Amelia O’Relly: Overcome Hardship & Create a Better World for Others

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About This Episode:

Defining herself as a Brave Overcomer Living Daringly (BOLD), Amelia O’Relly draws parallels between her own cancer journey and the struggles we each face, from even the smallest day-to-day setbacks, and how we can not only overcome them but turn them into something good. After an unexpected Stage 4 breast cancer diagnosis, Amelia ended up trying eight different treatments just to find one that worked and had to leave her long term career in HR because of the physical pain. During her experience, she identified a gap of information available between diagnosis and survivorship and a lack of easily accessible, credible resources. This led her to develop and launch how to Breast cancer, an online portal of centralized information to help anyone navigating a breast cancer journey, either as a patient, caregiver or loved one, through tools, practices, articles and other vetted resources to provide self-paced support. She took a negative and redirected it into something that helps others. Throughout the podcast, Amelia also emphasizes the importance of support and gratitude and how to focus on the big picture during a hardship. Tune in to hear an inspiring story of strength, resilience and giving back. 

About Amelia O’Relly:

Amelia is the founder of how to Breast cancer; an organization fully dedicated to helping breast cancer patients, their loved ones, caregivers and community by serving as a central source and a single place for helpful, easy to use tools and practices for successfully navigating the breast cancer journey. Amelia’s inspiration to create and lead how to Breast cancer began after receiving her own breast cancer diagnosis in 2019 and beginning her cancer journey- a journey that is still ongoing. Prior to founding this organization, Amelia spent the last 20 years serving in executive roles with a focus on Human Resources for several fortune 500 companies, spanning multiple industries and countries. She was born in Havana, Cuba, and immigrated to the U.S. with her parents and sister in 1980. Amelia grew up in the Tampa, FL, area and earned her bachelor’s degree with honors from the University of South Florida. Amelia now spends her time focused on creating the very best tools and resources to help others successfully navigate their breast cancer journey and is the author of the upcoming book, The Breast Cancer Guide. She resides in south Florida with her life partner and their beloved dog-child.

Additional Resources: 

Website: https://www.thebreastcancerguide.com/

Twitter: @OAilema @H2BreastCancer

Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube: @howtobreastcancer

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