I Chose the Harder Surgery & It Saved My Life | Erica Neubert Campbell

What happens when you choose the harder path? Award-winning writer Erica Neubert Campbell shares her transformative breast cancer journey with host Kandas Rodarte in this powerful October breast cancer awareness episode. After watching her mother battle and lose her fight with breast cancer, Erica faced her own diagnosis with hard-won wisdom—choosing a double mastectomy over the easier lumpectomy option. Discover her life-changing nightly gratitude practice (the 5-5-5-3 method), learn how writing just one sentence per day led to publishing a vulnerable book with real surgical photos, and hear the bathroom conversation with a stranger that changed everything. From reframing broken appliances as love reminders to building "horseshoe breasties" communities, Erica proves gratitude isn't a feeling—it's a choice you make every single day, especially during life's hardest moments. Connect with Erica Neubert Campbell 🌐 Website:  https://ericaneubertcampbell.com  📖 Book: https://amzn.to/4gYzVgP (affiliate link)  🖇️ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erica-neubert-campbell-936279/  📝 Show Notes: https://kandasrodarte.com/292  === Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, comment & share! Join the Gratitude Geek community and stay updated with exclusive content, behind-the-scenes insights, and more. Sign up for our email list here:  http://kandasrodarte.com/subscribe  Support Gratitude Geek Podcast  At Gratitude Geek, we aim to spread gratitude, sow seeds of appreciation, and harvest a bounty of generosity and kindness. As a listener, reader, and subscriber, you are part of this mission, and we are honored to have your support. If possible, please help finance the show: http://kandasrodarte.com/support Affiliate Disclosure: Some links in the show notes may be affiliate links, which means I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you for supporting the show! Gratitude Geek is part of the Podmatch Network.  Learn how Podmatch can help you grow your visibility:  http://kandasrodarte.com/podmatch    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices