Support That Meets You Where You Are
Sometimes the most helpful person is someone who understands what breast cancer feels like because she has lived it too.
Faith Through Fire connects women in active breast cancer treatment with trained survivors who understand the fear, uncertainty, and emotional weight of diagnosis.
GET MATCHED WITH A MENTORMatched With a Trained Survivor
We work to connect you with someone whose experience helps her understand what you may be facing.
Support Primarily by Text
Mentorship happens primarily through text messaging, making support personal, flexible, private, and easy to access.
Most Women Are Matched Quickly
Most women are matched with a mentor in about 2 days, so you do not have to wait long to have someone in your corner.
Free, Personal Peer Support
There is no cost to receive a Faith Through Fire mentor. Your mentor offers encouragement and lived experience, not medical advice or therapy.
A Breast Cancer Diagnosis Can Make Everything Feel Like Too Much at Once
You may be trying to understand medical information, make treatment decisions, care for your family, manage work, and keep everyone else calm — all while trying to process what this means for you.
Fear
Fear about treatment, the future, your family, or what comes next can show up quickly after diagnosis.
Information Overload
New terms, appointments, decisions, and opinions can make it hard to know what to focus on first.
Pressure to Be Strong
You may feel like everyone needs you to stay positive when what you really need is space to process.
Feeling Alone
Even with supportive people around you, it can be hard to explain what this experience actually feels like.
Whatever you are feeling right now, you do not have to have it all figured out.
What Breast Cancer Peer Mentorship Can Feel Like
During treatment, everyone asked how I was doing physically, but very few people talked about what cancer was doing to me mentally. That’s why I became a Faith Through Fire mentor.
I’ve now walked alongside 12 women with Triple Negative Breast Cancer through treatment and into survivorship. I know the fears, the side effects no one talks about, the surgery questions — and most importantly, I can remind them: I survived this, and you can too.
Faith Through Fire Mentor
I was sure I wouldn’t need a mentor — I was strong, remember? But she ended up being one of the most helpful parts of my treatment.
I could ask her anything, even the questions I was too embarrassed to ask my friends. She didn’t give me medical advice. She listened, understood, shared her experience when I needed it, and made me feel a lot less alone.
Faith Through Fire Mentee
Who Are Faith Through Fire Mentors?
They’re breast cancer survivors who remember what it felt like to be where you are now.
Our mentors are women who are at least one year beyond active treatment and have chosen to use their experience to support someone else.
They receive training from Faith Through Fire and are matched thoughtfully based on the information you share with us. We look at things like your diagnosis, treatment experience, age, family circumstances, and the type of support you feel would be most helpful.
Your mentor is not there to tell you what decisions to make or to replace your medical team. She is there to listen, encourage you, answer the kinds of everyday questions only someone who has lived through breast cancer may understand, and remind you that you are not walking through this by yourself.
Mentorship happens primarily through text, so you can connect when and how it feels comfortable for you.
Not Ready to Request a Mentor Yet?
That’s okay. Start with whatever feels helpful today.
Fear Less Guide
A free guide and audio designed to help you manage fear, uncertainty, and the emotional weight of a breast cancer diagnosis.
GET THE FREE GUIDE →Watch: What It Feels Like to Be Diagnosed With Cancer
Start with this episode of Besties with Breasties for an honest conversation about the fear, shock, overwhelm, and emotional reality of hearing “you have cancer.”
WATCH THIS EPISODE →Questions You May Have Right Now
What if I was just diagnosed and don’t know my treatment plan yet?
That’s okay. You do not need to have everything figured out before asking for support. Many women reach out while they are still waiting on appointments, test results, or treatment recommendations.
Is Faith Through Fire support free?
Yes. Faith Through Fire peer mentorship is provided at no cost to women navigating breast cancer diagnosis and active treatment.
Do I have to live in Missouri?
No. Our peer mentorship program can support women beyond the St. Louis area because mentorship happens primarily through text messaging.
Do I need to be Christian to receive support?
No. Faith Through Fire is a Christian nonprofit, but we welcome and support women of all faith backgrounds.
Will my mentor tell me what treatment decisions to make?
No. Your mentor is there to listen, encourage you, and share lived experience when helpful. She does not replace your medical team or provide medical advice.
You Don’t Have to Wait Until It Feels Overwhelming
If having someone in your corner would make today feel a little less heavy, we would be honored to connect you with a trained breast cancer survivor.
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