117: How My Mother's Book Shaped My Journey with Dr. Elizabeth Lorde-Rollins

Rise Together Podcast

Dave Hollis

Business, Health & Fitness, Careers, Relationships, Society & Culture

4.6 • 11.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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2020 marks the 40th Anniversary of poet and activist Audre Lorde’s powerful book The Cancer Journals, which details her experience coping with breast cancer and a radical mastectomy. Today we sit down with Audre Lorde’s daughter Dr. Elizabeth Lorde-Rollins (a doctor, writer, and breast cancer survivor) to discuss the lasting impact of her mother's book, as well as how major experiences such as illness can shape how parents and children view each other, and how healthcare providers function as activists in their own communities. As of January 2020, there are more than 3.5 million women with a history of breast cancer in the U.S. This includes women currently being treated and women who have finished treatment. To learn more about what you can do to combat breast cancer, click here: https://www.nationalbreastcancer.org/breast-cancer-awareness-month -- Dave's first-ever book, Get Out Of Your Own Way, is OUT NOW! This book is for everyone, and we mean EVERYONE: women who loved Girl Wash Your Face, men who did or didn't read Girl Wash Your Face, personal development skeptics, personal development devotees, anyone and everyone who has a life and knows it could maybe get a little better if they could just get out of their own dang way! LET'S GOOOOOO! -> http://bit.ly/gooyowpod You asked for it, you got it! Coaching with Dave is here! All year long Dave is offering courses in both life and career, all designed to help you identify where you are now, where you want to go, and how you’ll get there. After working his way through Disney to become a President of Theatrical Distribution, then making the conscious decision to be an entrepreneur, Dave knows exactly what it takes to be successful no matter which direction your life - or career - takes you. Now you can have exclusive access to his experience and wisdom, with monthly challenges and actionable results! Follow this link to see what coaching can do for YOU! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, this week on the rise together podcast, we have Dr. Elizabeth Lord
0:04.9	Rollins. She is a board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist with a background that spans
0:10.5	the humanities in both alipafic and alternative medicine. She's also an activist and community
0:16.5	organizer having received numerous accolades, including the award that she won in 2013
0:22.7	at the Stonewall Honors. She is the daughter of poet and activist Audrey Lord, who is groundbreaking
0:28.7	work the Cancer Journals documented her fierce battle with breast cancer and celebrates
0:34.4	this year its 40th anniversary. Please welcome to the show Dr. Elizabeth Lord Rollins.
0:42.9	What would the world look like if we all pushed ourselves to have candid conversations with
0:49.7	people who didn't look like us, think like us, or live like us? I'm Dave Hollis and I'm
0:55.7	on a mission to learn more about this world by meeting more of the people who live here.
1:00.5	You may not always agree with everything you hear, but I guarantee you'll come away more
1:04.9	informed on topics you might never have thought to seek out before. This isn't just a podcast,
1:10.3	it's a community. And when we raise each other up, we all rise together.
1:15.5	Elizabeth, welcome to the show. Hi, Dave. Hi. It's great to be speaking with you. I am so happy
1:30.3	to have you here. This is a topic that inevitably unfortunately will affect so many people who are
1:37.6	listening or have has already affected so many people who are listening, but I like to ask any
1:43.0	of our guests as we jump into a conversation. If in your own words, you could tell us just a
1:48.3	little bit about your personal history, how the book, the cancer journals, all of the work has
1:54.4	come to be for anyone who may not know the great work that you do. You know, the cancer journals was
2:00.8	written by my mom. My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer when I was just 15 and then she had
2:08.2	a 14 year struggle. Originally diagnosed with breast cancer underwent a surgery. My brother and I
2:15.4	were both in our early years of high school at that time. I was a sophomore. My brother was a
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