Posts Tagged ‘cancer’
Episode 296: Exploring the Link Between Stress and Chronic Illness with Cort Davies
Earlier this year, I accidentally FaceTimed a man named Julio. Julio had just raised approximately $80,000 on a GoFundMe for today’s guest, Cort Davies. At the time, I was in the process of starting a nonprofit that was to be called Support the Unsupported, and Cort was founding his own, doing exactly what I wanted…
Read MoreEpisode 235: Hal’s First Speech After Being Diagnosed with Cancer
While in the midst of battling cancer (three days after I received a 96-hour chemotherapy treatment), I left the hospital in Houston, TX and flew to Orlando, FL and gave my signature keynote speech in front of 2,500 distributors at the Pure Romance 2017 World Conference. It was the most terrifying speech of my life…
Read MoreEpisode 211: What I Did To Beat Cancer
In October of 2016, I woke up in the middle of the night, struggling to breathe. Days later, I was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia—a very rare and aggressive form of cancer—with a survival rate of 30%. I was told that I had a matter of days to start chemotherapy, or I would die. I…
Read MoreEpisode 152: Turning the Tables On Hal: The 1st Ever AYG Interview with Hal Elrod
In today’s special episode, we’re turning the tables on Yo Pal Hal as he’s interviewed for the first time ever on the AYG podcast. This is one you won’t want to miss! For those not in the know, Hal’s been battling Cancer for the past several months and for the first time since his diagnosis,…
Read MoreEpisode 143: Life After Cancer (Interview with Melissa Weaver)
In 2013, Melissa Weaver was diagnosed with breast cancer and put her mental health private practice on hold to undergo treatment. What she discovered in the process was the opposite of despair. She describes her experience as a “transformative process.” Melissa is now a cancer survivor, author of Reconstruction: Defying Cancer and Building a More…
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