  She would visit her, read to her, dance for her or just hold her hand and talk with her.

Stephannie’s favorite event is PurpleStride, this year she had a different role, she was able to speak with people attending and was able to share her story and hear their story.  In talking to people they expressed they felt hope, felt love and gratiful to have so many people there fighting for a cure.

Stephannie feels volunteering with this group is rewarding in itself.  Being a part of something that is giving back to people. The deep friendships you make with the people you volunteer with is rewarding.  

“As long as you speak my name, I shall live forever.” Is dedicated to my dad, Bill Whitson “Gramps” who died on June 1, 1998 – 25 years ago.

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Amy Reiss, the Patient and Family Support Coordinator from the Hirshberg Foundation previewed their 17th Annual Symposium on Pancreatic Cancer (in collaboration with the UCLA Hirshberg Center for Pancreatic Diseases) that was held at UCLA’s Luskin Conference Center March 11, 2023.

Watch the 17th Annual Symposium https://youtu.be/OgMZ-TqgrCc

SAVE THE DATE: The 18th Annual Symposium on Pancreatic Cancer is on Saturday, April 13!  Registration opens in January 2024

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When a guest is unable to come, as sorry as we are, that gives Paul and I the opportunity to talk and do a little catch up.  We covered a large range of topics like the Hirshberg Symposium, Taking a Leap of Faith, PanCAN’s PurpleStride OC, November Awareness, is COVID still affecting the pancreatic cancer community, mask vs no mask.

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Sisters, Allison and Erica start a non profit organization to honor their mother and continue her legacy.  Miracle for Melanie continues the Legacy that their mother started many years ago and continued during her fight with pancreatic cancer. 

For more information please visit the website www.miracle4melanie.org

“As long as you speak my name, I shall live forever,” is dedicated to Melanie Darvin Stridler and to our Nation’s Heroes she dedicated her life to.

Erica’s way of navigating her own grief by trying to make an impact or a difference

in the lives of others.

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Jennifer Garrepy, Reiki Master, advanced studies in Healing Touch, and one of fewer than 100 Certified Healing Touch for Animals Practitioners worldwide. We chatted about how and why she was called to the healing arts, what to expect, how to prepare as well as my experience with a Healing Touch session.  After my session I felt more relaxed than I had in a long time, a calmness.  

For more information on Reiki/Healing Touch or to schedule an appointment please go to garrepy.com

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