From Diagnosis to Dough : How Loren Castle Turned Health Crisis Into A Cookie Company

Just out of college at age 22, a cancer diagnosis upended the life Loren had planned on. After a year of chemotherapy and a stricter diet, she earns a clean bill of health, and along with it not just the will to live, but the will to thrive. Armed with a new understanding of nutrition and a delicious, healthy, vegan cookie recipe of her own design, Loren Castle launched her cookie business out of her mom’s kitchen. Founder of Sweet Loren’s, Loren Castle, joins Liz to explain how baking helped her overcome the challenges of cancer, the charity baking contest that launched her on an entrepreneurial path, and the recipe for getting Sweet Loren’s cookie dough in over 25,000 supermarkets across the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices