Have you ever found yourself going through the day-to-day motions of life and then

boom like out of nowhere here comes a curveball that you never saw coming.

Well that is exactly what happened to my guest today, who also happens to be my longtime friend.

Today contributor Jill Martin was living out her dream of fairy tale wedding a thriving career a

close-knit circle of friends and family and then in June of 2023 after a clean

mammogram the unthinkable a breast cancer diagnosis.

They found cancer.

I sat alongside Jill in the studio that day feeling each and every emotion she so bravely

shared with all of us. In the coming days, weeks and months,

Jill would endure physical and emotional pain she never thought possible.

Jill spent a year quite literally fighting for her life.

Today she's on the other side, a clean bill of health and a new perspective on life.

But as Jill will tell you herself, it is not over.

It's never over, she says, but through it all, Jill feel stronger and is living her life more intentionally.

Jill and I talk resilience, realigning with her purpose and believing in a higher calling.

This episode is for anybody fighting a battle they never saw coming and overcame it.

I did.

Jill did, and you can too.

I'm Hoda Kottby.

Welcome to my podcast, Making Space. Miss Jill I'm so happy that you're here. I think a lot of people know you, but I don't think a lot of people know you.

So I'm going to take it back to when I first met you and I knew one thing about you you were like gonna outwork

out hustle anybody that was your jam and I watched you I watched you in action do that so let's just

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