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How This 4-Time Cancer Survivor Curates Unique Gifts For Cancer Patients Feat. Liz Benditt | POW27

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Key Takeaways 04 13 A little background about Liz and where she s from 06 32 The 1st time Liz discovered she had Melanoma Skin Cancer and why she had to take immediate action 11 02 How Liz later discovered she had Thyroid Cancer only 11 months after her first diagnosis 12 44 The rare side-effect Liz experienced after thyroid surgery nbsp 15 05 Liz s biggest takeaway after being diagnosed with 2 different types of cancer back-to-back 18 43 Why Liz is particular with the medical professionals she chooses nbsp 20 04 The main goals Liz had once she was dealing with her rare side-effect 21 59 The 3rd type of skin cancer Liz was diagnosed with 5 years later 26 13 How Liz tested to see if she was a carrier for other cancers 26 53 How Liz has maintained a positive attitude despite having multiple types of cancer 27 35 Why Liz started paying more attention to the foods she and her family were eating nbsp 32 02 The 4th type of cancer that showed up in an unusual mammogram 35 23 Liz s horrible experience with treatment and how she managed to continue to work during the process 42 15 Liz s advice on how to tackle a tough situation 44 11 Why it s important to give yourself grace in a rough situation 46 01 What inspired Liz to create The Balm Box and how she brought her idea to life 50 23 The absolute top-rated items requested by cancer patients 50 35 The absolute worst-rated items to give a cancer patient as a gift 54 09 The 2 best-selling items from the Balm Box 57 35 Advice Liz has for her younger self Summary In this episode we speak with 4-time Cancer Survivor Liz Benditt Liz shares her story with each type of cancer she had over the course of 8 years We talk about what she learned through the process things she wishes she did differently and how she s helping cancer patients today with her unique and essential gifts nbsp Resources Mentioned in This Episode Connect with Liz on https www instagram com BalmBoxIG Instagram and https www facebook com TheBalmBox Facebook Learn more about The Balm Box on her website https thebalmbox com here We d love to hear from you Send us a message on https www instagram com piecesofawomann Instagram or https www facebook com Piecesofawomanpodcas Facebook More About Liz Liz Benditt is a senior marketing executive with 25 years of professional experience with a wide variety of brands products and services including Lyric Opera Ace Hardware Hallmark SONIC America s Drive-In Blue Bunny Ice Cream Mattel Toys Walt Disney World and Bluetooth In addition to teaching undergraduate business marketing courses at the University of Kansas Benditt is currently President and CEO of https thebalmbox com pages gifts The Balm Box a self-care and gifting site for breast cancer patients She also serves on the Education First Shawnee Mission board of directors and volunteers with National Charity League Thanks for listening Thanks so much for listening to our podcast If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening please share it using the social media buttons on this page Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode Leave a comment in the section below Subscribe to the podcast If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes you can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or Stitcher You can also subscribe from the podcast app on your mobile device Leave us an iTunes review Ratings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated They help our podcast rank higher on iTunes which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you If you have a minute please leave an honest review on iTunes Click here to visit this podcast episode

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