“Talking with HOPE” — the association’s podcast
In the podcast “Talking with HOPE” („Говорим с НАДЕЖДА“), psychologist and psychotherapist Nadezhda Mileva from the Rehabilitation Centre for Children with Oncohaematological Diseases talks with doctors, specialists, parents and survivors — about life during treatment and after it. The episodes come out on Facebook, YouTube and Spotify.
The episodes on Facebook
- Episode 4: Illness and school — a parallel world (28 May 2024). What happens to the education of children who spend a long time in hospital? Can children who have been through an oncohaematological disease get preference in admissions after 7th grade? Zhorzheta Simeonova, psychologist and psychotherapist at the Rehabilitation Centre, talks with Velina Tomova, senior expert at the Regional Department of Education – Sofia City. Watch
- Episode 5: The mother–child bond before and after the illness (4 July 2024). The guest is Dr Oksana Horvat-Stancheva, who holds a doctorate in psychology and is a psychotherapist, and who for many years provided psychological support to the mothers at the Golden Ribbon centre. Watch · YouTube
- Episode 6: Late effects — myth or reality? (9 September 2024). The survivors Niki, Anatoli, Didi and Tedi — “teachers of life” — talk about their memories of treatment and about their lives today. The occasion is the brochure “Late effects after cancer treatment in children and young people. Advice to help us move forward” („Късни ефекти след лечение на онкологично заболяване при деца и младежи. Съвети, с които да продължим напред“), prepared by the association. Watch · YouTube
- Episode 7: “First aid for the little ones” (29 September 2024). The project of Dr Veselina Ganeva and Tanya Stoyanova — myths and facts about first aid for babies and children before a doctor arrives, because anyone can help and save a life. Watch · YouTube
- Episode 8: Crisis as an opportunity (20 December 2024). Can we look at the illness as an opportunity? A conversation with Perunika, Kristina and Mariela — the mothers of Nikol, Metodi and Kristiyan, children who have been through an oncohaematological disease. Watch
- Episode 9: Life, death and life after death (2 May 2025). How a family’s life goes on after the loss of a child. With Nadezhda Mileva and Zhorzheta Simeonova; the guests are parents from the group of parents who have lost a child, which has now been receiving psychotherapeutic support at the Rehabilitation Centre for the third year. Watch · YouTube
- Episode 10: The battles we don’t choose — sarcoma (14 July 2025). In the month dedicated to sarcoma awareness: the stories of a mother who lost her son and of a woman who is surviving the disease. Watch
- A summer holiday during treatment (5 August 2025). Dr Kristina Petrova, paediatrician and paediatric oncohaematologist at the Clinic of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology at UMHAT “Sveta Marina” – Varna: why the sea and the swimming pool are not taboo, what doctors recommend about the sun, food and water, and what to pack in the first-aid kit when travelling. Watch
- Episode 12: Living with a congenital haematological disease — from childhood to adulthood (17 September 2025). Watch
- Episode 13: “The family plate” (5 October 2025). What should a child eat, and what should they avoid, during treatment? Nadezhda Mileva looks for the answer with the nutritionist Ivelina Boiklieva, who also gave listeners a one-week menu for children. Watch