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Grace Wethor on Living Out Loud and Turning Her Story into a Voice for Kids with Brain Cancer

Grace Wethor on Living Out Loud and Turning Her Story into a Voice for Kids with Brain Cancer

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"It's not that this experience got rid of the fear. It's that the only thing scarier than trying something was the idea that I might not have the chance to try it at all." — Grace Wethor Grace Wethor is an award-winning actress, director, bestselling author, and brain cancer legislation advocate. Diagnosed at 13 with an inoperable brainstem glioma and an 8% survival chance, Grace and her mother moved to LA and built a life around one motto: every day is an adventure. Now 24, Grace has given a TED Talk, written bestselling novel Seven Thompson & the Art of Remembering, directed film, Saving Buddy Charles, and has become a leading voice for pediatric brain cancer awarness advocacy and funding on Capitol Hill. In this episode, Grace opens up about the six months she was given to live at only 13 years old, the decision to chase every day like it might be her last, and the concept of "challenging context" that reshaped how she sees her diagnosis. She shares how she found community through a hashtag search, why she wrote a viral novel about a boy with no memory instead of a girl with a brain tumor, and what it meant to grieve the ordinary life she never got to live. Grace also unpacks the hardest truth of her advocacy: brain cancer research isn't short on ideas or committed doctors — it's short on funding and attention. What we explore in this episode: (02:17) Diagnosed at 13 with an inoperable brainstem tumor, an 8% survival chance, and the overnight move to LA that changed everything (11:56) "Challenging context": the TED Talk concept that lets you decide what your own story means (18:49) Finding community by searching a hashtag on Instagram, and the book of survivor essays Grace self-published to make sure no one else felt alone (29:16) Sonder, and what it means to remember everyone around you is fighting a battle you can't see (37:57) How one screenshotted passage from Seven Thompson & the Art of Remembering went viral on TikTok overnight and hit the bestseller lists (43:08) Reaching her 10-year cancer-free milestone, throwing the prom she never got to have, and learning to grieve the life she didn't live (51:00) Why brain cancer research isn't short on ideas or trials — it's short on funding and awareness (55:56) Going back to school to study neuroscience at Harvard, so she could finally understand the tumor living in her own brain Connect with Grace thegracewethor.com thegracewethor.com @gracewethor on IG Seven Thompson & the Art of Remembering (book) Saving Buddy Charles (streaming free on Tubi) Connect with Nathalie: AllOverAgainPodcast.com @AllOverAgainPodcast on IG LinkedIn
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