Category: In the Midst of It All

Life is challenging and sometimes life is “stage IV metastatic cancer” challenging. So how can we make it through all that life throws at us? Jane Jeuland is the Chaplain in the Palliative Care Clinic at Yale New Haven Hospital and Smilow Cancer Hospital. Since 2011 she has listened as people with life-limiting cancer have processed their living, dying, healing and not healing and their faith, spirituality, and beliefs. Over the years, Jane has been so impacted by her patients’ profound, unique, and important perspectives on how to thrive through all that life brings and has often thought that these incredible nuggets of truth should be available for other patients, caregivers, clinicians, and really any human making their way through life. In this podcast, some episodes will be patients, caregivers, or clinicians reading their stories that they have carefully and thoughtfully crafted. Other episodes will be interviews that will welcome you into the lives of these beautiful individuals and the strategies and resources they have used to survive and even thrive in the midst of it all.

Overcoming Life’s Challenges with Gratitude

Overcoming Life’s Challenges with Gratitude

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David’s story is one of recovery and a powerful encounter with the divine as he began AA. However, David’s story is first and foremost a story of love. In this episode, David’s wife Liz reads David’s story, which she helped finish after his death. David was so committed to writing his story that he was still working on it even days before his death. Even in the midst of her grief, Liz was able to help David finish this important goal in his life.

Restoration

Restoration

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In this episode, you will hear how Rodney overcame many obstacles with his faith and learned that he is not defined by his Cerebral Palsy, he is defined by God. Hear the power of faith that turns sorrow into triumph as Chaplain Jane reads Rodney’s life story.

In the Grip of Grace

In the Grip of Grace

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In this episode, Jeannie Marty reads her story of living with a rare auto-immune disease with connective cancers for over 20 years. Jeannie is an Assemblies of God pastor who talks about the strength and peace she receives from God in the midst of pain, loss, and chronic illness.

Find the Good

Find the Good

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In this episode, you will hear Paulette Marcus reading her story at a book reading we head in 2021. Paulette reminds us that being positive helps so much, but being positive takes work and energy. Paulette leaned on her Jewish faith, her extended family, friends, and all the support offered at Yale to walk through a long battle with cancer all while raising her two beautiful daughters.