Well, thanks for listening to Job with Julie. I'm Julie Slattery, and it's bonus episode time.

Today I want to share a conversation with Kim Harms, author and founder of the blog Life

Reconstructed. The day after her 40th birthday, Kim was diagnosed with breast cancer and had

a bilateral mastectomy in breast reconstruction. What I so appreciate about Kim is her

candidness and how real she is about what it was like to rebuild sexual intimacy with her husband

after losing her breasts. Now, if you haven't been personally affected by breast cancer,

I still encourage you to listen to Kim's advice and story. She has some great perspectives that I know will impact you.

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Now let's listen to our bonus episode, My Conversation with Kim Harms.

Okay, so Kim, I love that you reached out to Authentic Enumcy and said,

hey, I've got a unique story to share that I think women will benefit from.

And you're a breast cancer survivor.

Yes.

Yeah.

And I'm looking at you and you're not very old.

Yeah.

So how old were you when you got breast cancer?

I was 40.

I was diagnosed one month to the day after my 40th birthday. Wow. And I'm 42 right now.

Okay. And I'm guessing that it was just a total out of the blue shock or did you have any warnings?

It was a shock. I found a lump. It was right at my brawl line. I wasn't like a regular check my breast kind of person. I should be and people should be, but I wasn't. But it was right in my brawl line so I could feel it and it kind of was tender there. And so I thought, you know what, I probably should have this checked out.

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