Will Guilfoile is 29 and living with stage 4 melanoma that has spread to his brain, bones and organs. Every morning he treats it as a contest with himself. Will tells Alex Perry what he means by it's me versus me: trying to be a better son, brother and uncle than he was yesterday, and not comparing his situation to anyone else's. He shares how a skin mark hidden under his long hair in 2022 led here, what the cancer has taken from his career and social life, and why he says he wouldn't trade what it has given him.

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This season, Alex Perry On Fire is making a monetary contribution to each guest’s charity of choice. Will’s charities are Wounded Warrior Project and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Wounded Warrior Project honors and empowers post-9/11 veterans and service members who were wounded, ill or injured, along with their families, and its programs are free to those it serves. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, works to advance cures and prevention for childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases, and families never receive a bill for treatment, travel, housing or food.

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Does trauma spur creativity? Dallas glass artist Carlyn Ray asks that question about her own life. She tells Alex Perry about losing her sister Harper to brain cancer, growing up dyslexic and feeling most seen when she was making art, and living out of her car to build her glassblowing studio. Shealso talks about meeting Dale Chihuly at twelve, going on to work for him, and what grief taught her about letting herself feel.

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This season, Alex Perry On Fire is making a monetary contribution to each guest’s charity of choice. Carlyn’s charities are Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center and SPCA of Texas.

Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center works to improve the lives of abused children in Dallas County, bringing public and private partners together to investigate abuse, pursue justice, and provide therapy to children who have been hurt. Carlyn served as a chair of DCAC’s Art for Advocacy auction and saysthe kids it serves need safety, love, and "almost the cocoon oflight." SPCA of Texas is the leading animal welfare agency in North Texas, rescuing animals, running adoption, foster, and clinic programs, and investigating animal cruelty, with a mission to create a brighter future for animals, people, and the community.

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Alex Perry brings his entire family into one room: hisdad David, his mom Josephine, and his brothers Matt, Dom and Elliott. Alex gives each person one word, including nourish, expectation, love and peace, andthe answers go deeper than anyone planned. David admits he walked out when things got hard. Josephine asks her sons why they never told her how hard boarding school was. By the end, the Perrys are a family that says “I love you.”

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