When Breast Cancer Changes Everything — What Do You Build Next?

What happens when a breast cancer diagnosis strips away your identity — and forces you to rebuild from the inside out?

In this deeply personal and powerful episode of Breast Cancer Conversations, Laura Carfang sits down with Christine Handy and Christine Anastos — two breast cancer survivors who turned trauma into transformation.

Christine Handy, former international model and author of Walk Beside Me, opens up about:

Undergoing multiple mastectomy surgeries
Breast implant illness
Returning to the runway as a “breastless model”
Turning her book into the award-winning film Hello Beautiful
Reclaiming worth beyond appearance

Christine Anastos (christine@connect-and-thrive.com), environmental engineer and founder of Connect & Thrive (CAT) shares:

Being diagnosed with DCIS while caregiving for her mother
Cancer’s financial toxicity and hidden barriers
Why 90% of breast cancer cases may be environmentally influenced
Launching a public benefit corporation to bridge gaps in survivorship care

Together, these women explore:

Identity after a cancer diagnosis
Faith and post-traumatic growth
The myth of “doing it alone”
Why collaboration is more powerful than competition
What it really means to be a “cancer disruptor”

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