288: My Friend Got Cancer - How to be a great friend during ANY crisis

Women's Wellness ON AIR WITH ELLA

Ella Lucas-Averett

Education, Health & Fitness, Fitness, Self-improvement, Alternative Health

5 • 699 Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

My friend Christine received a startling cancer diagnosis in August 2021. In this episode, Christine Kaineg shares her experience and provides actionable ideas to help us navigate our response the next time we have a friend or loved one in crisis.

We discuss:

How we often don't know HOW to react to bad news
What NOT to say
What you CAN do to be there for someone - from coworkers, to neighbors to friends and family
Simple, easy & free ways to show your love and support
Christine's deeply personal journey and how it shaped her current point of view

WARNING: Adult themes, including death & grief

Read Christine's blog

SHOW NOTES:

https://www.onairella.com/post/288-friend-in-crisis

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0:00.0	Welcome. You're on air with Ella where we share simple strategies and tips from people who are doing something better than we are.
0:11.6	Whether it's wellness or relationships to just living better and with more energy or changing your mindset to accomplish more in your own life and succeeding however you define it.
0:22.2	This is where we share the best of what we're learning from the experts and we're learning more
0:26.0	every day. Live better. Start now. Let's go.
0:32.5	Hey, you're on air with Ella and today I am joined by my friend Christine Canig and I cannot wait to have her
0:39.4	introduce herself to you. Hey Christine, how are you? Hi, Ella. I'm so happy to be here. Christine,
0:44.3	will you introduce yourself? Absolutely. My name is Christine Caneg and my professional
0:50.4	background is in corporate governance and federal contracting. I'm from Anchorage, Alaska,
0:56.0	and I'm part Clinket Indian, and I now serve on the board of directors for my Alaska Native
1:01.6	Corporation, and we serve the Alaska Native people of the Kodiak archipelago. And I live in Alexandria,
1:09.6	Virginia now, and I live here with my husband and my six-year-old daughter.
1:14.5	Your six-year-old daughter is my spirit animal. We get along like a house on fire. Love her.
1:19.2	She loves you, too. That's because I give her cupcakes.
1:23.0	We have known each other for a few years, and I witnessed your life change very, very drastically
1:29.8	for some time in 2021.
1:33.4	Do you mind sharing with us what happened and how your life changed in the summer of 2021?
1:39.7	I'd be happy to.
1:41.3	My story is not unique, but it was a slow moving train disaster. So what
1:49.4	happened is in August 2021, I turned 40 years old. And for my birthday, I decided to go to the
1:57.8	doctor for a regular women's exam, which I had put off for many years,
2:02.8	especially through COVID, which I think is very common.
2:08.0	The doctor said that I had an anomalous test result, and they wanted me to come back,
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