Your Guide to Integrative Cancer Care
The Cancer Pod: Integrative Medicine Talk
Navigating a cancer diagnosis, treatment, or recovery comes with complex decisions, unpredictable side effects, and daily challenges—but it doesn't have to feel completely heavy or overwhelming. The Cancer Pod is an integrative oncology podcast designed to provide patients, survivors, and caregivers with practical, evidence-based tools, unfiltered conversations, and just the right amount of humor to keep things a little less scary.
Recent Episodes
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Sept. 2, 2026
Can Exercise Actually Fight Cancer? The Science of Movement with JC Rodriguez
Can working out actually change what's happening inside your body during cancer treatment? Dr. Leah Sherman sits down with certified clinical exercise physiologist JC Rodriguez to unpack the real science behind exercise and cancer—including how movement may redirect blood flow away from tumors, alter tumor metabolism, and boost immune surveillance. JC breaks down what this looks like in practice: how to move through severe fatigue with “mentally small” wins like a 5-minute walk or in-...
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Aug. 19, 2026
Sound Healing with Sandy Duarte
Sandy Duarte is an award-winning actress, author, Stage IV non-Hodgkin lymphoma survivor, registered yoga instructor, and one of OncoDaily's 2026 Top 100 Most Influential Cancer Survivors. While undergoing aggressive chemotherapy, she turned to crystal singing bowls to calm her nervous system.
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Aug. 5, 2026
End-of-Life Planning with Dr. Susan Abernethy
Death is a topic most of us avoid...until we can’t. But what if talking about it early actually gave us more peace, not less? In this episode, Leah sits down with Dr. Susan Abernethy, founder of Mudança Healing, to discuss planning now for the inevitable.
Recent Blog Posts
April 22, 2026
How to Recover From Any Surgery Smoothly
The Five "Must Dos" to Heal from Surgery (A blog post based on the episode: Optimize Surgery Recovery: An Integrative Approach) Facing surgery can feel like you're on the receiving end of an event, like it's beyond your control. Between the steril…
Jan. 14, 2026
The Cherry Bomb: a Mocktail for Dry January
Dry January Mocktail: The Cherry Bomb, A Mocktail with Benefits If you’re participating in Dry January (or Sober October) this year, you’ve probably noticed something: most mocktails are basically sparkling juice with a fancy ice cube. They’re swee…
Jan. 3, 2026
Alcohol and Cancer
The Hidden Risks of Alcohol For many people, having a drink now and then is part of social life. We get that, sometimes you weigh the risk and the benefit, and you take the risk. That's the privilege of having choice! Alcohol can help people rela…