#68 Amber Carlson: Incurable brain cancer, suicidal ideation & prolonging life

A cancer battle isn't always chemo followed by death or survival, sometimes you can continue your life but just know that your life is statistically shortened. For Amber, this is the case. She has a grade 3 brain cancer which is the aggressive, incurable type. In this conversation we flow through the points of:

Parents split at 14 years of age
Trial and error to find her passion in ECE
The C word - being diagnosed
Road to prolong life, and
Depression

This is one hell of a journey depicted quite well by Amber as she takes us back through some of her most pivotal moments. Hopefully sharing this story can shed some more light around these 'taboo' topics and how to navigate around them better than we currently are. Cheers Amber for your time, this was a massive privilege!
You can go check out her blog as mentioned in the ep and also her insta account. Don't forget to rate the poddy and to be grateful for the small things in life, enjoy.

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Getting stuck into the bitter and the sweet aspects of life. Digging into the adversities faced and ways they’ve overcome them.
Hopefully shedding some light on the darkness we all share, confirm feelings or even inspire the listeners.

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