Navigating Childhood Cancer Podcast

About Navigating Childhood Cancer Podcast

Welcome to the Navigating Childhood Cancer Podcast. In this podcast, we’ll explore all aspects of living through a child’s cancer diagnosis. We’ll speak with parents, experts, caregivers, and maybe even the children themselves, to understand the issues, the risks, the struggles and triumphs. We’ll talk about how to cope, how to support your child, how to ask for (and accept) help from your family and friends, and how to handle all of the day-to-day challenges that you may face while on your child’s journey. This is the information, and the community, I wish I had when my child was diagnosed with leukemia. My goal is to educate, to support and to inspire anyone who is living through a paediatric cancer diagnosis.

Publisher

Heather Lielmanis

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 Jun 2023

Latest episode

17 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

27 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   17 Sept 2026

   Episode 26 - My Conversation with Dawn Pickering

   In this episode, I share my conversation with Dawn Pickering. Dawn is the mother of two remarkable kids. Her son Ollie was diagnosed with cancer at the age of seven. He endured many rounds of treatment, one of which caused blindness in both of his eyes. Dawn’s daughter Abby, stepped up to be Ollie's stem cell donor when she was just 11 years old. Dawn tells us the story of her amazing family, how they overcame the unimaginable and how they continue to persevere despite the long-term side effe...

2. 

   24 Jul 2026

   Episode 25 - My Conversation with Dr. Matthew Seftel of Canadian Blood Services

   In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Matthew Seftel, Medical Director of the Stem Cell Program at Canadian Blood Services. At this moment, there are patients in need of a stem cell transplant. For many, finding a matching donor is their greatest challenge. The Canadian Blood Services Stem Cell Registry recruits volunteer donors who can provide stem cells to patients in need. Dr. Seftel explains what stem cell transplants are, why patients may need them, who is eligible to join the registry, and...

3. 

   16 Mar 2026

   Episode 24 - My Conversation with Ambika

   In this episode, I share my conversation with Ambika. Ambika is the mother of Arya, who was 5 in 2024 when he was diagnosed with T-cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Ambika and her husband Abhinav reached out to me because they hoped to share their family’s story and wanted the opportunity to talk about all the ways their child’s cancer impacted their family. Ambika discusses the unique way her family rallied to support her and her husband while they shared the caregiving responsibiliti...

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

74

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 37 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

26

Social presence

0

YouTube

63

Engagement

60

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