Book & Film Club - When Women Get Sick

Please join us for a special discussion of When Women Get Sick, the latest book by Rebecca Bloom.

In When Women Get Sick: An Empowering Approach for Getting the Support You Need, Bloom offers much-needed insight to women and their supporters, diving into essential topics such as building support networks, taming the insurance beast, communicating with doctors, and staying mindful. She exposes the way the healthcare industrial complex disadvantages women, and she empowers them to find the support they need. Using women's stories and Bloom's own experience in the trenches, this book guides readers with examples, questions, checklists, useful information, and tips. There's enough stress and fear surrounding cancer and other serious illnesses. Bloom gives women tools to make the best decisions for them in all areas of their healthcare journey.

Rebecca Bloom is a Yale College and New York University School of Law educated patient and workplace advocate.

A former workplace and benefits attorney, Rebecca’s longest and proudest affiliation is with Bay Area Cancer Connections, where she has served as a patient advocate and healthcare, insurance, and workplace advisor for women fighting breast and ovarian cancer for over 26 years. Rebecca was a contributing writer and editor for Breast Cancer in the Workplace, published by the Northern California Cancer Center in the early 2000s. Rebecca is also a professional storytelling coach, helping her clients get their stories told and shared.

In this lively discussion with Rebecca, we’ll learn her motivations for writing the book and her path to publishing.

We're pleased to present this special free event as part of our Story Summit Book & Film Club, celebrating Summiteers and their writing.

You can buy Rebecca's book here: https://www.amazon.com/When-Women-Get-Sick-Empowering/dp/B0DR61TXH7

This event is free. Please register for the Zoom link.