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162: Childhood Cancer with Sahar Shariati

162: Childhood Cancer with Sahar Shariati

Since it’s Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month in September, I have a very special guest today, Sahar Shariati, to talk about their story before and after her son was diagnosed with pediatric cancer.

Here are some things we talked about:

We talked about their experiences before and after his son, Kian was diagnosed with a very rare and aggressive form of pediatric cancer. And then, how it started the entire journey of, What is pediatric cancer? How does it happen? How do you balance this with the rest of your life?

How she came to know grief?

How she came to know child loss in this pain?

What were things that helped her in that time?

How was that experience for her?

How about grief now as she knows it and what's been the most surprising thing for her?

For Sahar, as time goes on, that feeling of did it happen, did he exist, gets more pronounced. And to think harder about what it felt like to hold him about what he smelled like, how he would say things. You don’t wanna forget even the most minor detail about their lives because they're not there to create new memories. And it has been one of the harder things.

We also talked a lot about how she navigates her grief now, like having her daughter in art therapy and learning from the art therapist has helped her navigate grief. Talking and sharing her experiences has been a good way to continue to process and normalize the loss of a child.

And how she poured all her love and energy into starting their foundation “Rawr for Kian” a non-profit dedicated to funding pediatric cancer research and providing meal services to families with children undergoing cancer treatment.

If you want to follow along with Sahar and Rawr for Kian, you can follow the links below!

www.instagram.com/shariatis

www.instagram.com/rawrforkian

www.rawrforkian.org


Are you ready to stop cycling in the pain and anguish of grief? What if you could get a moment of calm and respite? After your child dies, everything feels hopeless and dark, and it’s hard to even think straight. Staying in survival mode keeps the cycle going.

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