Kickin' Cancer Cares

Mikki Meisner, the Kickin' Cancer GUIDE for the Vancouver WA Community and winner of the 2023 "Brenda Farris Award", joins Amanda and Baron to talk about how Vancouver is doing, along with how your first GoTeam event went for Robert Romero.  Mikki also announces her second GoTeam... Morgan Berg.

Kacey McCallister adds to a discuss about gaining an anti-cancer mindset and how lots of things in life are hard. So "Choose YOUR hard"  has become a great motto.

Kacey McCallister joins Amanda and Baron to share stories of doing the Spartan Trifecta in 2019 and how even with no legs he does these because he CAN.  This "Nothing is Impossible" attitude inspired Baron in his 50s to go for the Trifecta.

Linnsey McCallister, current Miss Oregon, joins Amanda and Baron to talk about her platform and person story dealing with several critical illnesses and how she wants to make sure people know they are NOT alone in this journey, which matches Kickin' Cancer's message so well. 

Stacey Ann, an former member of the Kickin Cancer board, joins Amanda and Baron from Arkansas to add her thoughts on the movement from the days she got involved (2020) to now and where she sees it going. 

Baron shares how 4 shirts in Feb '18 for a KGW interview has grown to over 5000 shirts globally. PLUS he shares how God has thread a path for Baron to follow of different people, who's desire to help someone else and now the movement has gone from West coast to East coast.

Baron was introduced to Ashlie Morris almost a year ago. After months of just stopping in to leave Ashlie flyers for KickinCancer she began asking about the resources KickinCancer was connected with for her own health. This lead to Ashlie joining the radio show in early April '24. She believed the podcast would do well as a YouTube channel, so by the end of April she  was part of the staff.  Ashli...

Amanda and Baron are joined by Grant Buehler who echoes several  stories of perseverance and his own personal journey to do a lot of  STUFF even though he is in a wheelchair.

Amanda and Baron get a surprise call from Brenda Farris, co-founder of Kickin' Cancer. Baron and Brenda remember how after they did the Warrior Dash in May 2018 there was ONE more person they could support as they prepared for a Spartan race. Then ONE more was sent their way as they prepared for a Lovin' Run (5k Stride) which lead to the creation of what is now a non-profit, Kickin' Cancer. Brenda...

Melissa ad Casey continue their discussion with Amanda and Baron with some great examples of how the colon hydro therapy has benefitted some of their clients.  One of the examples is Casey, who is a survivor of Stage 4 Large B Cell non-hodgins lymphoma.  Casey shares her own story with us. 

Amanda and Baron go on location to the Silver Falls Wellness Center to talk to Melissa and Casey about PREVENTION being the key.   With colon cancer being the #1 cancer deaths in the US for males under 50, and #2 for women under 50, we discuss how a colon hydro therapy machine can have great benefit for everyone.

As a man of faith, after going to a powerful prayer session, Georges Cordoba shares how he received two pieces of good news. One he was not going to need the surgery on his brain, because two the two tumors were GONE.

Georges Cordoba calls to join the show from New Mexico as he shares his journey from Venezula to the US then finding out he has malignant melanoma that required 10 surgeries as this skin cancer went into his brain. 

Roxanne Castillo joins Amanda and Baron to recount her own GoTeam... experience with Kickin' Cancer, how Kickin' Cancer met her and what they were able to do to assist her son. Huge shout out to Gracie's Sweets ice cream truck and Danny Sommers with Advantage Heating and Air Conditioning for their help.

Baron shares with Amanda how he met Doreen Davidson, after ending a previous GoTeam... campaign and what Kickin' Cancer was able to do to assist her journey. Read her story at https://kicking-cancer.org/blog/cant-steal-my-joy-2/  

Baron shares Lisa Walker's cancer journey story. Read this story at https://kicking-cancer.org/blog/hope/ Victoria also shares her story, which can be read at https://kicking-cancer.org/blog/be-tenacious/ Victoria also shares how KickinCancer has come to represent the POWER of support and GIVING hope.

Victoria Shinn joins Amanda and Baron to share her version of how she and Baron met in July 2018.  Victoria also shares the connection she helped make with Lisa Walker, co-owner of the Volcanoes, in 2019 leading to KickinCancer getting involved in Cancer Awareness Weekend, an event Lisa started in 2002 gaining her national recognition from Major League Baseball.

Ali, Amanda and Baron continue their conversation about good health with three simple steps you can take now to improve your health.  Watch Ali's seminar at https://kicking-cancer.org/project/healthy-habits/

Ali Virtue, a functional nutritionist, joins Amanda and Baron to talk about the reality of the society we live in when it comes to good health with an analogy of a LAZY RIVER and how we have literally convinced ourselves right out of good health.

Derrik continues the discussion with Amanda and Baron as he describes his role at the Knight Institute AND how many communities he is able to touch.

Derrik Zebroski, from the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, joins Amanda and Baron, as they talk about the mission at the Knight Institute along with some of the bold actions they are taking to eliminate cancer.

Kate Villwock gives some great tips on "pull yourself out" of stressful situations along with how to use gentle somatic yoga to get proper rest. You can also watch the YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@KickinCancer

Kate Villwock joins Amanda and Baron in a discussion about how to REDUCE your STRESS. Kate explains the difference between Hyper Arrousal and Hypo Arrousal, how to recognize what's happening in your life, and the Stress Cycle we all need to get through. Go to https://kicking-cancer.org/project/issues-live-in-our-tissues/ for one of Kate's resources seminars.

Yuriy, Baron and Amanda continue their conversation about cancer in the US versus Russia with some theories on why Skin is #1 and Lung is #2 in Russia. Some interesting correlation observations including an attitude of mistrust to the medical profession. Yuriy also shares some advise, in Russian.

Yuriy Murashko joins Amanda and Baron for a discussion about cancer rates in Russia, where Yuriy grew up until age 11, versus the United States. The highest prevalence is currently in Moldovia, which leads to a great discussion about rural versus the urban areas of Russia.