Christine Handy: From Cancer to Courage and Inner Worth (ep. 786)
Live Inspired Podcast with John O'Leary
John O'Leary
4.9 • 672 Ratings
🗓️ 19 June 2025
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
As a high-profile model and bestselling author, Christine Handy built a life that seemed picture-perfect as she graced campaigns for iconic brands like Pepsi, Victoria's Secret, and Budweiser. And yet behind the glamour was a woman facing unimaginable trials. A breast cancer diagnosis, along with a series of painful setbacks, would strip away her identity and force her to rebuild from the inside out.
Today, Christine shares about the wrist injury that left her in chronic pain, the breast cancer diagnosis that upended her life, and the slow, sacred process of reclaiming her worth. Hear her open up about the emotional toll of losing her physical appearance, how her faith and friendships carried her through treatment, and what it means to truly see yourself (scars and all!) as beautiful.
My friends, if you’ve ever struggled to feel worthy, battled a setback you didn’t see coming, or wondered if your story still matters, this conversation is for you. You’ll leave with a renewed belief in the power of hope, a reminder that real beauty comes from within, and the courage to keep going, no matter what life throws your way.
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| 0:29.4 | In the words of Rusty Keeley, we are just getting started. |
| 0:34.3 | You can learn more about that just getting started mentality and all the work they do |
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| 0:46.4 | Welcome to the Live Inspired Podcast with John O'Leary. John is the number one national bestselling |
| 0:53.2 | author of the book On Fire. He's a world-class |
| 0:56.0 | inspirational speaker, and he's the host of the Live-inspired podcast. John interviews extraordinary |
| 1:01.5 | individuals on their life story so that you can wake up from accidental living and more fully |
| 1:07.9 | live your life story. Here's your host, John O'Leary. |
| 1:12.4 | Well, hello, my friends, and welcome to the Live Inspired podcast with John O'Leary. |
| 1:17.5 | We have for you today an incredible guest that could be celebrating with you right now that she is a best-selling author, |
| 1:24.3 | but I'm not going to brag on her. |
| 1:26.4 | I could be celebrating with you right now that |
| 1:28.1 | there's a film coming out about her life, but I don't want her to get a big head. I could be |
| 1:33.7 | celebrating with you right now that she is a supermodel. She's worked with Victoria's Secret. She's |
| 1:38.9 | walked some of the finest runways in the world. But again, I don't want her to get a big head. |
| 1:43.8 | Here's what you need to know |
| 1:44.7 | about today's guest. In being diagnosed with cancer, in experiencing the hardship of the |
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