Intimacy After Breast Cancer: A 3-Part Webinar Series on Connection, Relationships, and Identity Hosted by Melissa Berry, Founder of Cancer Fashionista
June 20, 2026
Join ABCD for candid conversations and learning in this special 3-part LEAP webinar series on sexual health and intimacy after breast cancer:
- Episode 1 – Learning to Love Yourself: Rebuilding Confidence and Embracing Your Body After Breast Cancer – Watch the recording!
- Episode 2 – Navigating Desire, Connection, and Relationships With Metastatic Breast Cancer – Watch the recording!
- Episode 3 – Addressing Sexual Health Challenges After Breast Cancer on September 29 at 12 PM CT
Hosted by Melissa Berry, Founder of Cancer Fashionista and Host of the Dear Cancer, I’m Beautiful Podcast, with special guests! This series is FREE and open to everyone.
Register Here
Please note: You’ll automatically be signed up for the full 3-part webinar series, so you only need to register once. You can then choose which episodes to attend or you can attend all three using the Zoom link you’ll receive after you register.
Find more details on each episode below. Thank you to our media supporter Wildfire Magazine.
Episode #1:
Title: Learning to Love Yourself: Rebuilding Confidence and Embracing Your Body After Breast Cancer
Host: Melissa Berry
Watch the recording 👇🏼
About Melissa
Melissa Berry is a 13-year triple negative breast cancer survivor and women’s health advocate. She is the founder of Cancer Fashionista, a platform supporting women through breast cancer, life beyond treatment, and survivorship, with a focus on confidence, self-image, and identity. She is also the host of the podcast Dear Cancer, I’m Beautiful, where she has real conversations about intimacy, confidence, and navigating life beyond diagnosis.
Follow Melissa on Instagram at @cancerfashionista
Listen to Dear Cancer, I’m Beautiful on Spotify
Episode #2
Title: Navigating Desire, Connection, and Relationships With Metastatic Breast Cancer
Host: Melissa Berry
Co-Host: Deltra
Watch the recording 👇🏼
About Deltra
Deltra is a patient advocate, poet, podcaster, and death doula living with Triple Negative Metastatic Breast Cancer. She facilitates support groups across organizations and speaks on topics like parenting with cancer, dating after diagnosis, creativity as a healing tool, and end-of-life planning. She has been featured in Cancer Health Magazine, Wildfire Magazine, People, The Washington Post, and NPR. Deltra lives in New England with her daughters, a few comforting cats, and a colorful collection of wigs.
Episode #3
Date: Tuesday, September 29
Time: 12-1 PM CT
Title: Addressing Sexual Health Challenges After Breast Cancer
Host: Melissa Berry
Guest: Laila Agrawal, MD
Melissa moderates a discussion with Laila Agrawal, MD, a breast oncologist specializing in sexual health, providing practical strategies for managing treatment-related effects and enhancing intimacy. The session addresses real concerns, including painful sex, low libido, early menopause and feelings of hopelessness, with opportunity for audience questions, resources, and actionable tips for maintaining sexual wellness post-cancer.
Audience Takeaways: ● Practical guidance for sexual side effects from treatment ● Strategies to improve intimacy with partners or yourself
● Support and solutions for painful sex, low libido, or feeling like desire may never return ● Answers to audience questions about libido, desire, and sexual wellness ● Tips for continuing the conversation beyond the webinar ● Resources and tools for maintaining sexual health post-cancer
About Dr. Agrawal
Dr. Laila Agrawal is a board-certified medical oncologist specializing in breast cancer at Norton Cancer Institute in Louisville, Kentucky. She is also a fellow of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH) and serves on the board of directors of the Scientific Network on Female Sexual Health and Cancer.
She is dedicated to addressing the often-overlooked aspect of sexual health in cancer care and runs a sexual health clinic for women diagnosed with cancer, focusing on the multifaceted impact of cancer and its treatments on sexual health and intimacy. Her work emphasizes the importance of integrating sexual health discussions into routine cancer care, advocating for better training for healthcare providers and more comprehensive patient support.
