Collin Farias: Losing His Wife to Cancer and His Newborn Son Days Later

Some losses are so profound they don’t fit inside any framework we have for grief. Collin Farias’s story is one of those, and his willingness to share it with the world is an act of extraordinary love.

In May 2024, Collin’s wife Camry was diagnosed with colon cancer that quickly progressed to stage four. Choosing a holistic path instead of chemotherapy, Camry was navigating her illness while also navigating a pregnancy—holding two enormous, beautiful, terrifying things at once. At 23 weeks, her water broke. On July 3rd, their son Chance was born prematurely. That same day, Camry died.

Nine days later, Chance followed his mother.

In this episode, Collin walks us through all of it—with honesty, with tenderness, and with a kind of clarity that can only come from someone who has sat in the deepest depths of loss and chosen, over and over, to keep going.

From making funeral decisions to returning to the hospital, from leaning on community to posting on Instagram as an unexpected lifeline.

In this episode, we dig into:
✨ Camry’s stage four colon cancer diagnosis and her choice of a holistic treatment path
✨ The devastating and intertwined loss of both his wife and premature son Chance within nine days
✨ The raw, practical reality of funeral decisions while you’re still in shock
✨ Returning to the hospital, and what that experience held
✨ How sharing on Instagram became an unexpected coping outlet, and resonated with thousands
✨ Raising awareness about colon cancer through grief
✨ Living with urgency and choosing love over fear every single day

As I mention at the beginning of the episode, too, be sure to submit any questions you have for Collin or I (or both of us) for our part 2 conversation!

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