Episodes

What does it look like when a man who is wired to strategize and stay in control faces a diagnosis he never expected? Male breast cancer is rarely discussed, yet it carries the same weight of fear, uncertainty, and identity s...

What does hope look like when a young mother hears the word cancer for the first time? We welcome Marissa Henley, cancer survivor, author, speaker, and mother of three, to share her story of faith, fear, and long-term healing...

What happens when the person shaping future nurses suddenly becomes the patient? Dr. Lorraine Frazier, Dean of the Columbia University School of Nursing and a nationally respected nursing leader, joins Darcie Wells to share h...

What happens when caregiving, grief, and love all collide at once? Christina Napoleon is a number one bestselling author, certified grief educator, keynote speaker, and the world’s leading positive widow coach. After caring f...

What happens when the holidays arrive while you’re still healing from cancer? In this solo reflection, host Darcie Wells, President and CEO of CanCare, speaks directly to cancer survivors and caregivers who feel out of sync w...

What helps a caregiver stay steady when cancer changes everything? Caregivers carry so much of the emotional weight of cancer, yet their needs are often overlooked. In this powerful episode, Darcie Wells joins the Community O...

How do you hold on to hope when cancer returns years later? Meet Don, a two-time thyroid cancer survivor, CanCare volunteer, and ministry leader whose journey runs on faith, family, and service. His first diagnosis came at 22...

What happens when medical care meets human connection? Darcie Wells, President & CEO of CanCare, joins Health Uncensored with Dr. Drew Pinsky, along with Susan Sabo Wagner, VP of Clinical Innovation at American Oncology Netwo...

How do you turn unbearable loss into lasting impact? Andrea Wilson Woods, patient advocate, speaker, and founder of Blue Fairy: The Adrienne Wilson Liver Cancer Association , shares the powerful legacy of her sister Adrienne’...

How do you choose hope when your diagnosis says stage four? Kristina Keller is a single mother, speaker, and author of Touch Your Ta-Tas!: My Story of Faith, Hope, and Healing Through Stage 4 Breast Cancer. She was diagnosed ...

What helps when treatment ends but the feelings don’t? Shayla Martin is a breast cancer survivor, Chief Wellness Officer, certified meditation practitioner, and co-founder of a startup. She brings both lived experience and pr...

What do you do when cancer treatment ends but the fear, uncertainty, and questions remain? Licensed therapist Dr. Bonnie Hubert from the Memorial Hermann Canopy Cancer Survivorship Center joins host Darcie Wells to explore wh...

At just 19 years old, while a sophomore in college, Adam VanDeventer heard the words no teenager expects to face: Stage 3 non-Hodgkin’s large B-cell lymphoma. What followed was a season of uncertainty and courage, where the n...

We sit down with Dr. Katy Rezvani, world-renowned physician-scientist, leader, and innovator in cancer immunotherapy. She’s pioneering groundbreaking research at MD Anderson Cancer Center in cell therapy that is transforming ...

Award-winning artist and cancer survivor Sandy Duarte opens up about how cancer disrupted every part of her life but ultimately became a profound teacher. She shares the raw, yet beautiful truth of her experience, from the sh...

What does it mean to find joy after a cancer diagnosis? Not just once treatment ends, but in the middle of the journey, when life feels uncertain, when everything has changed, and when hope feels fragile. In this special epis...

Greg King was in his 30s, building a new chapter of life, when a testicular cancer diagnosis changed everything. In this episode, Greg speaks candidly about fear, isolation, brain fog, and the disorienting question of how to ...

Some seasons remind us just how much hope is out there. In this solo episode, Darcie reflects on the extraordinary ripple effect of National Cancer Survivors Month. A month spent celebrating survivorship, resilience, and the ...

In this special episode, recorded on-location at SheSpace in Houston, three remarkable cancer survivors Shawntell, Renee, and Keith come together for an unforgettable panel conversation. With over 40 years of combined survivo...

What does it mean to lead with both clinical expertise and deep compassion, especially when you’ve experienced the waiting room not only as a nurse, but as a family member? What does it mean to lead with both knowledge and co...

Lillian Vanvieldt-Grey is a powerhouse in every sense of the word; a senior executive, a fierce advocate, and a stage III breast cancer survivor turned thriver. In this episode, Lillian opens up about her diagnosis, the early...

What happens when the person guiding others through adversity suddenly faces her own? In this deeply moving episode, we sit down with Harriet Cabelly. She’s a therapist, grief counsellor, and author who found herself on the o...

At just 24 years old, Maddy was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma: an unexpected event that changed everything. Now 31, she’s a certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach using her experience to guide others post-treatment ...

In this special 35th anniversary episode of Hope in the Face of Cancer, host Darcie sits down for three inspiring conversations with the women who have shaped CanCare’s past, present, and future. You’ll hear from: Anne Turnag...