Name: Panel: Holding Space: Feeding, Grief and Healing - powered by Bobbie
Start: 2025-06-06T14:00:00-0400
End: 2025-06-06T15:00:00-0400

You will be able to validate your attendance (Check-In to sessions) using your personal schedule.

Friday June 6, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT

TBA

This intimate discussion, powered by Bobbie, offers a compassionate space to explore the often unspoken grief, shame, and guilt that can come with not being able to breastfeed — or with facing unexpected changes in your path to parenthood — when impacted by cancer. Whether you are navigating body changes, unmet expectations, complicated emotions around feeding your baby, or the deep grief of fertility challenges and loss, this conversation is here to remind you that you’re not alone. Together, we’ll hold space for honesty, healing, and shared experiences — while also honoring all feeding journeys and the powerful bonds we build with ourselves, our bodies, and our loved ones along the way.

Speakers

Karah Whearley

Speaker

Karah is a Chicago native who was diagnosed with HER2-positive breast cancer at age 29. Karah is now navigating survivorship while raising her vibrant 3-year-old daughter. Learning to balance the long-term physical and emotional impacts of cancer with the everyday joys and challenges... Read More →

Monica Ruiz

DEI Committee, Speaker, The Breasties

Monica Ruiz was a newlywed in 2021 when she was diagnosed with Stage 2 Endometrial Stromal Sarcoma. She was heartbroken to learn that part of her cancer treatment would require a radical hysterectomy, forcing her into menopause and shattering her dreams of carrying her own children... Read More →

April Causey

Speaker

Born in Dallas, Texas, April Causey is a proud mother of two girls, a wife, friend, sister, and aunt. With a bachelor's degree in Business Administration, she has always embraced life with passion. She loves nature, adventures, and finding beauty in every moment. Diagnosed with triple-negative... Read More →

Mallory Whitmore

Education Lead, Formula Educator, Speaker, Bobbie, The Formula Mom

Mallory Whitmore, M.Ed., is a mom of 2, author, advocate and certified infant feeding tech. She's the face behind The Formula Mom, an online platform that helps new parents make informed, confident, and supported infant feeding decisions-- without guilt or shame! She can be found... Read More →

Danielle Shiv

Chair Person, Board of Directors, Speaker, The Breasties

Danielle Shiv is Chair of the Board of The Breasties and a strategic fundraising consultant specializing in capital campaigns and major gifts across the nonprofit sector. With a background in New York City's advertising industry, she brings a creative, donor-centered approach to fundraising... Read More →

Sponsors

Bobbie

Bobbie is the only mom-founded and women-led infant formula company in the U.S. Bobbie believes parents and caregivers deserve social, economic, and healthcare resources to sustain their own well-being — against the backdrop of the formula crisis of 2022, this has never been more... Read More →

Friday June 6, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
TBA

Breakout Session