Michelle Reed
Survivor Voice, Cancer Patient Advocate & Leader, Resource Builder
Chelle is a bladder cancer warrior (since 2018), founder of Bless Your Vibes Cancer Support Studio, and creator of the Cancer Care Book. She advocates for people facing cancer, chronic illness, medical dismissal, financial strain, and the messy middle of healing. Michelle talks openly about the parts most people skip over for cancer patients, survivors, caregivers, and the people who love them.
Cancer Friend & Peer Support
Sometimes you just need someone who gets it. Chelle offers lived-experience support, encouragement, resource guidance, and real conversation for cancer patients who feel overwhelmed, alone, or unsure where to start.
Mentorship & Peer Support
Encouragement, Resources & Real Talk
Media Kit
Download Chelle’s speaker bio, headshots, interview links, advocacy topics, brand information, and contact details for podcasts, panels, research studies, and media opportunities.
Press Ready
Bio, Photos & Links
Request an Interview
Invite Chelle to share her bladder cancer story and patient advocacy work through podcasts, interviews, research panels, education campaigns, insight opportunities, media features, and advocacy partnerships.
Patient Voice
Advocacy, Education, Activism, & Awareness
Community Building
No one understands the cancer journey better than others who have walked through it. Chelle helps bring advocates, survivors, caregivers, and organizations together to create connection, education, and real support.
Come visit the Front Porch
at One Cancer Place in Cancer World
Panel Discussions
Chelle joins patient panels, research discussions, insight opportunities, and healthcare forums to share the lived experience of bladder cancer, survivorship, delayed diagnosis, marginalized, underserved, and gaps in patient support.
Participant for several major panels
Virtual or In-Person
Need a Podcast Guest?
Invite Chelle to bring a real, relatable patient voice to your podcast. She shares her bladder cancer journey, medical gaslighting experiences, survivorship insights, advocacy work, and the importance of support resources for patients and caregivers.
Open to
Audio, Video & Virtual Interviews
Featured on the CancerLand Podcast
Chelle was featured on the CancerLand Podcast with co-hosts Danny Gereg, Jeff Stibelman, and Brian O’Sullivan. She shares details about her bladder cancer story in detail, with a final message of self-advocacy and hope.
Podcast Hosts
Jeff, Danny & Brian
Featured on the Cancer Interviews Podcast
Chelle was featured on Cancer Interviews with Bruce Morton, sharing her bladder cancer story, advocacy work, and message that blood in urine is not normal and should never be ignored.
Podcast Host
Bruce Morton
The Patient Story
Chelle was featured on The Patient Story, sharing her bladder cancer experience, advocacy work, and the message that blood in urine is not normal.
31K+ views
100+ Community Comments
Patient Community Collaborations
Want to join forces? Chelle loves collaborating with fellow cancer advocates and patient communities to spread awareness, share support resources, and create moments of connection, education, and hope.
Together For
Awareness, Support & Resources
BCAN Walk to End Bladder Cancer – Atlanta, GA Coming 2027
Please join me and my team, Resilient Atlanta, in 2027 for the Walk to End Bladder Cancer in Atlanta, GA. Let’s walk together so no one faces bladder cancer alone.
$10K Goal
Coming Soon
Giving Cancer a Voice Facebook Group
As Admin of this group, I work to bridge cancer patients and caregivers with trusted recruiters offering paid opportunities for research studies, surveys, and interviews. This community gives warriors and caregivers a chance to share their real-life experiences, help shape future cancer care, and be compensated for the value of their voices.
Admin
Vetted Paid Opportunities
Imerman Angel Mentor
As a trained Imerman Angels Mentor, I provide compassionate one-on-one support to Mentees facing cancer, using my own experience to offer encouragement, hope, and connection while expanding my ability to support the cancer community.
Peer Support
Fighters, Survivors, Previvors & Caregivers
BCAN Survivor-to-Survivor Peer Support
I am a trained Survivor to Survivor volunteer with the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network. Through this program, I provide one-on-one peer support to people facing bladder cancer, offering a listening ear, practical encouragement, and insight from my own experience with diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship.
Bladder Cancer
Peer Support
Tigerlily Angel Advocate
Currently working on the Tigerlily Foundation’s ANGEL Advocate training, which stands for Advocate Now to Grow, Empower and Lead. As an ANGEL Advocate, I use my experience and voice to promote health equity, support people affected by cancer, raise awareness of healthcare disparities, and help patients become informed advocates for themselves and their communities.
Peer Support
Empowerment & Education
Health Union’s Certified Patient Leader
I earned my Patient Leader Certification through the Social Health Network by Health Union. The program builds skills in powerful storytelling, meaningful engagement, and responsible patient leadership. I bring that training to my work for the bladder cancer community and for women who want a real voice in their own care.
Purpose Driven
Trained Advocate
Triage Cancer Educational Certificate
Attended a Triage Health educational conference on finances, insurance, employment rights, advocacy, and other practical cancer-related issues, earning certificates that strengthened my ability to support and guide fellow cancer warriors.
8 hour lecture
Virtual Conference
Legislative Education and Advocate Development
I am currently working on the LEAD program through Patients Rising. LEAD provides structured training in healthcare policy, effective communication, and engaging with lawmakers and other decision-makers.
Patient Advocate
Healthcare Policy Discussions