I gave this podcast the title of regaining strength after illness because ultimately that is what Korin and I are discussing. When I was a cancer patient, I remember my skin hanging on my bones like...

Being a caregiver is never an easy job, but especially not under the auspices of a cancer diagnosis. I always say cancer is a team sport. It’s the patient, the medical team, the paraprofessionals...

Today I’m thinking about food rules vs food values and re-examining long-held food beliefs. What’s the difference between the two? How does each one affect your life? What can you do if you’re...

Cathy Leman is a Registered Dietitian that helps women with hormone-positive breast cancer learn to make fearless food decisions. Many cancer survivors use food as a coping mechanism and control...

Bernie started riding for research after his son passed from a brain tumor. This will be his 27th year riding in the Courage Classic raising funds for the Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at...

You probably don't think of yourself as an artist, but no doubt about it, you are creative in your own way. Most of us don't think to turn to our creativity for healing, but that's exactly what...

Write your life stories down and keep them, burn them, eat them, or publish them, but write them down because there are others who could benefit from your words of wisdom. This month I'm focusing on...

If you’re done with treatment, you’ve probably asked the question “now what?” In this episode Meg, Nancy, and I explore this question through the lens of making sure your remedies are...

Advocating for young women with breast cancer became a passion and mission for Courtney Shihabuddin after her own diagnosis of breast cancer at a young age (35 years old), during a pandemic, with...

I wanted to devote a whole episode to the lessons I've learned from a year of podcasting, because I feel like I've had some real AHA! moments and that they were different than the highlights from...

Happy first anniversary episode for the Life Well-Lived Podcast! The idea for this podcast came two years ago. I mulled it over for a whole year before I got started and now I'm celebrating one year...

One of my favorite things about self-care is that you can choose what therapies you want to use to accomplish your goals. In this episode, Sandy Priester gives us a high-level view of two...

More and more young women are being diagnosed with breast cancer. In this episode Kara Skaflestad shares how she started her non-profit organization supporting women going through cancer treatment,...

Nobody asks to join the cancer club. It's just something we're thrown into. Some of us younger than others. Dana Donofree was diagnosed at 27 years old and not only lost her breasts. She lost the...

Finding your strength and living to tell about it is something Lianne Saffer is familiar with. She survived her first marriage which was marked by emotional and financial abuse, only to find herself...

Devora Peterson didn't know that learning to mountain bike would help her overcome cancer, but it did. Her Big Hairy Audacious Goal related to biking helped her focus her energy on something she...

Celebrating holiday traditions with Malena means focusing on family. We start this episode like so many others, by talking about Malena's cancer connection. In particular, her family history and how...

When it comes to cancer, there's nothing like bonding with someone who's been there. As my guest, Susan Buckley and fellow dietitian says, your family and friends may have the best intentions and...

I love Thanksgiving for all the gratitude and kindness it brings into the world. It's a perfect time to be feeling grateful for the important things in life. And when I say things, I don't actually...

What do you do when you are faced with the impossible? Mark Roby created his own lifelines for cancer survival relying on doctors, scientists, family, friends, scientific research, new screenings...

My guest on this episode is doctor Shari Fox, and in it we explore embracing and evolving along the cancer journey. Like many cancer survivors, she didn't see it coming and couldn't understand how...

Part of my healing journey included relying heavily on my faith. Finding resilience through faith meant observing traditions and rituals I hadn't grown up with or observed as an adult for most of my...

After watching both of her sisters go through cancer diagnosis and treatment, separately at different times, Nadine Shapera thought to herself, "ain't nobody got time for cancer." But before long,...

It's hard for most people to imagine being diagnosed with a serious illness like cancer. It's even harder if you don't get your questions answered from the start. That's exactly what happened to...

One of the most traumatic things about cancer treatment is the loss of hair that accompanies chemotherapy treatment. In this episode, we talk about cancer and hair care with my personal stylist,...

Very often cancer patients are concerned with two things - what goes in their body and what goes on their body.Leah Robert, Oncology Nurse and Co-Founder of Salty Girl Beauty I certainly know this...

Relationships are one of the most important things in our lives, but sometimes they can be a double-edged sword. In this episode, we're talking about relationship remedies with Tracey Coates, a...

Sometimes life hands us the unexpected and we are left trying to figure how to fit it into our already busy lives. My guest this week, Dalia Topelson Ritvo, was a young professional busy starting a...

The scariest three words you could ever face in your life are "you have cancer". And yet, the American Cancer Society states that more than 1,762,450 people (cases) were expected to be diagnosed in...