Nearly Departed: Cancer, Kids, and Courage, with Gila Pfeffer
What do you do when by age 30 you're the oldest living member of your family? Do you live in fear or take action?In this powerful and humorous episode, author Gila Pfeffer shares her journey as both a "previvor" and survivor of breast cancer. After losing her mother and grandmother to breast cancer…
S5 E8: Loss, Laughter & Strength: Gila Pfeffer’s Story
In this episode, we sit down with Gila Pfeffer, author of Nearly Departed: A Memoir About Loss, Cancer, and Other Inconveniences. Gila is a writer, humorist, and breast cancer survivor who has turned life’s hardest moments into powerful, witty storytelling.
We discuss her incredible journey, the in…
Dara Horn on Being the Lorax at Her Seder Table
Dara Horn is the award-winning author of six books, including the novels The World to Come, All Other Nights, and the essay collection People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present. Her latest book is the graphic novel One Little Goat.
At the Passover seder, an out-of-control family canno…
Guest Gila Pfeffer
What happens when the preventative surgery you chose to avoid cancer reveals you already have it? In this episode of "Every Soul Has a Story," Dara Levan welcomes author Gila Pfeffer, whose memoir "Nearly Departed" chronicles her journey through losing both parents to cancer at a young age and her…
"Nearly Departed: Reducing Your Risk of Cancer" - with author Gila Pfeffer & Genetic Counselor Estie Rose
In this Healthful Woman Podcast episode, Dr. Nathan Fox speaks with Author Gila Pfeffer and Genetic Counselor Estie Rose. They discuss important topics around genetic testing, breast cancer prevention, and the role of genetic counseling in women’s health. The conversation delves into Gila’s persona…
(24) Fighting breast cancer through humour, with Gila Pfeffer
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Gila Pfeffer is an award winning author, breast cancer prevention advocate and mum of four. Her recent book, Nearly Departed: Adventures in Loss, Cancer, and Other…
Season 3 Episode 19: Laughter Through Loss: Gila Pfeffer's Cancer Journey & "Nearly Departed"
Join us for an incredibly candid and inspiring conversation with author Gila Pfeffer as she navigates her cancer journey with remarkable humor and resilience. In this podcast episode, Gila shares the raw realities and unexpected laughs from her acclaimed memoir, "Nearly Departed: Adventures in Loss…
S2E1 // What We Read and Re-Created over the Holidays
In this first episode of season 2, we reconnect after some restorative recreational time to talk about what we have been up to during our break and what we have in store for Season 2. Each of us share our favorite memories from this past Christmas season, and a couple good books that stuck with us…
Gila Pfeffer - The Jewish Way To Grieve
Gila Pfeffer lost her mother at 20 and her grandmother before that — both to cancers she carried the genetic blueprint for. So she did something very atypical at the time: a preventative double mastectomy in 2008, years before Angelina Jolie made the choice a norm. Unfortunately, Gila got breast ca…
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