Reimagining support for cancer survivors – with Kathleen Brown, Founder and CEO of buddhi

TW: Mentions of suicidal ideation, death from cancer

Kathleen Brown was diagnosed with a rare cancer at the age of 13. While her cancer battle was enormously challenging, she felt completely unprepared for the mental health and emotional struggles that came with it: dark feelings, isolation, trauma and loss.

This difficult experience inspired Kathleen to found buddhi, a digital platform with content, community and curated products for cancer thrivers and their family and friends. With buddhi, she is on a mission to support healing across the entire cancer experience. It's a place to bring your realness and leave toxic positivity at the door.

Before founding buddhi, Kathleen worked for more than 25 years on behalf of the cancer community in fundraising and advocacy, for organizations including St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and The V Foundation. Prior to St. Jude, she spent a decade in advertising sales with Disney/ESPN and Comcast.

During this episode, you will hear Kathleen talk about:

• Her story of getting a rare cancer diagnosis at age 13, and how she grappled with dark and isolating feelings during treatment and post-treatment
• The well-meaning but damaging impact of “toxic positivity”
• How buddhi supports cancer survivors and their family and friends
• Her decision to leave the full-time job she loved, to focus on the startup she was born to create

Visit the buddhi website at hibuddhi.com and follow them on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

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