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🎙️ Episode 3 | Claire Masikewich — Finding the Light in the Middle of the Hard
What does it mean to keep building when life changes overnight?
In this episode of The 403 Podcast, host Karissa Savage sits down with Claire Masikewich, keynote speaker and founder of Strong Like Sloane, to talk about purpose, resilience and finding light in the middle of life’s hardest moments.
After Claire’s five-year-old daughter, Sloane, was diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma, Claire began using her background in marketing, communications and storytelling to advocate for pediatric cancer research. What started as a way to support her daughter grew into Strong Like Sloane, major fundraising initiatives and an unexpected career as a keynote speaker.
Claire shares how the experience changed her definition of success, what she’s learned about letting go of what she can’t control, and why we don’t have to wait for the hard part to be over before allowing ourselves to find joy, purpose and hope again.
Whether you're an entrepreneur navigating uncertainty, a parent facing something difficult, or simply rethinking what success looks like in your own life, this is a conversation about continuing to live and build—even in the middle of the hard.
In this episode:
✔️ Sloane's stage 4 neuroblastoma diagnosis and the moment everything changed
✔️ The story behind Strong Like Sloane
✔️ Turning marketing and storytelling skills into advocacy and impact
✔️ Claire's unexpected journey into keynote speaking
✔️ What we get wrong about resilience
✔️ Letting go of what you can't control
✔️ Redefining success, ambition and legacy
✔️ Why Claire asks, "What if it all works out?"
Learn more about Claire Masikewich
🌐 Website:
https://www.clairemasikewich.com/
📸 Instagram: @therealclairem
https://www.instagram.com/therealclairem/
💼 LinkedIn: Claire Masikewich
https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairemasikewich/
Strong Like Sloane
💛 Learn more & ways to support:
https://linktr.ee/stronglikesloane
📸 Instagram: @stronglikesloane
https://www.instagram.com/stronglikesloane/
Another Tomorrow — October 30
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https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/another-tomorrow-tickets-1990107975527
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