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Healing Beyond Treatment: Energy Medicine, Emotional Health, and Cancer Recovery

Not Today Cancer

Release Date: 12/29/2025

Sleep After Cancer: Yes, You Can Sleep Again (Creating a Sleep Sanctuary + The Sleep Divorce Story) show art Sleep After Cancer: Yes, You Can Sleep Again (Creating a Sleep Sanctuary + The Sleep Divorce Story)

Not Today Cancer

Sleep after cancer can feel impossible. Hormone changes, trauma, anxiety, night sweats, cortisol spikes, medications, and nervous system dysregulation can completely change the way your body experiences rest. And if you’re lying awake at night thinking, “Why can’t I sleep like I used to?”...you’re not broken. Your body is just trying to protect you. In this episode, Jen shares a powerful, hopeful truth: Yes, you can sleep again. Not by forcing it. Not by controlling it. But by teaching your nervous system that it’s safe again. This conversation dives into the real reasons sleep...

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Life After Cancer: Gut Health, Stress, Healing & Finding Joy with Michelle Patidar show art Life After Cancer: Gut Health, Stress, Healing & Finding Joy with Michelle Patidar

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In this powerful and deeply real conversation, Michelle Patidar shares her journey as a cancer survivor and health coach, reflecting on her diagnosis of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma at just 32 years old and the life-altering path that followed. Michelle opens up about the physical, emotional, and mental layers of healing — and how recovery goes far beyond treatment. From rebuilding her health through gut support and nutrition, to learning how unmanaged stress impacts the body, to the emotional work of therapy, journaling, and identity shifts after cancer. This episode is a grounded, honest look...

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Life After Breast Cancer: Survivorship, Health Anxiety, and Finding Beauty After Treatment show art Life After Breast Cancer: Survivorship, Health Anxiety, and Finding Beauty After Treatment

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In this episode, Jen Delvaux speaks with Courtney Line about her journey after breast cancer, reflecting on the challenges and triumphs experienced four years post-diagnosis. They discuss the importance of community, the impact of lifestyle changes, and the ongoing struggles with health anxiety and hormonal changes. Courtney shares her insights on managing stress, the significance of gratitude, and the lessons learned about relationships during and after treatment. The conversation emphasizes the reality of life after cancer, highlighting both the difficulties and the beauty that can emerge...

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The Aftermath: Purpose, Marriage, and Life Years After a Diagnosis show art The Aftermath: Purpose, Marriage, and Life Years After a Diagnosis

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In this Lifer Update, Jen and Darren share an honest look at life years after a cancer diagnosis. This conversation goes beyond survival and into the aftermath...the part few people prepare you for. They talk openly about their recent move and why it felt aligned for this season of life, how purpose can shift after a diagnosis, and the role changes that naturally happen within a marriage when both partners are forever changed. This episode is raw, reflective, and real. It’s for anyone who has been through a diagnosis—or loves someone who has—and is navigating the quieter, more complex...

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Healing Beyond Treatment: Energy Medicine, Emotional Health, and Cancer Recovery show art Healing Beyond Treatment: Energy Medicine, Emotional Health, and Cancer Recovery

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What happens when a physician trained in conventional medicine is personally confronted with cancer...not as a doctor, but as a mother? In this deeply moving and eye-opening episode, Dr. Lise Marie Irving shares how her daughter’s cancer diagnosis changed everything. Reshaping her understanding of healing, medicine, and the human body’s innate intelligence. In this episode, we explore: Dr. Irving’s transition from conventional medicine to energy healing after her daughter’s cancer journey Why the emotional and psychological impact of cancer is often minimized in treatment plans ...

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What I’d Tell Her Now: 10 Things I Wish I Knew at Diagnosis show art What I’d Tell Her Now: 10 Things I Wish I Knew at Diagnosis

Not Today Cancer

As I approach my five-year cancerversary, I found myself reflecting on the woman I was the day I heard the words “you have cancer.” In this solo episode, I speak directly to her...and to every woman walking this road right now. Whether you’re newly diagnosed, in treatment, or years out, this episode is a reminder that you’re not alone—and that life after cancer can still be meaningful, joyful, and deeply aligned. 🩷 In This Episode, I Share: Why you don’t need to be “brave” right after diagnosis How life doesn’t go back to normal, but it does move forward Why...

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Breathwork for Anxiety After Cancer: Simple Ways to Get Out of Fight-or-Flight show art Breathwork for Anxiety After Cancer: Simple Ways to Get Out of Fight-or-Flight

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After a cancer diagnosis, many women find themselves living in a constant state of fight-or-flight — even long after treatment ends. Anxiety, overwhelm, shallow breathing, and feeling “on edge” can become the new normal. In this solo episode of Not Today Cancer, I’m sharing why breathwork has become one of the most powerful (and accessible) healing tools in my own journey — and why it might be exactly what your nervous system needs right now. I love meditation and truly believe in its power. But what I’ve realized is that many women skip calming practices altogether because they...

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The Energy We’re Bringing Into This Next Chapter show art The Energy We’re Bringing Into This Next Chapter

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Year-End Vision Casting: The Energy We’re Bringing Into This Next Chapter In this heartfelt year-end episode, Jen and Darren sit down together to reflect on the past year — the growth, the challenges, the unexpected expansion — and cast a vision for what they want their next chapter to feel like. This isn’t about resolutions or pressure. It’s about intention. It’s about alignment. It’s about creating a life that supports healing, peace, and purpose. Together, Jen and Darren talk through: ✨ What surprised them most this year — including the personal and business growth that...

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My Ultimate Non-Toxic Favorites (Black Friday Edition!) show art My Ultimate Non-Toxic Favorites (Black Friday Edition!)

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In today’s Black Friday special episode, I’m sharing my ultimate list of non-toxic products that I use every single day — the things that supported me after my cancer diagnosis, improved my sleep, reduced toxins in our home, and honestly just make life feel better. These make amazing gifts… and most of them are on sale for Black Friday. Inside this episode, I cover my favorite: 🕯️ Clean candles 🌿 Skincare & makeup 💗 Post-cancer bras & intimates ❄️ Sleep tools 🔴 Red light therapy ⚡ Wellness devices 🏋️ Daily health tools 🍳 Non-toxic cookware Whether...

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What Women Aren’t Being Told About Menopause After Cancer — A Conversation with Dr. Mindy Goldman show art What Women Aren’t Being Told About Menopause After Cancer — A Conversation with Dr. Mindy Goldman

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If you’ve ever been told to “just deal with it” after a breast cancer diagnosis… this episode will feel like a breath of fresh air. Today I’m joined by Dr. Mindy Goldman, Chief Clinical Officer at Midi Health, internationally recognized menopause expert, and one of the leading voices on survivorship and women’s midlife health. She’s spent decades helping breast cancer survivors navigate the side effects no one prepares you for — from painful sex and vaginal dryness to surgical menopause, HRT questions, weight changes, and the emotional toll of treatment. We dive into: Vaginal...

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What happens when a physician trained in conventional medicine is personally confronted with cancer...not as a doctor, but as a mother?

In this deeply moving and eye-opening episode, Dr. Lise Marie Irving shares how her daughter’s cancer diagnosis changed everything. Reshaping her understanding of healing, medicine, and the human body’s innate intelligence.

In this episode, we explore:

  • Dr. Irving’s transition from conventional medicine to energy healing after her daughter’s cancer journey

  • Why the emotional and psychological impact of cancer is often minimized in treatment plans

  • How energy medicine supports the body’s natural ability to heal

  • How holistic approaches can complement conventional cancer care

  • The role of stress, emotional health, and nervous system regulation in recovery

  • How generational and inherited trauma can influence disease risk

  • Why finding purpose and meaning can support healing

This episode is for anyone navigating a cancer diagnosis personally or alongside a loved one who senses there is more to healing than protocols alone.

A reminder: You are not broken. Your body is communicating. And healing can happen on many levels.

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