You have cancer. It is a surreal identity shift. The word “cancer" transports the person's identity to “cancer patient” in a world of the physical, emotional, and spiritual unknown, including pain, suffering, and the threat of death.
After diagnosis, does cancer have to define my identity and, therefore my existence? Can I have a purposeful and meaningful inner life as a cancer patient? Does spirituality play a role?
We are having a discussion. Join us in the discussion. It is possible to travel in a place of serenity and peace on the cancer journey. Join a 17-year cancer survivor still on the journey as the Podcast host with his friend, Sean Stewart, a fellow recovery participant acting as the Podcast’s facilitator.
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Peter Scalzo
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religion & spirituality · society & culture · society & culture
In this episode of Cancer and Peace, Victoria shares her deeply personal journey through losing her father to pancreatic cancer and later facing her own stage-one triple-positive breast cancer diagnosis, mastectomy, and chemotherapy. She reflects on how cancer forced her to slow down, confront her struggle with control, and begin a deeper recovery and spiritual journey through faith, surrender, and inner healing. Alongside Sean Stewart and Peter Scalzo, Victoria speaks honestly about vulnerability, shame, community, and finding hope in the belief that there is life, and renewed purpose, after cancer.
24 Jul 2026
Cancer & Peace - Episode 14: Higher Power
When life feels out of control, where do you turn? In this final full-length episode of Cancer & Peace, Sean Stewart and Pete Scalzo explore the recovery concept of a "higher power" and why acknowledging our own powerlessness can become the doorway to genuine peace. Drawing from Pete's cancer journey, recovery, and years of walking with Christ, they reflect on surrender, acceptance, and trusting that our lives ultimately rest in hands greater than our own. As Cancer & Peace transitions into a season of intermittent content and website updates, we want to sincerely thank you for walking this journey with us for more than two years. It has been a privilege to share our lives with you, and we pray these conversations have brought hope, wisdom, healing, and peace wherever your journey has taken you.
26 Jun 2026
Cancer & Peace Moments #27: Joy
In Cancer & Peace Moments 27: Joy, Peter and Sean explore one of the most misunderstood concepts in the cancer journey: joy. Is joy simply happiness? Can it exist in the middle of pain, fear, and uncertainty? Through personal stories, scripture, and reflections from Peter's 18-year cancer journey, they unpack how joy differs from happiness and why it is rooted in purpose, relationship, and trust rather than circumstances. This episode offers hope that even in life's hardest seasons, joy remains possible.
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