Quarterbacking Cancer

What if everything you thought you knew about cancer… was incomplete?In this powerful episode of Quarterbacking Cancer, Dr. Tracey Stroup sits down with Dr. Judy—an expert with over 55 years of experience in cancer research, molecular biology, and integrative health.Together, they unpack:Why cancer may be more of an immune system breakdown than a singular diseaseHow fear-based decision-making impacts treatment choicesThe difference between treating symptoms vs. addressing root causesThe role of nutrition, toxins, and environment in long-term healthWhy patients need a playbook, not panicThis conversation challenges conventional thinking and encourages listeners to step back, ask better questions, and approach their health with clarity, confidence, and faith.Whether you’re navigating a diagnosis, supporting a loved one, or working in healthcare—this episode will shift how you see cancer care.Because in this game… hope has a game plan.👉 Stay Connected & Supported🌐 Learn more about Dr. Tracey: traceystroupnd.com📚 Cancer Resources & Healing Insights: The Academy of Abiding Wellness👥 Join the Inner Circle — your team locker room for support & connection: Abiding Wellness Inner Circle

Quarterbacking Cancer – Amber’s Story (Part 4): The Power of the TeamCancer is never a solo journey — and in this deeply moving episode of Quarterbacking Cancer, Dr. Tracey Stroup continues Amber’s story by shining a light on the team that made healing possible.In Part 4 of Amber’s journey, we go beyond treatments and protocols to talk about the people — the medical experts, holistic practitioners, caregivers, friends, family, and faith-filled community who showed up when it mattered most.Together, Dr. Tracey and Amber unpack what it really takes to navigate cancer with clarity and confidence:Building an integrative medical teamKnowing when to pause instead of rushing decisionsUnderstanding how stress impacts the bodyThe role of immunotherapy, cryoablation, IV therapies, ozone, and nutritionWhy support systems are just as critical as treatment plansThe emotional reality of caregiving and surrenderLearning to listen to your body — and to God — againThis episode is raw, honest, and full of hope. It’s a reminder that healing is not just about surviving — it’s about rebuilding strength, trust, and purpose.Whether you’re a patient, caregiver, or healthcare professional, this episode will help you see why hope truly does have a game plan.👉 Stay Connected & Supported🌐 Learn more about Dr. Tracey: traceystroupnd.com📚 Cancer Resources & Healing Insights: The Academy of Abiding Wellness👥 Join the Inner Circle — your team locker room for support & connection: Abiding Wellness Inner Circle

Quarterbacking Cancer | Amber’s Story – Part 3: The Real Cost of Healing (Time, Money & Mindset)What does it really take to walk an integrative, mostly natural cancer protocol—beyond the highlight reels?In Part 3 of Amber’s ongoing journey, Dr. Tracey and Amber pull back the curtain on the real-life logistics of healing: the financial burden, time commitment, emotional toll, and mindset shifts that come with an all-in, integrative approach to cancer care.From monthly supplement costs and repurposed medications, to IV therapy, hyperbaric oxygen treatments, long travel days, and the unseen emotional weight—this episode gets radically honest. Together, they unpack what Quarterbacking Cancer truly means: What can you do? What will you do? And what can you afford to do—without losing your quality of life?This conversation isn’t about perfection or fear-driven protocols. It’s about data-driven decisions, grace, community support, faith, and building a sustainable game plan that honors life—not just survival.If you or someone you love is navigating cancer and feeling overwhelmed by options, costs, or expectations, this episode will meet you right where you are.Because here, hope has a game plan.👉 Stay Connected & Supported🌐 Learn more about Dr. Tracey: traceystroupnd.com📚 Cancer Resources & Healing Insights: The Academy of Abiding Wellness👥 Join the Inner Circle — your team locker room for support & connection: Abiding Wellness Inner Circle

Welcome back to Quarterbacking Cancer, the podcast that strips away confusion, overwhelm, and fear in cancer care. Hosted by Dr. Tracey Stroup, this show tackles the hard truths about our broken healthcare system while shining a light on integrative strategies, real stories, and faith-centered healing.In Part 2 of Amber’s journey, Dr. Tracey Stroup continues the conversation with Amber—her best friend, executive assistant, and now Quarterbacking Cancer coach—diving deeper into Amber’s DCIS diagnosis (ER/PR positive), the protocols that followed, and what healing actually looks like in real life.This episode goes beyond supplements and strategies. Together, they unpack the emotional stress, financial realities, lifestyle shifts, and hard decisions that shaped Amber’s healing path. From detox and peptides to boundaries, burnout, and counting wins that don’t show up on lab work—this is an honest look at navigating cancer with clarity, courage, and faith.Whether you’re a patient, caregiver, or healthcare professional, this episode is your reminder that healing isn’t linear—but hope always has a game plan.👉 Stay Connected & Supported🌐 Learn more about Dr. Tracey: traceystroupnd.com📚 Cancer Resources & Healing Insights: The Academy of Abiding Wellness👥 Join the Inner Circle — your team locker room for support & connection: Abiding Wellness Inner Circle

In this episode of Quarterbacking Cancer, Dr. Tracey Stroup introduces a story that shaped the very foundation of this work.Amber Keith was doing “everything right.”Clean food. Holistic living. A devoted mother, wife, caregiver, and believer.And then came the diagnosis—one no one prepares you for.In Part 1 of Amber’s 3-part journey, we walk through the moment everything changed:The shock of discovering a lumpThe fear-driven medical system that offered answers before questionsThe confusion, overwhelm, and lack of guidance so many patients experienceAnd the emotional, spiritual, and physical weight that cancer places on a familyThis episode isn’t about protocols or treatment plans—yet.It’s about the human moment before the plan exists.Dr. Tracey shares a personal introduction, why Amber’s story became the catalyst for Quarterbacking Cancer, and why this podcast exists—not just to inform, but to equip.Because cancer care shouldn’t feel like chaos.And patients deserve more than fear-based decisions.This is where Amber’s story begins.And where hope starts to take shape.🎧 Listen now and subscribe—this is Part 1 of a powerful 3-part series you won’t want to miss.Because in this game, hope has a game plan.👉 Stay Connected & Supported🌐 Learn more about Dr. Tracey: traceystroupnd.com📚 Cancer Resources & Healing Insights: The Academy of Abiding Wellness👥 Join the Inner Circle — your team locker room for support & connection: Abiding Wellness Inner Circle

Welcome back to Quarterbacking Cancer—the podcast that strips away confusion in cancer care and helps you build a clear, hopeful game plan.In this powerful and deeply necessary conversation, host Dr. Tracey Stroup is joined by Dr. Sherian McCoy, a naturopathic doctor, cancer coach, and trusted member of Dr. Tracey’s telehealth team, to explore one of the most overlooked aspects of healing: the emotional and spiritual roots of disease.Together, they unpack how unresolved trauma, fear, shame, grief, and identity wounds can contribute to dis-ease in the body—and why true healing must address the mind, body, and spirit. Drawing from clinical experience, personal testimony, and a Christ-centered perspective, this episode sheds light on how emotions influence physical health, how faith reframes diagnosis, and why hope is not passive—it’s strategic.You’ll hear:Why cancer care must go beyond labs, scans, and protocolsHow emotions like fear, regret, and unprocessed grief impact the bodyThe difference between conviction and shame—and why it matters for healingHow faith and emotional healing work together, without bypassing realityA high-level look at Dr. McCoy’s Anchored in Hope emotional healing programWhether you’re a patient, caregiver, survivor, or healthcare professional, this episode invites you to look deeper—without fear—and reminds you that while you’re still breathing, there’s still hope.Because in this game, hope has a game plan. 🏈✨👉 Stay Connected & Supported🌐 Learn more about Dr. Tracey: traceystroupnd.com📚 Cancer Resources & Healing Insights: The Academy of Abiding Wellness👥 Join the Inner Circle — your team locker room for support & connection: Abiding Wellness Inner Circle

Cancer care isn’t just about treatments — it’s about people.In this powerful and deeply moving episode of Quarterbacking Cancer, Dr. Tracey sits down with Cara Atkinson, founder and CEO of Club Hope Foundation, to talk about what happens in the spaces cancer care often overlooks.From emotional isolation and financial strain to practical, everyday needs, Cara shares how Club Hope Foundation steps in to walk alongside individuals and families affected by cancer — no matter their diagnosis, treatment choice, or background.Born from Cara’s own cancer journey at just 22 years old, Club Hope has grown into a multi-county, faith-rooted nonprofit offering everything from “Boxes of Hope” and gas cards to bill assistance, home services, pediatric programs, and school-based chapters that teach the next generation the power of compassion.This episode goes beyond protocols and therapies to explore:Why hope is medicineHow community changes outcomesThe unseen financial and emotional burdens of cancerWhy support should never be conditionalHow faith, service, and collaboration restore dignity in the hardest momentsWhether you’re a patient, caregiver, healthcare professional, or someone walking alongside a loved one — this conversation is a reminder that no one fights alone.Because in this game, hope has a game plan.Learn more: www.clubhopefoundation.com👉 Stay Connected & Supported🌐 Learn more about Dr. Tracey: traceystroupnd.com📚 Cancer Resources & Healing Insights: The Academy of Abiding Wellness👥 Join the Inner Circle — your team locker room for support & connection: Abiding Wellness Inner Circle

Welcome back to Quarterbacking Cancer — the podcast where hope has a game plan. Today’s episode is nothing short of extraordinary.I’m joined by one of the brightest minds in integrative oncology, Dr. Nathan Goodyear of the Williams Cancer Institute—a physician, researcher, and pioneer pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in cancer care.Together, we dive deep into:Why the current “Unholy Trinity” of cancer care (chemo, radiation, surgery) fails so many patientsHow cancer is changing — and why younger people are being diagnosed more than everThe groundbreaking therapies transforming tumors from the inside outHow to activate your immune system at the tumor site for more effective, less destructive treatmentThe link between aging cells, the environment, and cancerWhy pausing before jumping into fear-driven decisions saves livesHow faith, physiology, and innovation work together to restore hopeThe future of cancer care: from destroying cells… to reverting them back to healthy onesThis conversation will change the way you see cancer, healing, and what’s truly possible in medicine today.If you or someone you love is navigating cancer, this episode offers clarity, strategy, and real HOPE.Dr. Goodyear & Williams Cancer InstituteWilliams Cancer Institute Website ➜ https://williamscancerinstitute.comDr. Goodyear on Instagram ➜ https://instagram.com/dr.goodyearDr. Goodyear on X (Twitter) ➜ https://x.com/DrGoodyearDr. Goodyear’s Blog / Personal Site ➜ https://pre-scribed.com/blogWilliams Cancer Institute on Instagram ➜ https://instagram.com/williamscancerinstituteWilliams Cancer Institute Research + Trials ➜ https://williamscancerinstitute.com/research👉 Stay Connected & Supported🌐 Learn more about Dr. Tracey: traceystroupnd.com📚 Cancer Resources & Healing Insights: The Academy of Abiding Wellness👥 Join the Inner Circle — your team locker room for support & connection: Abiding Wellness Inner Circle

👉 Stay Connected & Supported🌐 Learn more about Dr. Tracey: traceystroupnd.com📚 Cancer Resources & Healing Insights: The Academy of Abiding Wellness👥 Join the Inner Circle — your team locker room for support & connection: Abiding Wellness Inner Circle

In this sideline chat, Dr. Tracey Stroup and Brittney Brown take a reflective pause in the Quarterbacking Cancer series to look back at the game-changing insights from their first six episodes. Together, they uncover the core message: there’s more than one way to approach cancer—and it starts with choosing faith over fear.From stem cells to repurposed medications, emotional healing to spiritual warfare, this episode gets real about what it means to truly quarterback someone’s cancer journey. Tracy shares her own evolution as a practitioner—learning to lead with humility, let go of ego, and point people to the healing resources and people God places in their path.They also preview what’s ahead, including the Annie Appleseed Project event and how Quarterbacking Cancer was born out of a mission to organize the chaos and restore hope.If you or someone you love is navigating cancer, this is the reset you didn’t know you needed.👉 Stay Connected & Supported🌐 Learn more about Dr. Tracey: traceystroupnd.com📚 Cancer Resources & Healing Insights: The Academy of Abiding Wellness👥 Join the Inner Circle — your team locker room for support & connection: Abiding Wellness Inner Circle

In this episode of Quarterbacking Cancer, Dr. Tracey Stroup dives into one of the most fascinating and misunderstood frontiers in cancer support — the human microbiome. Joined by Dr. Andrea McBeth, naturopathic doctor, scientist, and CEO of Thaena, they explore how gut health, fecal microbiota transplants, and postbiotics are transforming the way we think about healing, recovery, and resilience.From her sister’s battle with lymphoma to leading groundbreaking research in microbiome science, Dr. McBeth shares a heartfelt and eye-opening journey that bridges science, compassion, and innovation. If you’ve ever wondered how gut health connects to cancer care, chronic illness, and overall vitality, this conversation will change how you see what’s happening inside your body.Because in this game, hope has a game plan and it might just start in your gut.👉 Stay Connected & Supported🌐 Learn more about Dr. Tracey: traceystroupnd.com📚 Cancer Resources & Healing Insights: The Academy of Abiding Wellness👥 Join the Inner Circle — your team locker room for support & connection: Abiding Wellness Inner Circle

In this episode of Quarterbacking Cancer, Dr. Tracey Stroup sits down with stem-cell pioneer Christian Drapeau, neuroscientist and founder of STEMREGEN.Christian has spent more than two decades researching the body’s natural repair system, stem cells, and how nutrition, fasting, and plant-based compounds can support regeneration and healing from within. I this episode we dive deep into:What stem cells really are and how they function as the body’s built-in repair teamHow aging, injury, and inflammation impact our stem-cell activityWhy natural mobilization (not injections) can be a powerful, accessible approachWhat current science shows about stem cells and cancer supportThe surprising link between fasting, microcirculation, and cellular rejuvenationIf you’ve ever wondered how the body repairs itself or how to naturally boost your own regenerative potential this conversation will change how you see healing forever.👉 Stay Connected & Supported🌐 Learn more about Dr. Tracey: traceystroupnd.com📚 Cancer Resources & Healing Insights: The Academy of Abiding Wellness👥 Join the Inner Circle — your team locker room for support & connection: Abiding Wellness Inner Circle

In this episode of Quarterbacking Cancer, Dr. Tracey Stroup sits down with one of the brightest minds in integrative oncology, Dr. Sean Devlin — a board-certified physician redefining how we approach cancer care. Together, they unpack what integrative oncology really means, how it bridges conventional and natural therapies, and why it offers patients more options, more clarity, and more hope than ever before.From precision-based medicine and lifestyle therapies to the rise of immunotherapy and the emotional toll of a diagnosis, this conversation strips away the confusion surrounding cancer treatment and replaces it with understanding and empowerment.Whether you’re a patient, caregiver, or practitioner, this episode reminds you that cancer care doesn’t have to be a battle between “natural” and “conventional.” It’s about building the right team, making informed decisions, and finding faith and strength in the process.Because in this game — hope has a game plan.👉 Stay Connected & Supported🌐 Learn more about Dr. Tracey: traceystroupnd.com📚 Cancer Resources & Healing Insights: The Academy of Abiding Wellness👥 Join the Inner Circle — your team locker room for support & connection: Abiding Wellness Inner Circle

Cancer care can feel overwhelming, but what if there was a community ready to meet you with compassion, education, and hope? In this episode of Quarterbacking Cancer, Dr. Tracey Stroup sits down with Julia Chiappetta, Director of the Annie Appleseed Project.Julia shares the powerful story of how one woman’s search for alternative cancer therapies grew into a global movement that has touched over a million lives. From annual conferences that connect patients directly with integrative and functional oncology experts, to one-on-one advocacy calls that meet people where they are, the Appleseed Project is changing the culture of cancer care.Together, Tracey and Julia discuss: ✅ Why patients need both education and community support ✅ The importance of grace in choosing your own healing path—whether conventional, integrative, or a blend ✅ How emotional, mental, and spiritual health impact cancer recovery ✅ What to do first if you or a loved one has just received a diagnosisThis conversation is about more than protocols, it’s about planting seeds of empowerment, faith, and healing that continue to grow. 🌱✨👉 Stay Connected & Supported🌐 Learn more about Dr. Tracey: traceystroupnd.com📚 Cancer Resources & Healing Insights: The Academy of Abiding Wellness👥 Join the Inner Circle — your team locker room for support & connection: Abiding Wellness Inner Circle

I’m Dr. Tracey Stroup, your host and quarterback. In this episode of Quarterbacking Cancer, I call out the hard truths of a broken system and share how I’ve learned to navigate it with clarity, strategy, and hope. My guest, Jane McLelland, author of How to Starve Cancer, joins me to unpack her stage IV journey and the practical, personalized approach she built by blending conventional care with metabolic strategies and repurposed medications.In this episode, you’ll hear:Why I believe cancer care must be individualized—not one-size-fits-allHow Jane and I think about glucose, glutamine, and fat pathways in real plansWhere repurposed medications can support standard therapiesWhy combinations and a true “quarterback” change outcomesHow I coach patients and caregivers to ask better questions and lead their careMy goal is simple: give you a playbook you can use, so you’re never alone or uninformed.Educational only, this is not medical advice. Always consult your care team before making changes to your plan.👉 Stay Connected & Supported🌐 Learn more about Dr. Tracey: traceystroupnd.com📚 Cancer Resources & Healing Insights: The Academy of Abiding Wellness👥 Join the Inner Circle — your team locker room for support & connection: Abiding Wellness Inner Circle

The truth is, cancer care is confusing, overwhelming, and often broken. Patients and families are left to navigate a system full of gaps, unanswered questions, and tough choices.After stepping into the “quarterback” role for a dear friend’s cancer journey—coordinating doctors, protocols, natural therapies, emotional support, and even microdosing through chemo—we discovered the plays that truly made a difference.Now, we’re sharing the playbook with you.Each episode of Quarterbacking Cancer brings you expert insights, real-life strategies, and heartfelt conversations to help you face cancer with clarity, confidence, and hope. From integrative medicine to emotional resilience, you’ll get the tools and support you need to call the right plays for your unique journey.Because no one should have to fight cancer uninformed—and with the right game plan, you’re not alone.Ep. 1, Season 1: The KickoffIn this kickoff episode, Dr. Tracey get's interviewed her about the moment Quarterbacking Cancer was born and why changing the cancer culture matters. Tracey shares the story of guiding a close friend from a confusing DCIS diagnosis through a maze of rushed decisions, missing details, and conflicting advice—and how faith, discernment, and an integrative game plan changed everything.You’ll learn:Why cancer care is urgent but not always an emergency—and why you do have timeThe first three plays to call after a diagnosis (pray, get a second opinion, go where they see more cases)The gaps nobody talks about: communication, nutrition, testing, and insurance pitfallsWhat an integrative plan can include without the “pick a side” pressureThe role of mindset, community, and the Holy Spirit when fear tries to take overIf you need hope, a plan, and a team—you’re in the right huddle.👉 Stay Connected & Supported🌐 Learn more about Dr. Tracey: traceystroupnd.com📚 Cancer Resources & Healing Insights: The Academy of Abiding Wellness👥 Join the Inner Circle — your team locker room for support & connection: Abiding Wellness Inner Circle