{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"hol+ with Dr. Taz MD | The Future of Medicine is Holistic","title":"Living With Stage 4 Cancer for 20 Years: Integrative Oncology, Curing vs. Healing, and the Mind-Body Connection with Kris Carr","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/c3f9d3b9\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3159,"description":"Join The Circle and use code \"PODCAST\": https://holplus.co/circle/\nKris Carr was 31 when she was diagnosed with a rare, incurable stage four sarcoma. More than 20 years later, her tumors remain stable and her work has helped people around the world take a more active, compassionate role in their health.\nIn this episode of hol+ with Dr. Taz MD, Kris shares how she moved from fear and uncertainty toward self-trust, acceptance, and a whole-person definition of healing. She explains what it meant to become the CEO of her health, find doctors she trusted, explore integrative care, and change her relationship with food and her body.\nBut Kris’s biggest turning point came about 10 years into her journey. Despite good scans and a thriving career, she realized she still felt like a failure because she had not made cancer disappear. That moment led her to distinguish between curing and healing, and to begin caring for her mind and emotional life as intentionally as she cared for her physical body.\nKris and Dr. Taz discuss grief, fear, anger, trauma, perimenopause, gut health, stress, supplement overwhelm, and the five foundational wellness pillars that can make healthy living feel more practical and accessible.\nIn this episode:\nReceiving a rare stage four cancer diagnosis at 31\nBecoming the CEO of your health without rejecting medical care\nFinding supportive food and lifestyle practices through trial and error\nMaking peace with food after years of deprivation and body pressure\nMoving from what you are eating to what is eating you\nUnderstanding the difference between curing and healing\nBuilding emotional literacy around grief, anger, fear, and shame\nSimplifying wellness through five foundational pillars\nStarting with stress support and gut health when everything feels overwhelming\nAbout Kris Carr:\nKris Carr is a New York Times bestselling author, wellness leader, and cancer thriver. Her wellness journey began in 2003, when she was diagnosed with a rare stage four cancer....","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/dk3-2MWMfnX775_3EJvEAYePX2gPGqNcU4lUBYgbkNg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81OTFk/YjRmODQxYmQxMDdk/ZGY4NmNhYmQ3YWRi/ZmFmMi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}