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What’s Behind the Bra? – Breast Cancer Stories of Hope & Survival

What’s Behind the Bra? – Breast Cancer Stories of Hope & Survival

Written by: Monique J. Bass – What’s Behind The Bra?
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What’s Behind the Bra? – Stories of Hope & Survival is a live podcast and digital storytelling platform founded and hosted by Monique J. Bass, breast cancer survivor and President of What’s Behind The Bra? A NJ Nonprofit Corporation.

The podcast amplifies the voices of breast cancer survivors, fighters, caregivers, and families — both women and men — sharing real stories beyond the diagnosis.

The platform features two powerful storytelling series:

🎀 What’s Behind the Bra? highlighting women’s journeys, and

💙 What’s Behind the Pecs? dedicated to men impacted by breast cancer.

Through heartfelt, educational, and empowering conversations, the podcast raises awareness, builds community, and reminds every listener that no one fights alone.

© 2026 What’s Behind The Bra? A NJ Nonprofit Corporation
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Episodes
  • From the Battlefield to Breakthrough: Sharray Peek’s Faith-Filled Breast Cancer Journey
    Jan 19 2026

    ✨ NEW EPISODE – What’s Behind the Bra? Behind the Stories ✨

    Hosted by Monique J. Bass, Survivor & Founder of What’s Behind the Bra?

    In this powerful and faith-filled episode, Monique sits down with her lifelong friend Sharray Peek — wife, Associate Pastor, Founder of the Ministry of Change, and author of RayOfSunShyne.

    Sharray courageously shares her personal journey through the breast cancer battlefield, the emotional and spiritual strength it took to endure chemotherapy, and how God continued to carry her even while she was fighting for her life.

    While on chemotherapy, Sharray accomplished something extraordinary — she graduated from Liberty University with her Bachelor of Science in Human Services, earning Magna Cum Laude honors.

    This episode is filled with transparency, healing, sisterhood, and a prayer that touched every heart in the room.

    🎗️ In this episode, we discuss:

    • Navigating breast cancer with faith

    • Friendship and sisterhood through illness

    • Finding purpose in pain

    • God’s presence in the hardest seasons

    • Encouragement for anyone currently in the fight

    🙏🏽 This conversation is for every survivor, caregiver, fighter, and family member who needs hope today.

    📍 Follow & Connect with Sharray Peek:

    Author of RayOfSunShyne

    Founder – Ministry of Change

    🎧 New episodes of What’s Behind the Bra? Behind the Stories stream on all major podcast platforms.

    💌 Share your story: info@behindthebra.org

    🎗️ Support the mission: www.behindthebra.org

    📲 Follow: @moniquejbass | @whatsbehindthebrafoundation_

    #BreastCancerAwareness #WhatsBehindTheBra #BreastCancerSurvivor #HealingStories #FaithOverFear #CancerJourney #BlackWomenHealing #SurvivorStories #TrustGod #BreastCancerPodcast #NonprofitPodcast #HopeAfterCancer

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    1 hr
  • What’s Behind the Pecs? JohnFredrick Daniels — From Tragedy to Purpose: A Male Breast Cancer Journey
    Jan 13 2026

    Trigger Warning: This episode discusses suicide, gun violence, and cancer. Listener discretion advised.

    In this powerful episode of What’s Behind the Bra? — Behind the Stories, Monique Bass sits down with mural artist and breast cancer warrior JohnFredrick Daniels for a deeply transparent conversation about loss, purpose, faith, and fighting.

    JohnFredrick opens up about the devastating loss of his child to suicide — a moment that forever changed his life and nearly broke him. Out of that pain, purpose was born. He shares how painting a mural in Buffalo, NY for his community after a racially motivated mass shooting became a turning point that helped him begin to heal.

    Not long after, JohnFredrick received another life-altering diagnosis: Stage 2 HER2-positive male breast cancer.

    In this episode, he courageously shares:

    • What it’s like being a man diagnosed with breast cancer

    • How he’s navigating chemotherapy

    • How grief reshaped his purpose

    • What fatherhood looks like while raising four sons during cancer treatment

    • How art, faith, and community continue to save his life

    This is not just a cancer story — it is a story of survival, transformation, and choosing to live out loud even when life hurts.

    🎗 Male breast cancer is real.

    🎗 Grief is real.

    🎗 And so is healing.

    Thank you JohnFredrick f

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Stories Behind the Bra with Godmother of Comedy Ms. Tina Graham: Faith, Laughter, Strength & the Breast Cancer Journey
    Jan 10 2026

    Welcome to What’s Behind the Bra? – Breast Cancer Stories, a safe and empowering space created to amplify the voices of survivors, warriors, caregivers, and families impacted by breast cancer.

    In this special episode of Stories Behind the Bra, host Monique Bass sits down with the Godmother of Comedy, Ms. Tina Graham, for an unforgettable and deeply moving conversation about breast cancer, faith, resilience, and the healing power of laughter.

    Recorded live on Instagram, this episode explores Ms. Tina Graham’s personal journey, the emotional realities behind the diagnosis, how faith and humor became tools for survival, and why storytelling is essential for healing and awareness.

    This is a conversation about strength behind the smile, purpose behind the pain, and hope beyond the diagnosis.

    🩷 In this episode, we discuss:

    • Ms. Tina Graham’s breast cancer journey

    • Faith, fear, and finding purpose

    • Using laughter as medicine

    • Emotional wellness during and after treatment

    • The importance of sharing our stories

    • Encouragement for survivors, warriors, and caregivers

    🎤 About our guest:

    Ms. Tina Graham, known as the Godmother of Comedy, is a legendary entertainer whose life and testimony continue to inspire audiences around the world. Her transparency, humor, and faith shine through this powerful conversation.

    🎗 About the host:

    Monique Bass is a breast cancer survivor and the founder of What’s Behind the Bra? A NJ Nonprofit Corporation, dedicated to providing comfort care packages, community support, and healing-centered storytelling for individuals and families impacted by breast cancer.

    📌 This episode was recorded live on Instagram.

    🤝 Connect & get involved:

    Host: @moniquejbass

    Foundation: @whatsbehindthebrafoundation

    Email: whatsbehindthebra@gmail.com

    If this episode touched you, please share it, leave a review, and send it to someone who may need encouragement today.

    Because here at What’s Behind the Bra?, no one fights alone.

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    58 mins
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