When A Cancer Diagnosis Changes Everything

She Lives Freed with Brittany Dawn Nelson

Brittany Dawn Nelson

Personal Journals, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

3.3 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

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In today’s episode, we sit down for a deeply honest and hope-filled conversation about what it looks like to trust God when life takes an unexpected and heartbreaking turn. Tveen Verano shares her journey of walking through her son’s cancer diagnosis… not from a place of having it all figured out, but through surrender, grief, and steadfast faith. This conversation is a reminder that faith doesn’t always look pretty or put together. That sometimes it looks like showing up and clinging to Jesus, even when the outcome is uncertain. In this episode, we talk about: what it means to grieve and yet still have hope how God meets us in the valley, not just on the mountaintop learning to anchor our hope in Christ rather than in outcomes wrestling honestly with fear, waiting, and unanswered prayers encouragement for anyone who is barely hanging on Whether you’re a mom walking through a diagnosis, someone facing unexpected hardship, or simply in a season where faith feels heavy: this episode is for you. You are not alone sister, and Psalm 34:18 reminds us that God is near to the brokenhearted. Connect with Tveen Verano: Follow Tveen on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tveenverano.rd/ Loved this episode? If this conversation encouraged you: share it with a friend or your spouse leave a review to help other couples find it subscribe so you don’t miss future conversations My prayer is that this episode is a reminder to you that even in your most difficult chapters, God is still writing out your story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:00.3	And he rubbed my cheek and he said, why are you crying, Mommy? I'm okay.
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1:13.1	the fact that he knew something was happening to him that was affecting me. And I just, I felt like
1:18.6	that was just God's little wink at me that he's going to be okay.
1:34.8	Welcome to the Shilis Street podcast. I'm your host, Brittany Don Nelson, and this episode is not one to miss.
1:40.8	Today's guest is a woman whose story is marked not by sunshine and rainbows, but by obedience in the thick of heartbreak.
1:45.1	She is a mother who knows what it feels like to receive news and a diagnosis that changes everything and to cling to Jesus when there seems to be no clear answers. She has walked
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