In this deeply heartfelt episode of INDY Foundation: Connecting Through Cancer, host Kayla Keenan explores what it truly means to surrender during a cancer journey.

Drawing from her personal experience as a caregiver to her fiancé Kyle, who battled stage four colon cancer, Kayla shares the emotional, mental, and spiritual challenges that come with letting go of what we cannot control—money, image, control itself, timelines, and even the illusion of safety.

Topics covered in this episode:

• The emotional toll of losing control after a cancer diagnosis
• How community and employer support helped ease financial stress
• The struggle of maintaining identity and image during illness
• Processing uncertainty around treatment outcomes and timelines
• Journal prompts to help you surrender expectations and find peace
• A vulnerable look into caregiving, grief, and post-diagnosis life

Whether you’re a cancer warrior, caregiver, or someone facing life’s unexpected turns, this episode will help you reflect, breathe deeper, and maybe—just maybe—let go.

Journal Prompts from the Episode:

1. What are you gripping tightly right now—control, money, image, or expectations?
2. What would happen if you loosened your grip by just 1%?
3. What’s something you’re trying to force that just isn’t working?
4. I’m afraid to surrender because...
5. But I know that if I released it, I would gain...

INDY is short for "I'm Not Done Yet," a phrase often said by the late Kyle Strand during his courageous battle with colon cancer. Kyle's four-year journey was both extremely challenging and profoundly beautiful. Though he lost his battle in July 2017, his legacy lives on through his two dying wishes: to establish the INDY Foundation and to inspire others to live every day to its fullest. In August 2017, the INDY Foundation was born, continuing Kyle's mission to support and uplift cancer warriors everywhere. Find more information here: www.indy-foundation.org

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