Tag: mental-health
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How Orlando International Fashion Week Builds Confidence: A Belonging-Driven Casting Experience
At Orlando International Fashion Week (OIFW), the runway does not begin on show day. It begins at casting. Over two weekends this April, OIFW welcomed hundreds of aspiring and experienced models to CityArts Gallery in Downtown Orlando for official casting calls ahead of the June 6 runway shows. What unfolded was more than an audition…
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Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: Part 2 – Breaking the Silence and Building Awareness
Despite prostate cancer being one of the most common cancers in men, many choose to suffer in silence. In Part 1, I shared my brother Rob’s journey with prostate cancer. In our own family, we discovered this silence firsthand. Only after Rob underwent surgery did relatives reveal that our late grandfather had battled prostate cancer…
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Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: Part 1 – Supporting a Loved One Through Diagnosis
A prostate cancer diagnosis impacts the patient and their family deeply, often initiating an emotional experience that resembles the stages of grief. When my brother Rob learned he had prostate cancer at age 50, he recalled in his interview on the Joanne Fernandez (2025) Podcast (Prostate Cancer: Breaking the Silence! What Every Man Should Know)…
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