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The Deep CParents Diving Into Childhood Cancer Author: Snack Labs
The Deep C Podcast is for families, caregivers, friends and community who are supporting a child through a cancer diagnosis.While every ounce of your being is used to carry your child, this podcast is here to carry you.When you're bedside at the hospital, sitting in a waiting room for the millionth appointment, or just need to feel like you're not alone in this dark place - come find us.Our conversations will match the ones you're already having in your head. No topic is off limits, no fear is kept hidden. We speak to parents and caregivers at every stage of a diagnosis - families who are NED and families who are bereaved - diving deep into their reflections and personal accounts of how they walked (sometimes crawled) through their child's cancer diagnosis.This is not a medical podcast, we don't discuss chemo cocktails or treatment plans. You already talk about that enough. This podcast is where you come for conversations between people JUST like you: scared, tired, determined, and fierce as hell. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Language: en Genres: Kids & Family, Parenting, Society & Culture Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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Starting a Non-Profit After Loss - How Kerri Steele Used Her Lived Experience to Fill a Gap in Cancer Support
Episode 63
Wednesday, 8 April, 2026
When Kerri Steele’s husband was diagnosed with terminal cancer, she was at home with three young children—just two, four, and six—trying to navigate his care, her own grief, and the impossible task of helping her kids understand what was happening. What she quickly realized was that their words and their behaviour didn’t always line up. They couldn’t fully express what they were feeling, but they were absorbing everything—the fear, the tension, the shift in their world. And it highlighted something we don’t talk about enough: young kids don’t always have the language to tell us when something feels scary or unsafe, but they feel it deeply.On this episode, Kerri shares how that experience led her to create Little Hearts of Hope—a Christian nonprofit supporting children in homes impacted by cancer. With no background in social work, she followed a clear pull to build what didn’t exist: free, home-delivered “hope packages” centered around emotions like anger, sadness, loneliness, and embarrassment, giving kids a way to play through and process what they’re living in real time. We talk about parenting through crisis, communicating hard realities to young children, and what it looks like to build something meaningful out of loss—especially when you’ve lived the gap you’re trying to fill. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
