AfterThoughts: The Teenage Years - Friendship - a podcast by Toby Peach & Alice-May Purkiss
from 2022-02-23T08:00
AfterThoughts: The Teenage Years was created to make visible some of the invisible cancer stories from within the young cancer community.
We're back to bring you some extra special episodes to put Series Four to bed - our Shortcasts. Bitesized episodes exploring three themes that some of our storytellers touched on throughout the series. Today we're looking at friendship. If dating's a wily beast, friendship can be just as tricky to navigate and equally as difficult to grasp hold of - especially when you're in you're teens or early twenties. For our storytellers on The Teenage Years, it's something we talk about a lot even if it never makes it into the podcast, so we wanted to share some stories and maybe impart a bit of the wisdom we've learned over the years.
For more advice and support on friendship and cancer, check out these resources:
How cancer can affect your relationships
Young person's guide to cancer
Lifting the lid on friendship and cancer - Trekstock
8 ways to support a friend with cancer - Trekstock
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AfterThoughts : The Teenage Years is supported by Teenage Cancer Trust. Teenage Cancer Trust support those diagnosed with cancer when they're 13-24 and provide specialised nursing care and support to get them through treatment.
As ever, AfterThoughts deals with some conversations you may find tricky to listen to. If you need any further support, please don't hesitate to reach out to a friend, or find support from any of the brilliant charities online.
AfterThoughts is produced by Toby Peach and Alice-May Purkiss from Beyond Arts. Sounds by Kieron Lucas and Dinah Mullen.
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