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1 of every 2 Americans will face cancer - and with luck and an approach, the majority will obliterate it.
Why listen to a cancer-centered podcast?
Cancer. Who wants to think about cancer? No one. But the lessons from facing cancer apply to every unexpected, unwelcome, and uncontrollable challenge anyone might encounter. This podcast will educate you, inspire you, infuriate you, motivate you, and possibly change your life.
💬 Why I Wrote the Book—and Launched the Podcast
I didn’t search for a guide when I was diagnosed.
I searched for one 40 years ago, when I was a young girl and my mom was facing an unexpected recurrence—thrown into chemo and radiation with little explanation and even less support.
There was no roadmap. No language for the fear. No help navigating the choices.
Just whispered side effects, exhaustion, and a family doing its best to hold on.
That moment planted a seed.
Over the years—through my own high-risk screenings, surgeries, and eventual diagnosis—I came to realize how many people still feel that same confusion, isolation, and overwhelm at the start of their cancer journey.
So I wrote the book I wish my mom had.
And the one I wish I’d had when facing it myself—not as a child, but as a mother, executive, and survivor.
Crushing the Cancer Curveball is that guide.
It’s practical. Personal. And—most of all—hopeful.
Because cancer doesn’t have to be just a breakdown. It can be a breakthrough.
An opening to:
💡 Greater clarity about what matters.
💛 Deeper connection with the people you love.
🔥 A fierce, grounded sense of self.
And writing it led me somewhere I didn’t expect:
Into the center of some of the most exciting breakthroughs in cancer prevention, early detection, treatment, and survivorship.
Through the Unshelling Medicine podcast, I’m bringing those breakthroughs to the broadest audience possible—in credible, accessible terms that make people feel informed, not overwhelmed.
Because here’s what I believe:
Personalized prevention and screening are the key to obliterating cancer—if and when it shows up.
Not someday. Now.
You deserve to know the tools, tests, and questions that can change your trajectory—or someone else’s.
And I’m here to help you ask them.
Why the stories we’re told don’t match the lives we live
In movies, TV, and bestselling novels, cancer is a plot twist.
A shock. A tragedy. A way to make the audience cry.
You’ve seen it:
Walter White in Breaking Bad, who transforms from teacher to drug lord after a lung cancer diagnosis.
Hazel and Gus in The Fault in Our Stars, whose love is beautiful—but doomed.
Kristina Braverman in Parenthood, navigating chemo while holding a family together.
Izzie Stevens in Grey’s Anatomy, collapsing dramatically in her wedding dress.
Cancer in pop culture is fast and final. It signals “this character’s arc is about to end.”
But that’s not how cancer usually shows up in real life.
In real life, cancer is often slow, ambiguous, and highly survivable.
It doesn’t follow a tidy three-act structure. It interrupts everything—but it doesn’t define everything.
And here’s what culture really misses:
For many of us, cancer isn’t just survivable—it’s a wake-up call.
It strips away the noise.
It clarifies what matters.
It teaches you to stop sweating the small stuff—because the big stuff just showed up.
And when you face it—by fighting, managing, or outlasting it—you discover something culture rarely shows:
🔥 Confidence forged in the fire of uncertainty
💛 Gratitude that reshapes how you live
🌪 Power you didn’t know you had
That’s the story I wish we told more often.
Because it’s not just a story of survival—it’s a story of transformation.
📩 Join the Movement: Kicking Cancer’s Ass
Every week on Kicking Cancer’s Ass, we bring you raw conversations, cutting-edge science, and powerful insights to help you take control—whether you're newly diagnosed, high-risk, a caregiver, or just sick of fear-driven stories.
When you subscribe, you’ll get:
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A searchable archive of breakthroughs in prevention, detection, treatment, and recovery
The tools to ask better questions, make smarter decisions, and feel less alone
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This isn’t a pity party. It’s a power-up.
👉 Subscribe now and be part of the real cancer revolution.
Let’s make cancer less scary, more beatable—and a hell of a lot more human.
But every day, 5500 Americans are diagnosed. And they’ll be scared and unmoored. After 40 years in the trenches as a patient, caregiver, previvor, and survivor, I know cancer doesn’t have to be terrible.
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