Beating Breast Cancer While Raising $10M | Vanessa Rissetto on The Future of Medicine

In this episode of Failing Up, I sit down with Vanessa Rissetto, CEO and co-founder of Culina Health — a registered dietitian, founder, mother, and certified badass — to talk about what she learned while battling breast cancer while raising $10M to build her company. This is a conversation about resilience, systems that fail us, and what real health actually looks like when the stakes are life-or-death.We unpack the uncomfortable truths about modern healthcare: – The hidden biases inside the medical system – Whether “automated doctors” and AI should replace human care – How obesity actually evolved (and what GLP-1s get right — and wrong) – Why your microbiome diversity matters more than you think – And why holistic health beats over-medicating every timeFollow Us On IG: https://www.instagram.com/failinguppp/?hl=enListen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3KMsmkqvycGgoXZDjoM6Py?si=6e40e75d54374c08Listen On Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/failing-up/id1771458449Timestamps:0:00 - Intro1:00 – Experiencing breast cancer8:00 – Biases in the medical field14:00 – Are automated doctors the future?17:00 – Obesity, GLP-1s, and metabolic health24:00 – Why microbiome diversity matters34:00 – Holistic health vs. over-medication50:00 – Speed round: health facts vs myths55:00 - Thanks Vanessa for joining! #podcast #selfimprovement #failure #success #entrepreneurship #technology #ai