Danet Peterson joins Dr. Dan Rubin for a powerful Patient Perspectives conversation about life with ocular melanoma—and how she's built a framework of resilience through uncertainty, grief, and growth.
From losing vision to managing metastatic disease, Danet shares how she navigates fear, parenthood, and healing with radical honesty.
She also opens up about her podcast work (Resilient Joy and I Believe), what conventional medicine didn’t prepare her for, and why learning to “control what you can” became a game-changer.
🔖 Chapters
00:00 – What it means to be human through cancer
00:43 – Danet’s path into coaching and podcasting
02:00 – The origin of Resilient Joy
04:00 – Resilience as a practice, not a destination
06:20 – Ocular melanoma: diagnosis and emotional fallout
08:30 – The challenges of navigating rare cancer during COVID
10:50 – Missed signs and lessons on early detection
13:00 – The weight of statistics and why she doesn’t live by them
16:00 – Metastatic diagnosis and redefining what it means to live
20:40 – Taking ownership of healing through integrative care
26:00 – Slowing down, choosing presence, and family life
34:00 – Tools for nervous system support, from EMDR to sound healing
40:00 – Current treatment, perspective shifts, and what’s next
🎙️ A conversation about resilience, self-trust, and finding joy in the mess.
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