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October 7, 2025 48 mins

What happens when you choose the harder path? Award-winning writer Erica Neubert Campbell shares her transformative breast cancer journey with host Kandas Rodarte in this powerful October breast cancer awareness episode. After watching her mother battle and lose her fight with breast cancer, Erica faced her own diagnosis with hard-won wisdom—choosing a double mastectomy over the easier lumpectomy option. Discover her life-changing nightly gratitude practice (the 5-5-5-3 method), learn how writing just one sentence per day led to publishing a vulnerable book with real surgical photos, and hear the bathroom conversation with a stranger that changed everything. From reframing broken appliances as love reminders to building "horseshoe breasties" communities, Erica proves gratitude isn't a feeling—it's a choice you make every single day, especially during life's hardest moments.

Connect with Erica Neubert Campbell

🌐 Website:  https://ericaneubertcampbell.com 

📖 Book: https://amzn.to/4gYzVgP (affiliate link) 

🖇️ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erica-neubert-campbell-936279/ 

📝 Show Notes: https://kandasrodarte.com/292 

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