Courageous Resilience: Optimism Against the Odds — with Carol Mobley Rowe

Collective Wisdom

Life is a series of adventures. Some that we choose and some that we don’t. So how can we approach all of them with optimism, courage, and resilience?

In this very special episode, Lucy is joined by her long-time friend Carol Mobley Rowe to discuss their many adventures — including stories of moving to Russia with their families and Carol’s decade-long journey fighting and living with cancer, specifically Leiomyosarcoma.

This is one of the most powerful and poignant conversations we’ve ever shared on the show, and we hope you’ll tune in for Carol’s encouragement to shoulder down and go for it, no matter the odds.

Jump into the conversation:

[6:30] Ways to seek adventure in midlife & beyond

[8:00] How to balance your career & motherhood

[11:00] Why Carol & her family chose to move abroad

[12:30] Making big decisions with your spouse

[15:45] Carol’s cancer diagnosis

[20:00] Learning to receive help

[25:00] Carol’s journey with Leiomyosarcoma

[27:00] Advocating for ourselves and others

[39:50] Carol’s advice for her former self

[44:00] What it takes to really cherish our memories

More about our guest: Carol Mobley Rowe is a resilient and dynamic woman who seems to effortlessly manage a complex life with an extraordinary level of optimism and energy. She has juggled her own career while supporting her husband's rise through executive leadership, raised four grown kids while moving to countries around the world, and navigated herself through her own cancer journey over the past 10 years. Carol is currently living with Leiomyosarcoma. You can follow her journey @Carolsrarecancerjourney and support Leiomyosarcoma research by donating at this link.

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