The Cancer Pod: Integrative Medicine Talk

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Life After Breast Cancer: Finding Your Way with Author and Survivorship Mentor, Kia Lee

2026-10-0734:37

When treatment ends and the world moves on, cancer survivors are often left alone with a flood of unprocessed emotions. Author and survivorship mentor Kia Lee sits down with Leah to explore the hidden emotional weight of life after cancer—and why healing isn’t about returning to the past. In this conversation, Kia shares: • Her diagnosis with stage III breast cancer at 38 and how it became a portal to a new way of living • Why she wrote Lighthouse: The Path Through Cancer while undergoing che...

Inherited: A Life Without a Cure with Melanie Ezell

2026-09-3055:11

When faced with a Stage IV terminal cancer diagnosis at age 37, how do you keep living, surfing big waves, and raising a child? In this powerful episode, author and big-wave surfer Melanie Ezell joins Leah to share her unfiltered story of surviving Stage IV ovarian cancer, navigating recurrences, and finding profound joy despite an incurable diagnosis. Melanie, author of the memoir Inherited: A Life Without a Cure and writer behind the popular Substack An Incurable Life, opens up about using ...

Life, Illustrated with James Burns, Artist and Prostate Cancer Advocate

2026-09-1638:30

What happens when a graphic designer decides to document his own cancer diagnosis in a comic, panel by panel? Georgia-based artist and prostate cancer education advocate James Burns joins Leah to talk about his autobiographical medical graphic novels “The Death of Me” and “The Half-Life,” which chronicle his stage 4A prostate cancer diagnosis, treatment, and life after. James shares why he posted his diagnosis publicly on Instagram and how he pushes back on the expectation that men need to st...

Can Exercise Actually Fight Cancer? The Science of Movement with JC Rodriguez

2026-09-0241:53

Can working out actually change what's happening inside your body during cancer treatment? Dr. Leah Sherman sits down with certified clinical exercise physiologist JC Rodriguez to unpack the real science behind exercise and cancer—including how movement may redirect blood flow away from tumors, alter tumor metabolism, and boost immune surveillance. JC breaks down what this looks like in practice: how to move through severe fatigue with “mentally small” wins like a 5-minute walk or in-...

Sound Healing with Sandy Duarte

2026-08-1932:45

What if sound could help you heal? Sandy Duarte is an award-winning actress, author, Stage IV non-Hodgkin lymphoma survivor, registered yoga instructor, and one of OncoDaily's 2026 Top 100 Most Influential Cancer Survivors. While undergoing aggressive chemotherapy, she turned to crystal singing bowls to calm her nervous system. Her practice has expanded into sound baths, women’s retreats, and community healing, bringing the singing bowls to hospitals, corporate settings, and museum ins...

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The Cancer Pod: Integrative Medicine Talk