Cancer Actually F**king Sucks

On today’s episode I’m chatting with Jessa de la Morena, cervical cancer survivor, Global Director of the Transformational Leadership program at Amadeus, and founder of U Are The Hero.

Jessa and I talk about some similarities between quarantine in Covid and being in treatment, how she was first diagnosed with a rare form of cervical cancer, parenting two children while going through treatment, and how she dealt with the cancer coming back.

Jessa also opens up a lot about how her cancer experience transformed the way she shows up in her every day life, how it led her to have a big personal transformation due to tons of introspection and supplemental practices she did while in treatment that helped with both physical and mental side effects of cancer.

From realizing that there aren’t many positive places online for cancer patients or people dealing with adversities in general, she created U Are The Hero, an online community where people can share their stories to give others hope and inspire to own your wellbeing, take action, and be your own hero.

You can check out U Are The Hero online and share your own story at uarethehero.com and follow the community on Instagram @u_are_the_hero.

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Today’s guest is Jessa de la Morena, cervical cancer survivor and founder of U Are The Hero. Jessa shares how her cancer experience led her to becoming her own hero and how important introspection and connection are to healing.

This episode we talk to Rob Johnson who has battled Melanoma for the past nine years and was first diagnosed when he was only 22. With 4 recurrences, 2 brain surgeries, and years of immunotherapy treatment he still finds the light through it all and educates us on how he was able to stay positive through it. He has now been cancer free for 1 year and 4 months!! Take a listen to his incredible story and outlook on life.

This week we're talking to Charlette James, a breast cancer survivor - or Conqueror as she likes to call it! Charlette has been free of disease for 7 years and is now a Holistic Health Coach with an incredible passion for helping cancer conquerors thrive in their body, mindset and environment after diagnoses. On this episode, she explains how her faith and close relationship with God guided her through her experience with cancer, finding her purpose, and being your own health advocate. Her story and the work she does is so inspiring and uplifting!

You can contact Charlette on the below platforms:

Instagram @jraphaswell.healthcoach

Facebook: JRapha's Well - Health Coaching

Website: www.jraphaswell.com

On this week’s episode Maddy is talking to Matt Ode, Stage 3C Testicular Cancer Survivor and now keynote motivational speaker and cancer advocate. At 24 years old, Matt was a personal trainer and super healthy, but one day he started throwing up blood and discovered after a long line of tests that he had testicular cancer that had spread throughout his body.

Matt opens up about how his body reacted to chemo, how as a man It can be difficult to open up about emotions, how his faith helped him persevere throughout his cancer experience, his complicated surgery after chemo and being in a two week coma, and what inspired him to become a motivational speaker after cancer.

He also speaks to how we all need to be kinder to ourselves and “take imperfect action.” If you’re ready to get motivated and inspired, you don’t want to miss this episode!

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In this episode of Cancer Actually F***ing Sucks, Madison speaks with Francesca LoPiccolo, an osteosarcoma survivor and fellow integrative nutrition health coach. At just 15, Francesca was diagnosed with this horrible disease, listen in to hear her story and how she's thriving now!