When life hands you lemons, make lemonade. But what if those lemons are a cancer diagnosis? For Brad Miller, a retired pastor who now hosts the "Cancer and Comedy" podcast, the answer is to find the humor in the grim.

After being diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer shortly after retiring, Brad was initially in denial and irritable about his situation. But a moment with his young granddaughters sparked a shift.

"I looked at them and I said, 'Okay, I've been in a funk about this. I gotta do something about this,'" Brad recalled. He realized he wanted to see his granddaughters grow up, but he didn't want to be the "grumpy old grandpa" during that time.

That's when Brad decided to leverage his background as a pastor, his doctorate in transformational leadership, and his love of comedy to create something positive. He teamed up with co-host Deb, a breast cancer warrior, to launch the "Cancer and Comedy" podcast - a show dedicated to helping "cancer-impacted people cope with hope and humor."

"We like to say we deal with cancer, and comedy podcast is all about helping cancer-impacted people to cope with hope, with hope with to cope with cancer, with hope and humor," Brad explained. The goal is to take a "therapeutic humor" approach, using laughter and positivity to help people navigate difficult life circumstances.

As Walt, the host of the "LOA Today" podcast, pointed out, Brad's story is one many can relate to. "So many people have come onto the show, including co-hosts, but also many guests like yourself, who have been through all kinds of often horrible stuff, and they come out the other side. And it's amazing to me how often they very consistently express the same sentiment, they'll say it in different ways, with different emphasis, but it's basically the same, the same sentiment. I never want to go through that again, but I'm glad I went through it because I've learned so much from it."

That sentiment is echoed in the personal creed Brad has written for himself, which he reads daily: "I will not let cancer define me. I will leverage cancer to redefine my life, to the better in my relationships and to drive me forward in my remaining days, to fulfill the mission of sharing a message of healing through hope and humor."

By being intentional about his mindset and focusing on serving others, Brad has found a way to not just cope, but to thrive in the face of adversity. As he told Walt and co-host Anne Marie, "Nothing is better when you change from a life that is messed up in a ditch somewhere. You know, with adversity, whatever it is, there's nothing better than having a life that's filled with hope."

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