Life after Cancer: Relearning to Live Your Life with Eric and Montana
Being affected by cancer as a young adult often forces various life projects to be placed on hold. The impacts of the disease are numerous, and they can have significant effects on one’s identity. Once remission is pronounced, how is it possible to go back to a “normal life”?
Listen to this latest episode of The Blood Cancer Experience podcast, brought to you by the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Canada to hear Montana and Eric chat about this difficult topic with honesty and humour.
Life after Cancer: A Conversation on Survivor's Guilt with Grace and Montana
It was a surgery for a rare congenital heart defect that lead Grace's doctors to shockingly discovered her stage II Hodgkin's Lymphoma.
In this episode of the AYA podcast series, Montana and Grace discuss the realities of isolation and survivor's guilt that come with achieving remission after a blood cancer diagnosis as a young adult.
The Unspoken Nuances of A Sick Body: Childhood Cancer & Mental Health
Montana was diagnosed with leukemia at the age of 7. After three years of chemotherapy, she was declared cured, but began experiencing mental health challenges that grew until, at age 17, she was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. This week Montana chats with the fellas all about journey as a woman managing a sick body and how she uses her past experience in order to help others feel connected and whole, no matter what physical or mental challenges they may face, through coaching, yoga + meditation, wellness group facilitation and advocacy work.
It was a true dream come true to chat with the boys of Sickboy Podcast about my health journey and how it has led me to where I’m at today - personally & professionally. Hope you enjoy listening!
Montana was diagnosed with leukemia at the age of 7. After three years of chemotherapy, she was declared cured, but began experiencing mental health challenges that grew until, at age 17, she was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. This week Montana chats with the fellas all about journey as a woman managing a sick body and how she uses her past experience in order to help others feel connected and whole, no matter what physical or mental challenges they may face, through coaching, yoga + meditation, wellness group facilitation and advocacy work.
Not Normal, but It's Okay ~ The Blood Cancer Experience Podcast with Samantha & Montana
In this special episode of the Blood Cancer Experience Podcast for adolescents and young adults, Samantha Redsky and I discuss the all things relationships!
We explore how a cancer experience can change the relationship you have with yourself, with your loved ones, and even with your own body.
Guts and Glory Podcast: Resilience (Part 2) with Montana Skurka
In part two of this interview I did for the Guts and Glory podcast, I continue to share my personal experiences with childhood cancer, ulcerative colitis, and the inevitable mental health challenges that accompany those struggles. The hosts and I speak about how we often feel the need to “be strong” and continue with life’s responsibilities, even when it’s not expected of us. We also talk about how chronic illness directly impacts mental health, and how our medical system is set up in a way that does not support people with the mental health struggles that come with being hospitalized and living with chronic or long-term illness.