Healing Conversations - a One Mission Podcast

Nov 22 2023

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Healing Conversations is a podcast for people who find themselves on a healing journey, who need help and want to hear stories of those who have walked before them. Healing Conversations is presented by One Mission, a childhood cancer charity that does whatever it takes to get kids through cancer treatment. Hosted by Ashley Haseotes, One Mission founder, author of TheUnspoken, Reiki Master and Meditation Coach.

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Season 2 Ep. 13 - Melissa McGovern & Lynn McJohnson

Nov 22 2023 37 mins

Guest names: Melissa McGovern & Lynn McJohnsonIn this episode:Lynn and Melissa both met Ashley while volunteering at One Mission helping kids get through cancer. As a same-sex couple who had tried to have children on their own only to find that this wasn’t their path, they decided to adopt. They attended classes for prospective parents at their local library in their home

Season 2 Ep. 12 - Carly Tobin

Nov 09 2023 23 mins

Guest Name: Carly TobinIn this episode:Carly was diagnosed with Wilms tumor at a young age. The beginning of her journey was surrounded with surgeries and hospital stays while she tried to maintain some degree of normalcy in her childhood.Carly worked hard to maintain her friendships and connection to her dance team during the time she spent in the hospital. Her team would show the

Season 2 Ep. 11 - Mandy Goldman

Oct 26 2023 35 mins

Guest Name: Mandy GoldmanIn this episode:Mandy is the mother of her son Mateo, a 2x Cancer survivor who was diagnosed at age 8How your social circle changes after diagnosis and how to “keep your cool” while dealing with the impact of cancer in your familyFinding healing and release through Reiki and sound bathsAdding yourself to the bone marrow registry as a potential match for

Season 2 Ep. 10 - Sam Saperstein

Oct 05 2023 51 mins

Guest Name: Sam SapersteinSam and Ashley met through One Mission; Sam had previously volunteered for the Buzz Off and her father had been the auctioneer for a One Mission Gala event. Sam was happily married in 2017 and she and her husband welcomed their son Mason into the world on March 16, 2020.Mason was born with Treacher Collins Syndrome: a cranial facial syndrome that affects p

Season 2 Episode 9 - Ashley Brown

Sep 21 2023 36 mins

Guest Name: Ashley BrownIn this episode:Ashley Brown is the Founder and CEO of Selfless Love Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization that leverages resources, expertise, and proven solutions to improve the child welfare system, creating opportunities for more foster youth to find their forever families and thrive in adulthood.Ashley was put up for adoption as a baby, and through eleme

Season 2 Ep. 8 - Abby Pastyrnak

Sep 07 2023 30 mins

Guest Name: Abby PastyrnakIn this Episode:Abby Pastyrnak is the Managing Director at One Mission. She has been with One Mission since before her two separate cancer diagnoses, and in today’s episode she shares her story.Abby describes her journey of her diagnosis. Her initial diagnosis was a shock, and after regrouping she took on a positive mental attitude that gave her the conf

Season 2 Ep. 7 - Kemberly Mauricio

Aug 24 2023 39 mins

Guest Name: Kemberly MauricioIn this episode:Kemberly and Michael are parents to a child who, at age 13, told them that they would like to transition from male to female. Amidst the shock, Kemberly responds with compassion and puts in her own words, “I don’t understand this; I love you; I have a lot to learn, and I’m here for you.”Kemberly shares her support for her child w

Season 2 Ep. 6 - Chris Chapin

Aug 10 2023 36 mins

Guest name: Chris ChapinIn this episode:Chris discusses his healing journey and recalls his decision to get sober as a young man. After a noticing a pattern of what he described as, “a negative loop of bad decisions,” he decided to make a change by the age of 20.Hitting the reset button in life while the environment around you might not match that trajectory. Maintaining your f

Season 2 Ep. 5 - Jim DeSimone

Jul 27 2023 32 mins

Guest Name: Jim DeSimoneIn this episode:Jim recalls the difficult experiences that led to him self-medicating with alcohol - a history of anxiety since childhood, and an eventual divorce in his adult life. He noticed abnormal patterns in his drinking and sought help through Alcoholics Anonymous.Jim describes how the 12-steps of AA have helped him regain control over his life, and h

Season 2 Ep. 4 - Kristen Benjamin

Jul 13 2023 24 mins

Guest Name: Kristen BenjaminIn this episode:Kristen recalls the diagnosis of her daughter Paisley in 2018, spending 44 days in the hospital during initial treatmentPaisley's condition taking a turn for the worse at the beginning of treatment, while simultaneously learning that Paisley's father passed awayKristen's story of healing through the devastation of being a sing