320 Gina Orlando: Sharing My Celebration of Life While I’m Still Alive

Gina Orlando, age 72, created and was present at her own Celebration of Life in January 2025. Gina has been living with breast cancer for 11 years, the last three years in stage 4. She calls upon her expertise in holistic healing, voracious curiosity, and profound spiritual beliefs to navigate her journey toward end-of-life and ‘going to the light.’ Gina’s abundant intentions for her Celebration of Life: lifting things up for healing—for self, family, community, the world; giving people permission to think differently about their own death, to talk about it, and to plan for it; sharing gifts of love for self and others; and heightening awareness about healing and living well with an incurable disease. Gina is reaching hundreds of people with her powerful story of celebrating life. I draw on the mind, body, spirit paradigm while navigating my life and cancer journey. - Gina Orlando Connect with Gina Orlando Email ginaorlando8@gmail.com Website Gina Orlando MA, Wellness Coach Chicago, Oak Park Direct link to Celebration of Life Service https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay5RdVEay7w on the Ascension, Oak Park, YouTube channel.   Wednesday Journal article about Gina and her Celebration of Life service https://www.oakpark.com/2025/02/05/print-edition-february-5-2025/  pgs.1 and 14 and part of the editorial, pg. 23 This episode is sponsored by Women’s Connection https://www.womenconnecting.org This month’s Podcast Collaborator is Becoming Ellie-Fit Strong Women Over 50 https://www.becomingelli.com