In this ep, Lindsay is visited by the fullest’s Editor-in-Chief, Nikki Bostwick (AKA: her boss-lady), and together they break down the moment Lindsay found out she had cancer three years ago. Lindsay shares how she was initially nervous to tell Nikki about her diagnosis, and, in turn, Nikki describes how she felt unsure about the best way to be there for her friend and employee. Turns out, they navigated the journey through a lot of conversations, empathy, and in the end... this very podcast. Th...
Oct 10, 2019•36 min
This week Matt Coulter joins the show to discuss the healing power of giving. Along with Riawna Capri and Nikki Lee, the amazing lady bosses at LA’s Nine Zero One Salon, Matt heads up the BeYOUtiful Foundation. Together they’ve created a community for people of all ages that have defied the odds against cancer. BeYOUtiful’s mission is to make everyone feel beautiful throughout their experience -- and because hair is such a major part of the cancer journey, they’ve connected with top salons and s...
Sep 04, 2019•31 min
This episode is one of our most moving to date. (Full warning: it doesn’t have a happy ending. But it does have a mother that exemplifies resilience, compassion, and the true definition of unconditional love.) Mary Carrillo gave birth to her first child, a son named Calvin in 2006. Just six years later, however, she stood by him as he was diagnosed with Leukemia, passing a year later. But that wasn’t the end for Calvin. His mother went on to turn his namesake into the Calvin Preston Foundation a...
Jul 10, 2019•53 min
Donna McNutt is Instagram's Cancer Fashionista and we are thrilled to have her unique brand of relentless authenticity and diehard optimism on the show. Happily married and a mother to three grown children, Donna was first diagnosed with a rare type of blood cancer called Multiple Myeloma in 2015. With no known cure, she bravely underwent chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant, going into remission for a few years until it just recently recurred. However, as you may have guessed from her Insta ...
Jun 20, 2019•1 hr 9 min
Most parents reading this can only imagine the devastating anguish that comes with discovering your child has cancer. This week’s guest, Audra DiPadova Wilford, is the powerful mom of Max, a powerful boy who at just 8-years-old was diagnosed with brain cancer. Inspired to make a difference, together the two created MaxLove Project — a testament of maximum love, endurance, and survivorship. Learn how they are bringing whole organic produce into cancer ward kitchens and turning hospital food into ...
Jun 06, 2019•39 min
Cancer. Twice. Two different types. And still not through the woods. It’s a reality most of our brains can’t quite compute. But one this week’s guest, artist Megan Krzmarzick, is currently living and breathing. Megan is an abstract artist, writer, wanderer, and 2x cancer fighter. She is a living reminder of the power of owning your struggles, of transmuting dark into creativity... and then getting back up. She’s been a major inspiration to Cancer, Casually host Lindsay on her own cancer journey ...
May 23, 2019•1 hr 29 min
In this episode, we’re out to normalize boobs in the hopes of creating more conversations around breast cancer awareness. But how exactly do you normalize boobs? For Keep A Breast founder, Shaney jo Darden, you turn them into art, create a self-check app, and bring men into the conversation. This episode is a true exercise in busting taboos, cracking open stereotypes, and creating a new container for breast cancer conversation.
May 09, 2019•50 min
On this week’s episode, Lindsay brings along her boyfriend, Manny Frausto, to co-host as they chat with Michael Kuech and Kristel DeGroot, the founders of superfood powder brand, Your Super. In an inspiring episode for all men, Michael shares his story of being diagnosed with testicular cancer at the age of 24. It became a life-changing journey that ultimately pushed him towards a powerful path to healing. While on chemo, his girlfriend, Kristel (a self-proclaimed food nut), encouraged him to ad...
Apr 25, 2019•1 hr 8 min
This week we welcome Farzaneh Noori, the founder of Pasadena’s Yoga House to the show. Farzaneh is a yogi who found great comfort in her practice after being diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 52. Since then, Farzaneh has gone on to pay it forward, offering free yoga classes for cancer patients at Pasadena’s Yoga House. This episode truly reminds us that the real gift yoga gives is not a perfect yoga booty, but rather a profound sense of healing through mind, body, and spirit.
Apr 11, 2019•25 min
Lindsay welcomes owner and founder of Odacité, Valerie Grandury to the show. You may be fooled by looking at her, but it wasn’t Valerie’s ability to effortlessly blend Cali-cool with French chic that saw her start up her own clean beauty line… it was breast cancer. Valerie’s healing journey exposed her to the toxins in our beauty regimen. Since then, she’s gone on to beat cancer for over 13 years, and has taken the healing wisdom she’s learned and created a clean beauty line you can truly trust.
Mar 28, 2019•40 min
How do you make cancer feel less heavy? The same way you make everything feel less heavy… with kittens. That’s why it comes as no surprise that Cancer, Casually Season 2’s first guest, Gail Landau, opened Orange Country’s first cat cafe, Catmosphere Laguna after her breast cancer journey. On this episode, Gail shares some of her cancer-fighting wisdom including the importance of listening to your body, self-checks, and not settling for average oncologists. Tune in for an ep that’ll make you feel...
Mar 13, 2019•24 min
This week on Cancer, Casually we move from living with cancer to cancer prevention practices including our lifestyle, food, and genetic screening choices. To help guide us, Dr. Kristi Funk joins the show. Dr. Funk has treated thousands of women over her 17-year career (including Angelina Jolie and Sheryl Crow), is the founder of the Pink Lotus Breast Center in Beverly Hills, the author of The Owner's Manual: Every Woman's Guide to Reducing Cancer Risk, and a frequent breast expert on Good Mornin...
Nov 01, 2018•1 hr 9 min
As the name of our podcast suggests, Sara Weinreb has cancer -- a rare form that not many people know about called Mycosis Fungoides. In March of 2017 Sara was diagnosed with this slow growth lymphoma, and, like many of our guests, took it as an opportunity to change things up for the better. She promptly quit her retail job and began The M List, a daily newsletter that’s kinda like the Skimm but for holistic-ish news. A freelance writer, she’s a truly cool lady that’s whip-smart and totally dow...
Oct 17, 2018•22 min
This week we sit down with Ericka Hart, a kinky, poly cancer-warrior, as well as an activist, sexuality educator, and performer. But it’s not Ericka’s impressive bio that leaves us inspired -- rather the powerful use of her voice to represent a silenced majority. If you’re interested in hearing a different cancer perspective than that shown in the mainstream media, or if you're simply looking to feel moved and empowered by a woman who speaks her truth no matter how far it falls outside the ‘cult...
Oct 04, 2018•25 min
Lauren Chiarello is not your average fitspo influencer. Oh no, this woman is a living, breathing inspiration that has kicked cancer’s butt not once, but twice (and in her 20’s no less). Through her personal wellness brand, Chi Chi Life, Lauren combines her direct experience as a cancer survivor with fitness coaching and activism to empower others to find strength and beauty in their physical bodies as they go through life’s journey -- cancer or not. Prepare to be inspired to shoot higher, work h...
Sep 19, 2018•33 min
This week we sit down with Paige More, a young woman who proves you can move mountains, even ones beginning with C. Paige is a breast cancer previvor and one of the co-founders of the non-profit, The Breasties. But what is a previvor anyway you ask? A previvor is a person with a predisposition to cancer that hasn’t actually had the disease. In Paige’s case, she made a decision to have a preventative double mastectomy after finding out she was a carrier of the BRCA1 gene mutation which drasticall...
Sep 06, 2018•53 min
Sometimes you need to listen to your body, and sometimes you need to speak up for it. Such is the story for this week’s guest, Brooke Arthur. After being repeatedly dismissed by the medical system, Brooke Arthur demanded doctors do more investigative testing. And it turns out, her feeling that something was wrong, was actually right. Brooke was diagnosed with endometrial cancer in 2017 and — thanks to her own sensing ability — has now made a full recovery. This week’s episode is one of intuition...
Aug 22, 2018•54 min
Kara Ladd is the founder of the cult ethical lifestyle brand, Boundless, an illustrious writer who regularly contributes to the New York Observer, Harper’s Bazaar, and Women’s Health, and she also had synovial sarcoma and totally kicked its ass. Kara is the kind of person you want around when you have cancer -- that person that’s walked the path, been through the ups and downs only a cancer survivor could understand, and now gleans the tools and wisdom to help others ride the wave. Some of her p...
Aug 08, 2018•32 min
After defeating cancer by transforming her lifestyle, Elissa Goodman became one of LA's premiere Cleanse Experts and Holistic Nutritionists, creating juice cleanses for such health and wellness staples like Erewhon, M Kitchen, and her own delivery service platform. Fiercely following her inner voice, she merged western and eastern practices to heal herself from Hodgkin's Lymphoma and now helps thousands of others to do the same. This week, Lindsay sits down and chats with this high priestess of ...
Jul 26, 2018•48 min
Plants are a powerful source of healing and this week, host Lindsay DeLong sits down with a woman who has experienced their benefits both in her personal and professional life. Alison Burgos is the co-founder of SEED Food & Wine festival, a week-long celebration that highlights the benefits of plant-based living, wellness, and wine (for obvious reasons). It also boasts some of the biggest names in plant-based wellness (hi Moby!) and regularly draws over 10,000 health conscious peeps to its e...
Jul 12, 2018•35 min
Welcome to the first ever episode of Cancer, Casually! Hosted by none other than our very own Managing Editor and breast cancer survivor, Lindsay DeLong, this is a podcast that’s dedicated to those going through or coming out on the other side of cancer. Lindsay feels she’s at a stage where she can talk about her journey (almost without crying) and is here to gracefully and courageously walk us through all things cancer. For our first episode, we welcome Laura Rubin to the show, a fellow survivo...
Jun 14, 2018•41 min
