20+ Years Thriving With Stage IV Cancer with Kris Carr
Self-Helpless
Crossover Media Group
4.8 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 23 September 2024
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Delanie Fischer is joined by New York Times bestselling author and wellness leader, Kris Carr, to discuss her experience thriving with stage IV cancer for over 20 years. Kris shares about the moment she received her diagnosis, how long she was given to live, and how it changed the course of her life — including her health, relationships, and career. Whether you've received a diagnosis, struggle with perfectionism around wellness, have a hard time prioritizing what matters most to you, or need a boost of courage to start something new, this episode is packed with insights.
Plus:
+ 2 Questions That Will Change Your Life
+ A Mindset Hack To Reduce Rumination
+ Kris Carr's 5 Pillars of Wellness
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| 0:00.0 | I'm no good I taking good advice and I'm self-careless so don't tell me twice that lately |
| 0:10.4 | I've been so stuck in my head that I forget just about everything my therapist said |
| 0:18.3 | maybe I'm self-helpless maybe I'm self-help helpless. Maybe we're self helpless. |
| 0:25.0 | Maybe I'm self helpless. |
| 0:27.0 | Maybe I'm self helpless. |
| 0:31.0 | Maybe we're all self-helpless. |
| 0:37.0 | Hi everyone, welcome to self-helpless. |
| 0:38.5 | I'm Delaney Fisher, and today I'm chatting with New York Times best-selling author |
| 0:42.0 | and wellness leader Chris Carr, who has been living with stage 4 cancer for 20 years. |
| 0:47.0 | Chris was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer which she'll talk more about and was originally given 10 years to live. She's now been not only living |
| 0:56.1 | with this cancer for over 20 years but really thriving with it. Chris has been on Good |
| 1:01.0 | Morning America, the Today Show, Oprah, she's given a talk as part of Oprah's Super Soul 100. |
| 1:07.0 | You've likely heard of her and seen her. She's helped millions of people around the world take charge of their health and healing. Many people have healed |
| 1:14.8 | themselves from illness because of Chris's work. So today we're talking about the moment she received |
| 1:20.2 | her diagnosis, what her life was like at that point, and how it changed her life, her health, |
| 1:25.5 | relationships, what doctor visits used to feel like and what they feel like now. |
| 1:30.4 | I mean, she really gets into a lot, how she felt when she hit that 10 year mark, you know, that original timeline she was given, how she's managed the grief and anger along with the joy and this whole new life that opened up for her. |
| 1:48.0 | She shares some of her routines and self-care practices, how she's dealt with perfectionism around wellness, how she met her husband after her diagnosis, |
| 1:56.5 | which is a really cool story, and overall what her experience has been like living with stage |
| 2:01.0 | four cancer every day for over 20 years. I really enjoyed this |
| 2:05.6 | conversation with Chris. She just has such an incredible presence which |
| 2:10.3 | you'll be able to feel in just a second and I know you're going to get a lot from her insights. |
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