More of the Tomoff 20-year odyssey with 5 rounds of cancer. Open your heart to community. Bottle empathy. Embrace post-traumatic growth. Succession planning.

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Proem (Preface) 1

Help the helpers help. 02:05. 1

Open heart, share wisdom, transform, bottle it 04:51. 2

Control, empathy, connection, movement 08:25. 3

Open doors, close doors with post-traumatic stress 12:54. 4

Open and close doors with post-traumatic growth, too 15:23. 4

Succession planning 20:12. 6

Honor the village 24:37. 7

Last words with Olivia 27:14. 7

The drama of family dynamics - intimate in a vulnerable state 28:34. 8

Good news, the unexpected 30:51. 8

Last words from Ryan 32:43. 9

Reflection 34:01. 9

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The Focused Fight by Terri Tomoff

Leukemia Lymphoma Society

The Difference Collaborative

Knowledge for Caregivers Podcast by Kathy Cocks
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The Show
Proem (Preface)
Welcome back to the Tomoff Family, Olivia, Bill, Terri, and Ryan.  Terri Tomoff wrote a book, The Focused Fight, a story about hope and survival of one ordinary family and their community of support to bring a two-year-old through five cancers over twenty years (three times leukemia and twice adult tongue cancer).  In episode 1, Honor Supporting Cast, the Stars of Disabling Conditions,