In 2009, while training for her first half marathon, Lisa Sweetman began noticing unusual and unsettling changes in her body. Her joints ached, her energy plummeted and she gained a lot of weight. It would be another several months of self-advocacy before she would receive a distressing diagnosis: a brain tumour.

Lisa underwent 5 surgeries, experimented with veganism, started a business, and realized her passion for trail running. In this inspiring episode Lisa talks about the decline of her health, and the resulting rediscovery of her own strength.

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