Besties with Breasties Podcast

Besties with Breasties Podcast

This podcast is for breast cancer patients who feel isolated or sad and want a friend but don't feel up to talking with anyone. With Beth, Jess and Jamie, you'll get friendship and validation with zero expectations or judgment.

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Aug. 26, 2026

S6E16: Cancer Changes Everything—So What Do You Believe?

When you've faced a life-altering cancer diagnosis, the big questions become impossible to ignore: What's the meaning of all this? What happens after we die? Does any of it matter? In this episode, Beth and Jamie dive headfirst into the conversation that makes some people uncomfortable — faith. Not faith as a set of rules or Sunday performances, but faith as a living, breathing relationship with someone they believe is actively present today. They get honest about what it feels like when people
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15
Aug. 11, 2026

S6E15: Still Hot After Kids: Keeping the Spark Alive in Midlife

Midlife can quietly pull couples apart—kids, careers, aging parents, health scares—until you’re roommates managing a life instead of partners living one. In this episode, Beth and Jes sit down with Chris and Jodi Gibbs of Still Hot After Kids, a couple married 30+ years who almost lost each other in that grind… and fought their way back. Chris’s body hit a wall after 40: anxiety, panic attacks, an ER/ICU scare, and a lifestyle built on 60–70-hour weeks and gas-station food. Jodi was raising fou
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July 20, 2026

S6E14: The Truth Exposed 13 Years Later- Lisa’s Story

In this episode of the Besties with Breasties podcast, hosts Beth Wilmes and Jes sit down with Lisa, a member of the Faith Through Fire community, for a raw conversation in their relationship series. Lisa shares the story of falling in love in college, building what looked like an idyllic marriage, and then facing breast cancer in 2007 — a diagnosis that, thirteen years later, she'd come to see as the moment that quietly exposed cracks in her relationship that had been there all along. She walk
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July 8, 2026

S6E13: Can You Share Too Much During Breast Cancer?

Hosts Beth Wilmes and Jamie dive into the surprisingly tricky topic of oversharing — both in everyday life and in the middle of a breast cancer journey. Beth (more traditional) and Jamie (a "recovering over-sharer") swap stories about where they each draw the line with their husbands, from farting etiquette to who gets to see medical drains and incisions, and debate whether keeping a little mystery in a marriage makes it stronger or just creates distance. The conversation turns more personal as
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12
June 23, 2026

S6E12: "Less Pity, More Power": A Conversation About Real Survivorship

What does it really mean to survive breast cancer? Beth sits down with Amy Brace and Jenna Sartorius — co-founders of the Pink Power Hour podcast — for an honest, unfiltered conversation about life after a diagnosis. Amy is navigating the long-term side effects of treatment, including reconstruction that failed and hormone-induced hair loss. Jenna has been living with stage IV metastatic breast cancer — including a brain tumor she had surgically removed — for over three years, carrying a weight
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June 9, 2026

S6E11: You're Not Alone — You May Just Need A Different Kind of Support

Beth and Jamie get real about one of the loneliest feelings during breast cancer treatment — when the people around you just aren't showing up the way you hoped. But instead of writing them off, the duo explores a reframe that changes everything: what if it's not that people don't care, but that you're expecting the wrong kind of support from them? They break down five distinct types of support — social, emotional, informational, esteem, and tangible — and share personal stories about the frien
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About the Hosts

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Beth Wilmes

CEO/Host/Survivor/Mom

Favorite sound: A zipper on a tent, kids laughing
Favorite past time: camping and boating, reading on a yard blanket under a tree
Biggest accomplishment: Starting my nonprofit Faith Through Fire
Biggest pet peeve: People who change their selfie profile pic constantly
Favorite drink: Coffee or a slightly dirty martini (with the blue cheese olives)

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Jess Anderson

Teacher/Co-Host/Survivor/Mom

Favorite sound: Footsteps on a trail
Favorite past time: Working out or sitting on my porch with a book and coffee
Biggest accomplishment: Being stronger on the other side of breast cancer
Biggest pet peeve: Negative people
Favorite drink: Iced tea with a splash of lemonade

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Jamie Grieshaber

Researcher/Co-host/Survivor/Mom

Favorite sound: Laughter
Favorite past time: Boat Rides, sitting on roofs under the stars, and roasting marshmallows over campfires
Biggest accomplishment: Being an international boxing champion
Biggest pet peeve: When I’m overstimulated, everything annoys me :)
Favorite drink: Iced tea or extra dirty martini

Reviews

Helped me stay sane

"I'm so glad I came across this podcast during the surgery-planning phase of my breast cancer journey. It helped me feel like I wasn't alone and lent a voice of understanding that only BC survivors c…"

Melissa Schoppe | Oct. 13, 2022

Boobs or no Boobs, Listen!

"Being diagnosed with invasive Breast Cancer on my 40th birthday was not my favorite surprise, but given the circumstances, being gifted this resource was. Beth and Sarah walk listeners through every …"

JGrieshaber | March 8, 2023

Great content and helpful

"This podcast is straight to the point, helpful, inspiring, and I’ve learned so much about how my post cancer treatment journey could improve!"

Ida Tarbell 2402 | March 4, 2025

Good information and HOPE

"I am newly diagnosed and this podcast is helping so much. I feel so much more prepared for what is ahead of me and so much more hopeful that I can handle this. I am so thankful for the time and energ…"

Katie Hill | May 1, 2024

Love your podcast & wish I had access before the cancer diagnosis

"Very informative, thank you!"

Kelley Roberts | June 24, 2024

So important!

"I found this podcast right after I was diagnosed and I’m so glad I did! It has helped me so much with decision making and just not feeling quite so alone. I learn so much from each episode. Truly gra…"

IM_KYE_BELL | June 1, 2024

Fantastic Podcast!!!

"This podcast, the Faith Through Fire organization, and the women that run this organization have been so helpful in my breast cancer journey. The podcast is full of helpful information about breast c…"

RachCorc! | Oct. 22, 2024
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