SIS: Sisters In Survivorship amplifies the voices of Black women navigating breast cancer and gives every sister the tools to advocate, heal, and thrive.
Presented by Sisters Network Inc., the nation’s only African American breast cancer survivorship organization, SIS: Sisters In Survivorship is where truth meets healing. Each episode amplifies real stories from survivors, caregivers, and advocates while bringing expert insight from leading doctors and researchers. Together, we break the silence on the Black breast cancer crisis and give you the tools to take action.
From early detection and mammograms, to genetic risk, triple negative breast cancer, mental health, motherhood, and survivorship, SIS provides culturally relevant insight, resources, and sisterhood that speak directly to our community.
Hosted by Caleen Allen, SIS is not just a podcast - it’s a lifeline. Because too many sisters are being diagnosed young, too many are being dismissed by the system, and too many are being lost before their time.
Every sister deserves to be seen.
Every sister deserves to be heard.
Every sister deserves to be supported.
Subscribe now and join the movement to stop the silence, amplify the voices, and save more lives.
When Breast Cancer Turns Your Partner Into Your Caregiver: A Husband’s Caregiving Story
Breast cancer affected more than Aisha’s health. In this segment of SIS: Sisters in Survivorship, Aisha and DJ Patterson open up about what happened to their marriage when DJ shifted from husband to caregiver while raising four children, running a business, and helping Aisha through treatment during the pandemic. DJ shares the fear, depression, frustration, and lack of control he experienced, while the couple reflects on the family support that helped carry them through.
RESOURCES
Aisha Patterson
IG - @aisha_patterson
Website - sistersnetworkinc.org
IG - @sistersnetwork
YouTube Channel - @SisInSurvivorshipPodcast
14 Oct 2026
What Breast Cancer Does to a Marriage: Aisha & DJ Patterson on Caregiving and Survival
What happens when breast cancer hits a young family in the middle of raising children?
In this deeply personal episode of SIS: Sisters In Survivorship, host Caleen Allen sits down with Aisha and DJ Patterson to talk about navigating breast cancer as a young married couple with four children.
Diagnosed with Stage 2 triple-positive breast cancer at just 30 years old, Aisha was also the mother of a 4-month-old baby when her world changed overnight.
Together, Aisha and DJ open up about fear, parenting through treatment, showing up for each other in crisis, and what it looked like to navigate breast cancer not as an individual battle, but as a family journey.
Now in remission, Aisha reflects on how the experience changed her perspective, strengthened their partnership, and ultimately inspired a completely different vision for life, including relocating with their extended family and choosing a slower, more intentional life.
This is a conversation you don’t want to miss as it highlights its impacts on marriage, motherhood, caregiving, and family resilience.
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KEY POINTS
00:00 – What a breast cancer diagnosis changes for the entire family
02:48 – Diagnosed at 30 while breastfeeding her four-month-old baby
05:45 – Facing chemotherapy, radiation, and a double mastectomy
06:45 – Learning to accept help during treatment
07:59 – Survivorship means living life with intention
08:43 – Finding identity and healing during isolation
11:06 – How breast cancer changed a husband’s role in the marriage
12:47 – The emotional toll of caregiving and uncertainty
14:00 – The importance of family support during treatment
21:04 – Rebuilding a marriage and life after cancer changed them both
QUOTES
“Breast cancer didn’t just happen to me. It happened to our family.”
“Sometimes the caregiver is trying to be strong while falling apart too.”
“We built a different life after surviving this.”
“I was supposed to be enjoying a newborn, not fighting cancer.”
RESOURCES
Aisha Patterson
IG - @aisha_patterson
Website - sistersnetworkinc.org
IG - @sistersnetwork
YouTube Channel - @SisInSurvivorshipPodcast
7 Oct 2026
When Fear Shows Up During Breast Cancer, Faith Can Still Lead | Dr. Mia K. Wright
Dr. Mia K. Wright challenges the idea that faith and fear cannot coexist. She explains how fear can show up during a breast cancer journey without taking control, and why faith, intentional thinking, and self-advocacy can help women keep moving forward even on the hardest treatment days.
RESOURCES
Mia Knight Wright
Website - www.miawright.com
Website - sistersnetworkinc.org
IG - @sistersnetwork
YouTube Channel - @SisInSurvivorshipPodcast
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