Owning Your Cancer Story | The Cancer Journey Podcast | Episode 130In this deeply personal episode of The Cancer Journey Podcast, Shariann shares the full arc of her own cancer journey, five separate diagnoses over more than two decades, and what she learned from each one. She and Alicia talk about the exhaustion of running toward an end zone that keeps moving, the emotional toll of a stem cell transplant, and the decision to stop treatment when quality of life mattered more than simply extending it. The conversation moves into the idea that cancer's real "Big C" isn't cancer itself but change, and why embracing that change, rather than resisting it, is what actually carries someone through the hardest parts of a cancer journey. They also talk about needing a bigger reason to keep going than simply finishing treatment, discovering purpose through the experience, and what it means to own your story instead of being owned by it. This is an honest, moving conversation about survivorship, identity, and emotional healing.Chapters:0:00 Intro and weekly check-in2:14 The first diagnosis: Hodgkin's lymphoma and "Cancer Light"6:47 The stem cell transplant and losing a sense of self11:33 Recurrence after recurrence: cancers two through four16:21 A fifth cancer, and the shift to a solid tumor20:35 Reflecting on 25 years and what the body has carried22:29 Needing a bigger want than just finishing treatment24:23 Discovering purpose: fierce love as a driving force27:31 The Big C is change, not cancer28:39 Change is inevitable, and how coaching moves you through it29:32 Owning your story instead of leading with it30:15 Closing thoughtsNew episodes of The Cancer Journey Podcast drop weekly.#CancerJourneyPodcast #HealingPodcast #SelfDiscoveryPodcast #CancerPodcast #Cancer