Living Well Today Show

LWT 011: Wendi Saggese – Cancer Is Impersonal

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Synopsis

What a delight to talk with Wendi Saggese from San Diego, California. Wendi lives with stage four cancer and is a great example of someone who taps into a deep sense of joy and is not stopped by her current health circumstances. Life is much easier when you remain neutral, this is something Wendi discovered the hard way. Wendi admits to a 40-year history of searching to fix herself. As an adult, she wrestled with not feeling like she was enough. Throughout the 70’s and 80’s, Wendi explored a variety of new-age self-help therapies. She even worked for Tony Robbins and Byron Katie along the way. Some techniques helped but in the end, she never felt satisfied. Frustrated, Wendi reached a point where she gave up trying to fix herself. She let herself be miserable. The Diagnosis During the first two years of living with her cancer diagnosis, Wendi Saggese admits she had a hard time dealing with emotional suffering. A lot of fear surfaced whenever she was scheduled for scans and consultations. It was a rough t