318: Kristen Carbone: The Shameless Journey Of A Preventative Mastectomy

Shameless Leadership

Sara Dean

Education, Management, How To, Business, Self-improvement

4.7 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2019

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Kristen is the founder of Brilliantly, a brand that provides the support women need on their journey toward feeling vital and strong in their mind and body after a mastectomy. Motivated by her own personal experience, she is committed to providing solutions that help women deal with long term physical and emotional needs so they can prosper in their post-surgical life. Listen in to hear Kristen share: How losing her mom to metastatic breast cancer at age 23 led her to have a preventative mastectomy How she talked to family, friends, and her kids about her decision What her surgical journey looked like and the unexpected challenges it presented How to be a better self-advocate and how to seek support in advocacy The impacts of surgery and scars on body image Links Mentioned: Join us at Shameless Mom Con on April 26th & 27th: Shameless Mom Con Connect with Kristen: Brilliantly Kristen on Instagram - @Brilliantly and @kristen_brilliantly Thank you to our sponsors: Rothy's: Go to Rothys and enter shameless to get your new favorite flats and free shipping Simple Health: Don’t miss your chance to try this service for free - my listeners get the $20 prescription fee waived by going to Simple Health or entering code shameless at checkout. Fabfitfun: Use my code SHAMELESS to get $10.00 off your first box! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Shameless Mom Academy, episode 318 with Kristen Carbone. Show notes for this episode,
0:06.4	including any links mentioned in the episode, as well as any discount codes from our sponsors,
0:10.4	can be found by going to shamelessmom.com and clicking on episode 318.
0:19.9	Welcome to the Shamamedless Mom Academy.
0:21.9	I'm your host, Sarah Dean.
0:23.7	I'm here to give you and other passionate, driven, unapologetic moms, tools, resources,
0:29.6	and a little bit of humor to help you lead more positive, powerful, and purposeful lives every damn day.
0:35.8	One of the best things about the Shameless Mom Academy is our community.
0:38.7	So be sure to join us in our free private Facebook group to connect with other
0:42.6	shameless moms just like you.
0:44.3	You can find us over at shamelessom.com forward slash Facebook.
0:48.9	All right.
0:49.6	Let's dive into today's episode.
1:03.1	Kristen Carbone is the founder of Brilliantly, a brand that provides the support women need on their journey toward feeling vital and strong in their mind and body after
1:07.4	mastectomy.
1:08.5	Motivated by her own personal experience, she is committed to providing solutions that
1:12.7	help women deal with the long-term physical and emotional needs post-surgery so that they
1:17.2	can prosper in their life afterward.
1:19.7	She's also shameless mom to her eight-year-old daughter and her 10-year-old son.
1:23.6	Listen in to hear Kristen share how losing her mom to metastic breast cancer at age 23 led her to have a preventative mastectomy herself.
1:31.4	How she talked to her friends and family and her kids about her decision.
1:35.2	What her surgical journey looked like and the unexpected challenges it presented.
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