How Surfing Helped Danielle Feel Strong, Beautiful, and Confident Through Big Life Changes

About this episode

Danielle Cass shares her cancer journey and how surfing helped her regain confidence during treatment.

Today we sit down with Danielle Cass, a mother and writer working in AI safety and responsible usage at Microsoft. As someone currently undergoing breast cancer treatment, she shares her cancer journey and how surfing helped her regain autonomy, agency and confidence throughout her treatment. We discuss the future of AI and conscious technology and what kind of role we play in allowing it to influence our lives, for better and for worse. Take a listen to Danielle's thought-provoking conversation for insight into how we can empower ourselves at whatever stage of life we may be in. To learn more about Danielle and her story, check out her blog here.

People in this episode

Host: Surf With Amigas

Guest: Danielle Cass

Topics covered

• surfing
• cancer journey
• AI safety
• confidence
• empowerment

Keywords

• surfing
• cancer
• AI safety
• confidence
• empowerment

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Microsoft

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