S4: Ep 9 - Cassie Walker Johnson on the Covid pivot of cancer
Release Date: 07/14/2022
Inside Seattle Politics: A Conversation with City Council President Sara Nelson
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This episode is a little different — and honestly, one of the most meaningful conversations I’ve had on the podcast. It all started when someone threw a rock through the window of my husband’s pediatric dental office in Green Lake. That incident led me down an unexpected path of navigating city programs, talking to local leaders, and eventually, sitting across from Sara Nelson, President of the Seattle City Council. Sara joined me in my home studio for a candid, unfiltered conversation about what it really takes to lead in this city — and why she’s running for a second term. We...
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Let It Be Beautiful: Navigating Grief, Love, and Legacy with Sydney Mintle
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Sometimes the most heartbreaking moment of your life became your most beautiful lesson. In this episode, I sit down with fashion publicist, writer, and mom Sydney Mintle to talk about love, loss, and what it means to face death with presence and peace. Sydney’s husband, Jeff, was diagnosed with glioblastoma—an aggressive form of brain cancer—and within just over a year, he passed away. But this isn’t just a story about loss. It’s about how one family chose beauty over bitterness, honesty over fear, and how Jeff’s legacy continues to bloom—literally. From parenting through grief...
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The Balanced Athlete: Mental Health, Bipolar, and Building Resilience with Dr. Jud Heugel
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What happens when you spend your whole life performing at the highest level, only to realize, in midlife, that you've been quietly carrying a mental health condition that almost no one talks about? In this episode, I am joined by Jud Heugel: pediatrician, health tech CMO, father, ultra-endurance athlete, and now—mental health advocate. After years of living in silence, Jud opens up about his journey with bipolar disorder, why he kept it hidden, and what changed when he decided it was finally time to share his truth. What started as a casual chat about podcasting turned into one of...
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Will AI Save Us or Replace Us? Martha Brockenbrough on the Future We’re Creating
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What if artificial intelligence is not just the next innovation—but the final one? If you've felt overwhelmed, under-informed, or just plain scared about AI and what it means for your future and your children’s—this is the episode you need to hear. In this eye-opening episode, I sit down with author Martha Brockenbrough to explore the real impact AI is already having on our lives—and the terrifying potential it holds for the future. Martha, author of Future Tense: How We Made Artificial Intelligence—and How It Will Change Everything, helps break down incredibly complex...
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Fail Big, Show Up, Stay Real: Cara Rosellini on Midlife, Motherhood & Making It in Comedy
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We’re three episodes into this season, and I’m so excited to bring you this conversation with my friend Cara Rosellini—standup comedian, writer, actress, mom, and just an overall phenomenal human. This episode is a bit of a departure—it’s less of an interview and more of a candid chat between two women trying to figure out what it means to show up, be vulnerable, and create something new in middle age. Cara and I talk about: – Coming back to work and creativity after years away – What it’s really like to navigate social media and self-promotion when you’re 40+ – The...
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The Psychology of Power: Lessons from an FBI Agent with Maria Witkop
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How do we truly understand power? And what happens when we reframe the way we give—and take—permission in our lives? In this episode, I sit down with Maria Witkop, a former FBI agent, author of Reach: Rewriting the Story of Power, and a woman with an incredible story of resilience, intuition, and human connection. I have to admit, I was more intimidated by this interview than any I’ve done before. I mean, how do you sit across from someone trained to see right through people? But from the moment she walked into the studio, Maria defied every expectation I had. ...
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Midlife Makeover: The Truth About Botox, Fillers & Skincare with Audi Padmasuta, SkinSpirit
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OK everyone, as my favorite podcaster Danny Pelligrino says, pull over if you’re driving. This episode is one of my absolute favorites because we’re talking about something that seems to be of interest to a lot of middle aged people - how do I look my absolute best? With such an overwhelming amount of options on every spa menu, I figured more people than just me might want to know the details of every procedure out there. The are SO MANY OPTIONS available on how to fight the aging process - injections, lasers, threading, body contouring, GIVE ME IT ALLLLLL! Here we go. We also segue into...
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Dr. Dinello
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Welcome to Season 5 of Right in Front of My Face! It's been a long time coming, but here I am, back in action with my latest fascination and topic - middle age. This new season is all about my coming to terms with being closer to 50 than 40, and asking the questions that we all seem to have as we cruise - or crash - directly into the middle of our lives. This season starts with Dr. Katie Dinello, functional medicine doctor. I'd always been skeptical of anything other than Western medicine right up until I had a major change in my body that my healtcare team couldn't...
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S4: Ep 10 - Kia Guarino, Executive Director of Pro-Choice WA on taking action post Roe V. Wade
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In the nation's biggest Covid pivot, Roe V. Wade was overturned on June 24th and I knew that I wanted to address it as the last episode of season 4. Kia Guarino, Executive Director of Pro-Choice Washington, the only agency in WA State whose sole focus is on "political and legislative adovcacy for reproductive freedom in WA State," sits down with me to discuss how this happened and what we can do to move forward. The reversal of Roe V. Wade is done and there is currently a federal abortion ban on the table, so policy is one of the only tools we have to keep abortion accessible to all...
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S4: Ep 9 - Cassie Walker Johnson on the Covid pivot of cancer
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Today we're talking about the most personal of Covid pivots. My podcast sponsor Cassie Walker-Johnson is with me today to discuss her covid pivot of a breast cancer diagnoses. Cassie is my friend. She is a successful real estate agent, she's a mom, a wife, an incredible connector and networker and in December of 2020 she got a call that 1 in 7 women will get - the call from the doctor telling her she has cancer. Over the next hour, Cassie is going to share her experience so please know we talk about cancer, surgery and chemo. We also talk about helping...
info_outlineToday we're talking about the most personal of Covid pivots. My podcast sponsor Cassie Walker-Johnson is with me today to discuss her covid pivot of a breast cancer diagnoses.
Cassie is my friend. She is a successful real estate agent, she's a mom, a wife, an incredible connector and networker and in December of 2020 she got a call that 1 in 7 women will get - the call from the doctor telling her she has cancer.
Over the next hour, Cassie is going to share her experience so please know we talk about cancer, surgery and chemo. We also talk about helping our sisters that get diagnosed and about how we can best serve each other. Cassie's mom asked me if this was going to be a "silver lining" podcast and I assure you it is. It's the most honest conversation about cancer I've ever had, and I hope you learn as much from it as I did.
This interview is meant to serve as a tool. Cassie wants her experience to help others who get this diagnosis and remind us that there are silver linings even in cancer.