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Heather Nemec

Heather Nemec

Licensed clinical social worker at UT Southwestern Medical Center and a breast and non-Hodgkin lymphoma survivor who writes for and appears on Brighter Magazine's Brighter Podcast.

Sep 10, 2026

Brighter Podcast

Brighter Podcast

Intimacy After Cancer: What’s Normal? - Heather Nemec and Meredith Mitstifer

Sep 10 · 39m

speaker_0NARRATOR
21:25
So I think
Heather Nemec
Heather NemecGUEST
21:26
it's very challenging for couples to make those shifts.
Heather Nemec
Heather NemecGUEST
21:32
this is a huge problem with my older adults.
Heather Nemec
Heather NemecGUEST
21:35
That's a very common issue we talk about and deal with.
Heather Nemec
Heather NemecGUEST
21:39
But I wanted to touch on some of the emotional parts that you brought up, Meredith.
Heather Nemec
Heather NemecGUEST
21:46
I think the depression anxiety component is talked about.
Heather Nemec
Heather NemecGUEST
21:52
I think that it's not really sometimes can be glossed over.

6 MINS LATER

Gracie Smith
Gracie SmithHOST
28:08
Mm hmm.

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