The Resilient Joy Podcast

Hey there! This episode hear more about the nonprofit Brighter Community Resources - and how they co-founded this incredible organization.  Check out their website to learn more here:  https://brightercommunity.org/ Danet's Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/danet.peterson https://www.instagram.com/the.danet.peterson/ A Cure In Sight: https://acureinsight.org/?v=324d8a1d3f81 Kensi's...

In this episode, Kensi interviews Danet about her journey this year since April 2025 with an FDA approved treatment called Hepzato Kit - a treatment of chemo to the entire liver that is unique to her cancer only so far. (hopefully one day it'll be used to treat other types of cancer in the liver too!)  Tune in to hear about her experiences so far (2 treatments in) and also her recovery, some...

Hey friends! We're back! We took a bit of a break during the holidays, and then with Danet's treatment schedule going a bit haywire, we just had to slow down in the podcast department.  In this episode, Kensi and Danet chat about a concept from a book, Finish, by Jon Acuff, called "strategic incompetence" and how this has helped to just show up to life with more resilience, and...

In this episode, Danet and Kensi talk through Jan - March of Danet's battle with insurance for coverage of histotripsy for her liver tumors found on Dec 31 2024.  This vulnerable episode is an attempt to give voice to just how much Danet and her family went through in the month of January alone in just fighting for healthcare and treatment.  The good news is that since this point, an official...

In this episode, Danet and Kensi talk about their love of reading, the joy they find in a good book, and some of their most recent faves- the ACOTAR series! Join us for this book-club-feel chat, and if you have any book suggestions for us, let us know in the comments! Danet's Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/danet.peterson https://www.instagram.com/the.danet.peterson/ A Cure In Sight: h...

Kensi and Crystal continue their conversation regarding healing. We talk about what it means to be integrated and share personal examples of what it looks like to not be integrated. Crystal helps us understand how being integrated is tied to our integrity. Again, the underlying theme of this episode is to approach our journeys of self-awareness and integration with compassion and curiosity. Those...

In this episode, Kensi interviews her friend, Crystal on the lessons she has learned throughout her life. She shares her experiences with learning to offer herself compassion rather than criticism, beginning to recognize her wants and needs and how to prioritize them, and how these skills have moved her more into a position of collaboration- with herself and others, versus one of competition. Crys...

In this episode Kensi and Danet talk about the complimentary and dissonant qualities of our need for both certainty and uncertainty, how we can better create empowering certainty and uncertainty in our lives, and how we can practice tolerating the discomfort that comes from balancing the tension between our need for certainty and uncertainty. Get your Resilient Joy and Rebellious Hope candles here...

In today’s episode, Danet and Kensi discuss some foundational self- care practices. Self-awareness and self-compassion being the central components in those practices. As a reference, we use a list of self-care needs for optimal functioning that was provided to Kensi by her therapist. The list includes: 1) breath 2) sleep 3) water 4) food 5) activity 6) hygiene (Bird, 2017). If you like what you h...

In this episode, Kensi, newly minted co-host, interviews Danet about her life to date.  Areas covered in this introductory episode to rebrand the Resilient Joy podcast as a co-hosted podcast:  1. Where are you at in life right now? Family-husband and kids, job, living, etc. 2. What are you passionate about? 3. What is one of the most challenging things you have faced in your life and what has help...

Tune in to learn a little about Kensi, the other co-host of The Resilient Joy Podcast. This episode will cover some of the same questions Kensi asked Danet, but we'll get Kensi's take on it! Fun fact! Danet actually spent all of middle school and high school living in the house Kensi lived in as a kid. Crazy right!? We'll talk more about how we met next!  Thanks to tuning in and sub...

Danet Peterson, a nearly 4 year ocular melanoma survivor and host of the Resilient Joy Podcast, discusses navigating the stage IV recurrence of uveal melanoma with another ocular melanoma parent and friend, Lindsay Brown.  Tune in to hear the first part of this discussion with more to come soon! Danet's Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/danet.peterson https://www.instagram.com/the.danet....

Hi all! It's been a while! A hot minute. I wish I could have kept up with continuing my own podcast but in the midst of kids getting sick, a stage IV cancer diagnosis, and my job working for a nonprofit to aid research, and help patients with the same cancer I have been dealing with, plus I've been hard pressed to just focus on my self care and learning how to approach cancer from a natu...

In this episode, Danet explores how our emotions, usually the perceived "negative" ones, do far less damage when we allow them space and validate them, than if we ignore and stifle our emotions. Like Kreacher, and the little monster from a story book referenced, they can be understood, allowed room and validation, and evolve to be something we learn from, something we feel fully. Take a...

On this episode, Danet shares from posts and polls the many clever ideas for where to hide gifts for your kiddos so they won't be found. This month flew by too fast--apologies for the lateness of this episode! Overall lesson to be learned here? Don't use the same place twice, and be willing to move them often. A few faves: hide them in the christmas tree box! Genius! Hiding them by wrapp...

The Resilient Joy Podcast is joined by Leah Adams, speaking about her journey with skin melanoma, as well as her family's journey as  a whole. Her dad is currently battling stage 4 skin melanoma.  Leah urges everyone she comes in contact with to protect your largest organ--the skin! In the winter months, many times we forget to apply sunscreen, thinking the sun is less damaging; but it's...

In this episode, Danet shares how setting some personal boundaries in parenting with school homework have helped save her sanity as a mom. ;) Also, some working through some complicated unexpected emotions! Danet's Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/danet.peterson https://www.instagram.com/the.danet.peterson/ A Cure In Sight: https://acureinsight.org/?v=324d8a1d3f81 Kensi's Social Me...

In this episode, Danet shares about the EMDR therapy session of processing heavy fears about the future and comes to an important conclusion: You can never protect the people you love from their feelings. We all have to FEEL our feelings to build resilience in life.  Danet's Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/danet.peterson https://www.instagram.com/the.danet.peterson/ A Cure In Sight: ht...

In this episode, Danet talks about facing your fears, and processing the emotion behind fear. "Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself." Albus Dumbledore How to FEEL your fear I feel fear a lot these days--maybe you do too. & yet, fear is what keeps us alive, triggering a rush of adrenaline if we're say, being chased down by a hungry bear. This whole cancer business is...

Let's talk about certainty, and uncertainty, and how you can't have one without the other! Both certainty and uncertainty are part of the 6 human needs (disclaimer, learned this from Brad Bizjack who learned it from Tony Robbins). This means we will, as human beings, ALWAYS look for ways to fill these needs, consciously or unconsciously. We NEED certainty to survive emotionally, but we a...

In this episode, I talk about releasing our identity as defined by the hats we wear, what we do, and practicing self love and grace in tricky seasons! Danet's Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/danet.peterson https://www.instagram.com/the.danet.peterson/ A Cure In Sight: https://acureinsight.org/?v=324d8a1d3f81 Kensi's Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/Brett. Kensi/about/ https:...

Morning Mastery E BOOK LINK to follow along in this episode!  https://view.flodesk.com/pages/5fb81b247f165b94ed6386b6 subscribe and get it emailed to your inbox! Are you a morning person? Or a night owl? - Regardless here’s a few starting the day tips to help you out! - 1. Morning routine (early or not) starts the night before! I set my alarm (and my resolve) BEFORE I go to bed. I set out my pd bo...

How do you stay motivated, especially in summer? I've been getting this question a lot lately! So I figured we could talk about it!  I have to stop relying solely on willpower and hack my habits.  Having a set plan and people to do it with has been helpful before. My plan for June is to do the let’s get up dance and resistance training but I may incorporate other workouts cuZ I’m missing weig...

Taking a walk down memory lane to walk you through some of the seasons of life I've gone through, some of what helped me in those seasons, and why I want to continue sharing what I have learned through all the crazy--why I look back now and see those difficult seasons as a gift that I have to use and grow from now.  Danet's Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/danet.peterson https://ww...

Let's chat for a short couple minutes about pockets of joy--taking note of them, and making sure to plan for them on purpose! TED TALK SHAWN ACHOR HAPPINESS ADVANTAGE: https://youtu.be/GXy__kBVq1M Danet's Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/danet.peterson https://www.instagram.com/the.danet.peterson/ A Cure In Sight: https://acureinsight.org/?v=324d8a1d3f81 Kensi's Social Media:...