E66: Live Life Like You Rang the Bell: Perspective, Cancer, and Choosing Joy

In this episode, Cal and Megs dive headfirst into a raw, perspective-shifting truth: both Cal and her son, Whitten John 💪🏼, have personally faced cancer—and both had the moment of ringing the bell. They share what that experience was really like, why the bell matters, and what it does to your soul when you’re forced to confront your own mortality far earlier than expected.When you come that close to serious adversity, it changes the way you move through the world. Small stuff stops feeling so big. Anger feels optional. Ego loses its grip. Cal shares a moment with an angry stranger in traffic and how choosing peace over reaction has become second nature after everything she’s lived through.The conversation opens up into a bigger question: how do we choose to live? Would you rather have a short life filled with joy or a long one ruled by frustration and resentment? We also explore how energy is contagious, why boundaries matter, and how people who “live like they rang the bell” tend to light up every room they enter.And finally… why do we only ring bells for cancer? Shouldn’t we be honoring every hard chapter we survive?This one will stay with you.