Kim Russell

Two years later….. 💛

Some days it feels like yesterday, and somedays I feel so far removed from cancer that it doesn’t feel like it happened.

Cancer is teaching me how to undo years of putting myself last❤️

“I started planning my funeral…
and what poured out instead was gratitude.”

In Episode 29, Julie Schindler shares the moment she thought she was saying goodbye to her family but realized love and gratitude spoke louder.

🎧 Episode 29- Color Healing for Trauma & Chronic Pain
on The Survivor’s Chair Podcast

Have you ever felt behind while everyone else shares their highlight reel?

If this year was about surviving, that matters.

It’s still progress.

Let’s walk into 2026 gently and without pressure💛

Episode 28 - No Highlight Reel, No Pressure - Just Real Life

Have you ever felt like you’re not enough… and somehow too much at the same time?

If you grew up in survival mode, self-worth can feel like something you have to earn instead of something you’re allowed to have.

You question whether you’re worthy of love, whether you give too much, or whether you’re asking for too much just by existing.

This raw moment from Episode 27 of The Survivors Chair podcast with Sandra Aussem is a reminder that you have always been worthy❤️

Tune in wherever you get your podcasts.

Please follow, subscribe and download 💛

What if the reason you don’t want to do what you used to do is because you’re outgrowing survival mode?

My entire life I ran on adrenaline and now I keep asking myself how the heck did I do everything?🤷‍♀️

The bigger question is why don’t I want to do any of it anymore?

I thought life stresses and a cancer diagnosis had left me unmotivated, lazy, and stuck and these ways would become my new norm.

But I was wrong, the reality is I’m not lazy, I’m just not operating in survival mode anymore.

What a concept…❤️

The Survivors Chair Podcast Episode 26 - You didn’t fail - You outgrew survival mode - is out now!

Please follow, subscribe or leave a review it helps us help more people❤️🙏

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Episode 6 - The Comfort of Chaos - Why Letting Go of Trauma is Hard ❤️

This clip is a note to self as much as it is for anyone else who needs to hear it❤️❤️

You are so much more than your story❤️❤️

Please - download, review and follow The Survivors Chair Podcast podcast and help get it in the hands of anyone who needs it❤️❤️

Episode 25 - When Life Rewrites the Plan with on Grief, Health and Building Again.

So many of us know what it feels like to sit in a doctor’s office with a list of symptoms and concerns hoping someone will listen.

When Theresa Mazzuco stepped in to be her fathers caretaker and to run his business after his heart attack, stress and grief slowly showed up in her body and when she went searching for answers, she was dismissed.

In this clip, she shares the moment a doctor labeled her symptoms “idiopathic” and threw her list of questions and concerns in the trash.

When in reality, her symptoms were not coming out of nowhere her body was responding to trauma, underlying grief, stress, and the emotional weight she had been carrying for too long.

🎧 Listen to the full episode: When Life Rewrites the Plan - wherever you get your podcasts.

We’re continuing Breast Cancer Awareness Month with a Survivor’s Chair bonus episode: Mocktails and Mammograms with Sarah Hawkins founder of .

Sarah shares her journey through sobriety and the tools that helped her navigate her breast cancer diagnosis in 2023. Her story is one of resilience, community, and turning pain into purpose.

Through her cancer recovery, Sarah felt called to give back and has partnered with the to create her annual event, Mocktails and Mammograms.

✨Join Sarah November 16, 2025 at 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. for brunch, raffles and speakers sharing their breast cancer stories. ✨

Guests will not only connect but assemble Hope Kits filled with water bottles, cozy socks, journals, and encouraging notes for women currently navigating a cancer diagnosis and treatment.💛

For more information, reach out to Sarah at , click the link in my bio, or visit mocktailsandmammograms.carrd.co

Breast cancer awareness doesn’t end in October.💛

Episode 23 - Guided by Angels - Healing beyond Trauma with

In this episode we talk about angels, healing, trauma, and what it truly means to come home to yourself.

If you’ve ever wondered about the unseen support walking beside you or how trauma can open the doorway to deeper connection, this conversation is for you ❤️

If you love this episode or any other episode, download, follow, subscribe or share ( whatever the podcast lingo is🤣🤣)

It helps us reach more people who might need to hear what we have to say 😊❤️

Thank you and for inviting me to share my story! ❤️

What a beautiful event honoring and supporting everyone impacted by breast cancer🌸

And thank you for the incredible work you do and giving people facing cancer a few hours of fun, peace and joy💛

Facts⬇️

1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and that number hasn’t changed in 20 years 😡

Only 5% of breast cancers are genetic😳

I had no lump, no bump and no rash😮

No sign at all😬

My Stage 2a grade 3 HER2 positive aggressive Breast Cancer showed up in only 6 months. 😳

GET YOUR MAMMOGRAM!
(Said with love💛❤️)

A HUGE thank you to my support staff and loving family
Love you💛🌻💛🌻