Get Matched With a Breast Cancer Survivor Mentor
Breast cancer is overwhelming. You don’t have to navigate it alone.
Faith Through Fire matches newly diagnosed women and women in active breast cancer treatment with trained survivors who understand the fear, uncertainty, and emotional toll of diagnosis and treatment.
Just diagnosed and not sure where to start? Visit our Newly Diagnosed With Breast Cancer guide.
Support is primarily through text, so it’s personal, flexible, and easy to access when you need it.
Someone Who Understands the Moments No One Else Sees
Breast cancer can feel just as emotionally overwhelming as it is physically exhausting. A mentor gives you someone to text when the fear spikes, the questions pile up, or you simply need to hear, “I’ve been there too.”
Mental Health Support, Reimagined for Real Life
Mental health support doesn’t have to feel clinical, intimidating, or intrusive. Faith Through Fire is redefining what emotional support can look like for women facing breast cancer — personal, flexible, trauma-informed, and woven into everyday life.
Your mentor is the starting point. From there, we surround you with practical tools, trusted education, meaningful community, and support designed to help you understand what you’re feeling, reduce anxiety, regain confidence, and move toward thriving.
Peer Mentorship
A trained breast cancer survivor who understands what you’re facing and stays connected primarily through text, offering personal support that fits into real life.
Trauma + Emotional Wellness Education
Practical tools to help you understand fear, anxiety, triggers, and the emotional impact of breast cancer — and respond with greater confidence.
Survivorship Bootcamp
Structured, trauma-informed support to help you process what happened, understand your triggers, build practical tools for anxiety and stress, and move forward with more confidence.
Besties with Breasties Podcast
Honest conversations, expert insight, and survivor stories you can listen to anytime, helping you feel informed, understood, and less alone.
Private Survivor Community
A forward-thinking, encouraging community of women who understand life during and after breast cancer and want to keep moving forward.
Support for the Whole Family
Caregiver resources and tangible emotional support, including Build-A-Bears for children impacted by a loved one’s breast cancer.
House of Hope
For eligible women, restorative stays designed to create space for rest, connection, emotional recovery, and time away from the demands of cancer.
You don’t just get a mentor. You gain a guide, a community, and an entire network of support built around your emotional wellbeing throughout the breast cancer experience.
It's okay to not be okay.
A mentor may not take away the fear, but she can help you feel less alone in it — understood, supported, and cared for by someone who has been there too.
Benefits:
What a Mentor Gives You
- Someone who understands what breast cancer feels like firsthand
- A safe place to talk through fears, questions, and hard moments
- Support preparing for appointments and navigating treatment
- Connection to trusted Faith Through Fire resources and programs
- Encouragement from someone who has been through it and moved forward
Support That Fits Into Your Life
Request a Mentor
Tell us a little about yourself, your diagnosis, and the kind of support that would feel most helpful.
We Find Your Match
We connect you with a trained breast cancer survivor whose experience helps her understand what you’re facing.
Connect by Text
Mentorship happens primarily through text messaging, making support private, low-pressure, and easy to fit into everyday life.
You Set the Pace
Your mentor takes her cues from you. She will reach out at least twice each month so you know someone is there, but you can text her as often as you need support.
There are no scheduled conversations you have to prepare for and no pressure to respond right away. Text-based mentorship creates space to reach out when you’re ready, from wherever you are.
Breast Cancer Mentorship FAQs
Is breast cancer mentorship free?
Yes. Faith Through Fire peer mentorship is provided at no cost to women navigating breast cancer diagnosis and active treatment.
Who can request a mentor?
Our one-to-one peer mentorship program is designed for women who are newly diagnosed with breast cancer or currently in active treatment.
How quickly will I be matched with a mentor?
Most women are matched with a mentor in about 2 days. We work to connect you with a trained breast cancer survivor whose experience can help her understand what you are facing.
How will my mentor contact me?
Mentorship happens primarily through text messaging. This keeps support personal, flexible, private, and easy to access when you need it.
How often will my mentor reach out?
Your mentor will reach out at least twice each month, but you can text her more often whenever you need support. You set the pace.
Can I request a mentor with a similar breast cancer experience?
We do our best to make thoughtful matches based on the information you share with us, including your diagnosis, treatment experience, age, family circumstances, and the type of support that would feel most helpful.
Do I need to live in Missouri?
No. Faith Through Fire provides breast cancer peer mentorship beyond the St. Louis area, and text-based support makes it easy to connect from wherever you live.
Do I have to be Christian to receive support?
No. Faith Through Fire is a Christian nonprofit, but we welcome and support women of all faith backgrounds. You do not need to share our faith to receive mentorship or participate in our programs.
Can my mentor give me medical advice?
No. Your mentor is a trained breast cancer survivor who offers personal peer support, encouragement, and lived experience. She does not replace your medical team, provide medical advice, or provide therapy.
What if I am finished with active breast cancer treatment?
Our one-to-one mentorship program is focused on women in active treatment. If treatment has ended, Faith Through Fire's survivorship support is designed to help you process what happened, manage fear and anxiety, and move forward with greater confidence.
Can I become a breast cancer mentor after treatment?
Yes. Women who are at least one year past their last day of active breast cancer treatment may be eligible to become a Faith Through Fire mentor. Mentors receive training and are matched with women currently navigating breast cancer diagnosis and treatment.
Ready to Connect With a Breast Cancer Mentor?
Tell us a little about yourself and we’ll begin finding the right match. Most women are matched within about 2 days, and your mentor will reach out to you by text.