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Suleika Jaouad Interview: Surviving Cancer and Healing Through Art with Jon Batiste | The Thread

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God provides healing in our suffering through many things and many people.

Suleika Jaouad reflects on her life and her story.


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Suleika Jaouad Interview: Surviving Cancer and Healing Through Art with Jon Batiste | The Thread

"Suleika Jaouad reflects on how surviving cancer and finding love with Jon Batiste shaped her life, career, and perspective: from healing through art and transforming pain into purpose, to inspiring a global audience with her writing. 00:00:00 Introduction to Suleika Jaouad  00:00:38 Meeting Jon Batiste and cancer diagnosis at 22 00:05:21 Coping with chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant   00:07:19 Suleika Jaouad’s childhood & upbringing   00:09:25 Dreams of journalism before cancer   00:11:00 Writing Life Interrupted for The New York Times   00:15:40 Writing memoir Between Two Kingdoms   00:18:11 Rediscovering art during cancer relapse   00:21:16 Balancing love, cancer, and Jon Batiste’s Grammy wins   00:24:49 Living with indefinite treatment   00:26:45 A new beginning: life as if it’s your first day   The Thread is our flagship documentary interview series featuring exceptional individuals who share the paths they have taken to lead a meaningful life. Now in Season 2, watch the whole series here:    • The Thread: Interviews on Meaningful ...   The Thread Episode 15 is launching on 12th January @ 10 am ET ---   🔍 About Suleika Jaouad Suleika Jaouad is an award-winning writer, speaker, and cancer survivor. Diagnosed with leukemia at 22, she began her acclaimed New York Times column, Life, Interrupted, from her hospital room. Her TED Talk ranks among the top 10 of 2019, with nearly five million views. She is the founder of the Isolation Journals, a global creative community, and has served on Barack Obama’s Presidential Cancer Panel. Her work appears in Vogue, The Paris Review, and more. A sought-after speaker, Jaouad has received the Red Door Advocacy Award and held prestigious residencies at Ucross, ArtYard, and the Kerouac Project." from the video introduction



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