When Cancer Strikes: How to Find Hope Amidst Healing | EDIT26

For the last guest-attended edit of Season 2, Anna welcomes profound storyteller and cancer survivor, Trevor Howes, to the show. The pair discuss how cancer can become a through line to your life, the difficulties of facing a personal diagnosis, the challenge of asking for help (and not trying to do it alone), and the legacy of hope that can live on, pushing to us find our very own magical moments of healing. This edit is packed with wisdom, inspiration and - most of all - motivation to continue on, no matter what life throws at you.

About the Guest:

For years, Nicole Howes lived with cancer, but it was on the morning of February 26, 1999 that she took her last breath. Along with his dad and brother, her young teenage son, Trevor, stood next to her, holding on to her hand as she died. 

Though in some way, he always imagined cancer would be part of his own destiny, too, Trevor was still shocked to find out (at the end of 2020) that he, too, was now facing a diagnosis. After hearing the words “malignant Melanoma,” he took a moment to catch his breath and knew he had a decision to make. Does he turn left or right or both? 

The morning of his first hospital visit, scared and full of uncertainty, something inside him just said run—And that’s exactly what he did. Not away from the diagnosis, but toward his own healing. During that run, something magical happened that changed the way he looked at his own cancer and entire life story.

With the help of family, friends and even strangers, he found the courage to move forward and, more importantly, he found the vulnerability needed to embrace the idea that if he was going to get through this, he would need to welcome in support. 

And his motto became: “You don’t have to go through this alone.” 

Social media: 

IG: www.instagram.com/trevor_howes

About the Host: 

@unapologeticanna on FB and Instagram 

UnapologeticStories.com 

Anna was born with a deep fascination for letters - a fascination that deepened when she discovered those letters could turn into words, those words into sentences and those sentences into stories. Not surprisingly, Anna graduated from The University of Victoria, with a Degree in both English and Gender Studies, fuelling her eventual mission to put the power of words back into the hands of women.

Despite multiple other certifications along the way, including one with world-renowned author and personal transformation pioneer, Deepak Chopra, it was ultimately her personal battle with post-traumatic stress, depression and anxiety that became the catalyst for the work she does now, as she helps pave the way for others to live with vulnerability and courage whether they are online, offline or on stage. 

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