Today's guest is Sally Orange MBE, former British Army Major and physiotherapist turned fruit dressing adventure athlete, mental health campaigner and charity fundraiser. Diagnosed in 2025 with breast cancer, she has faced her experience with hope, moving forward openly and unapologetically.

Sally has completed over 85 marathons, including The London Marathon and the Everest Marathon, both between diagnosis and surgery!! She has completed the 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days, and even ran to all of her chemo sessions.

We talk about silver linings, mental health challenges, of course running, finding gratitude always, and so much more.

I've gotten lots of mental advice for the marathon I will be running this year from Sally, and there are so many great nuggets for life in this conversation. I'm so excited for you all to tune in!

Resources:

Sally's Website: www.sallyorange.com

Sally's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sallyorangembe/

Sally's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sally-orange-mbe-95948741/

Sally's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sally.orange.942

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Today's guest is Jonathan Gegerson, author, speaker, and advocate for those diagnosed with cancer. Jonathan was diagnosed in 2019 with very rare salivary duct carcinoma and has endured over 200 chemo cycles, 67 radiation sessions and 7 major surgeries over the past 6 years. His goal is to inspire others to be thankful for what they have, help them embrace the suffering and turn it into victory. He recently published Perspective C, sharing the power of words, time, love, and suffering.

We talk about how cancer can affect even the healthiest people, the importance of second opinions, facing recurrences with positivity and humor, the marathon vs. sprint journey of cancer, putting things in perspective, and so much more!

Jonathan is one of the most positive people I've ever met and his outlook on life is so inspiring. What a conversation to kick off 2026!

Resources:

More of Jonathan's Story: https://breakingcancernews.com/2025/10/13/salivary-duct-carcinoma-treatments-are-evolving-and-dentists-can-help/

Jonathan's Book Perspective C: https://a.co/d/37WWbY0

Jonathan's Email: jonathangegerson@gmail.com

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I wanted to take this first episode of 2026 to reflect on the last 104 episodes over the past almost 2 years of the show. There have been some amazing conversations and incredible humans that I've had the absolute pleasure of chatting with. I'm sharing some of the highlights and great things so many of my guests have accomplished, all during or after a cancer diagnosis.

I hope you enjoy this look back and remember with me, while also looking forward to what's to come in 2026. Below are some of the books and non-profits we mentioned. Please check them out!!

Happy New Year!!

Books

Flat Please by Ellyn Winters

The Unlikely Gift of Breast Cancer by Diane Simard

The Guys Guide to Everything Breast Cancer by Rick Baker

Welcome to Katie's Brain by Katie Smith

Light Through Darkness by Harriet Cabelly

Positively Altered by Dr. Cindy Howard

Overcoming Life's Toughest Challenges by Andy Campbell

But is it the Bad Kind by Rachel Orgel

Boo Bear's Big Day by Jodi Novak

Cancering by Lauren Huffmaster

Cancer Ramblings by Sandy Duarte

Cancer Stories of Hope by Kevin Donaghy

A Breast Cancer Journey by Jennifer Douglas

I AM ALIVE by Nathalie Latham

Finding Hope and Joy in Cancer by Amanda Gunville

Non-Profits

https://www.hodgkinsinternational.com/

https://www.surviveandthrivecr.org/

https://liveradvocates.org/

https://imermanangels.org/

https://theolandusfoundation.org/

https://adventurefound.org/

https://www.myeloma.org/

https://www.prostatenetwork.org/

https://malebreastcancerhappens.org/

https://testicularcancersociety.org/

https://www.sitesandinsights.org/

https://beckybakerfoundation.org/

https://www.facebook.com/thecrownandgloryproject/?locale=tl_PH

https://askellyn.ai/

https://twistoutcancer.org/

https://epicexperience.org/

https://www.theboobytrapfoundation.org/