About this episode
Two women share insights on finding purpose and courage after cancer diagnoses in midlife.
This week on The Uplifters Podcast, two extraordinary women in midlife share what a cancer diagnosis taught them about finally giving themselves permission to do the big, brave things they'd been putting off. If you've ever felt like you're driving through life with one foot on the gas and one foot on the brake, this episode is for you. You'll hear from Jacquelyn Fletcher Johnson, founder of the Heartwood Leadership Institute and award-winning author of fourteen books, who went through breast cancer treatment in 2020 and came out the other side asking, "What's mine to do?" And from Christy Kercheville, a CEO coach and master facilitator who was diagnosed with leiomyosarcoma, a rare and incurable cancer, in the first weeks of COVID, and has spent six years building her most purposeful, joy-filled chapter inside that diagnosis. Together they show us that midlife reinvention doesn't always begin with a plan. Sometimes it begins with something that strips everything else away and shows you, clearly and without apology, what actually matters. What You'll Learn: How to find purpose after a major life disruption — what both women asked themselves when everything changed, and how those…
People in this episode
Host: Aransas Savas
Guests: Jacquelyn Fletcher Johnson, Christy Kercheville
Topics covered
- cancer diagnosis
- midlife reinvention
- personal growth
- courage
- life disruption
Keywords
- cancer
- midlife
- personal development
- courage capital
- life purpose
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Heartwood Leadership Institute
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