Ever feel like the hits just keep coming? In this episode, you’ll hear how Terri Tomoff, nominated for The Uplifters by Julie B. Hughes, got by with a little help from her friends, family, and a global community of champions during her son’s lifelong battles with recurring cancer.

When Terri Tomoff’s son Ryan was two years old, he was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia with cerebral nervous system involvement.  In the 27 years that followed, Ryan would relapse 3 times and survive tongue cancer twice as an adult.  

Their family essentially spent 8 years living in a hospital ward worried every day that they’d lose their child. Despite this, Terri found a way to “manufacture” her own sunshine through creative and athletic pursuits.  She asked for help when she needed it and relied on her friends, family, and community to prop her up.  

Terri found that keeping a photojournal of Ryan’s journey was a way she could take some control in an otherwise intractable situation.  The photojournal became the basis for her book, “The Focused Fight.”

In this episode you’ll learn practical and powerful steps for taking care of yourself and others, during even the toughest of times, including…

• [00:07:00] Ways to manufacture sunshine.

• [00:08:00] The different ways family and friends can prop you up.

• [00:11:00] Practical ways to help someone going through trying times.

• [00:11:00] How post-traumatic growth can help our healing.

• [0015:00] How Terri and her husband applied a team approach to stay solid during unthinkable challenges. 

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