11. Miranda McKeon: Diagnosed With Stage III Breast Cancer at 19
CAPS LOCK9 Feb 2025

11. Miranda McKeon: Diagnosed With Stage III Breast Cancer at 19

In this episode, Sam meets with Miranda McKeon. They talk about Miranda's breast cancer journey, from a stage III diagnosis at only 19, to fertility treatments, chemotherapy, unexpected challenges and silver linings, and how it changed her life. Key moments: 00:33 Introducing Miranda and her cancer story 01:37 How we met (cute, bestie vibes) 07:46 Growing up and being in adult spaces as a young person 11:22 Starting college during COVID 13:07 How she found out she had cancer 14:45 What the lump felt like 15:57 Getting the biopsy results 17:50 Processing the results from an airplane in San Francisco 18:28 Rebranding self breast exams 20:44 Miranda’s fertility journey (at only 22) 26:28 Things that surprised her about fertility treatment 27:35 The most traumatizing part of her cancer treatment 29:28 How Miranda’s cancer journey gave her perspective 31:40 The physical toll of having and treating cancer 32:24 Going through medically-induced menopause at age 22 36:52 What helped the most during treatment 40:37 The emotional rollercoaster of it all 42:53 Who and what got her through it 43:02 How antidepressants played a role 46:31 What she learned about herself 48:53 How Sam found out her mom had cancer 52:00 How beating cancer gave Miranda purpose 53:22 Sharing her story online 54:59 One part of cancer people don’t talk about enough 55:14 Why she worried about finding love after cancer 58:25 What does a cancer-preventative lifestyle look like? Thanks for listening! New episodes are released every Sunday at 8 AM EST, so if you liked this episode, subscribe or follow to get notified about the next one. And please leave me a rating or review, so I can continue to improve the show. Talk soon! Follow along: Instagram: www.instagram.com/lifeincapslock TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@lifeincapslock YouTube: www.youtube.com/@lifeincapslock Threads: www.threads.net/@lifeincapslock Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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70. Mila Magnani: PCOS Journey and Balancing Your Hormones With Supplements

70. Mila Magnani: PCOS Journey and Balancing Your Hormones With Supplements

In this episode, Sam sits down with Mila Magnani, founder of Milamend and PCOS advocate, to learn about the struggle women with hormone imbalances face—largely unsupported by traditional medicine. Aft...

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69. How to Build a Fulfilling Career and NOT Get Replaced by AI: Hannah Zhang

69. How to Build a Fulfilling Career and NOT Get Replaced by AI: Hannah Zhang

In this episode, Sam sits down with Hannah Zhang (aka Career Hannah), who left her dream job with no backup plan after burning out. 5+ pivots later, she's learned what it actually means to feel fulfil...

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68. Surprising Acne Triggers, Pore-Clogging Ingredients, and How to Get off Birth Control Without Effing up Your Skin

68. Surprising Acne Triggers, Pore-Clogging Ingredients, and How to Get off Birth Control Without Effing up Your Skin

In this episode, Sam sits down with Danielle Gronich and Kayleigh Christina, both of whom suffered from severe cystic acne for years, healed completely, and later became the co-founders of CLEARSTEM. ...

22 Mars 50min

67. Traditional Chinese Medicine, Feng Shui, and Hot Water: Sara Jane Ho

67. Traditional Chinese Medicine, Feng Shui, and Hot Water: Sara Jane Ho

In this episode, Sam sits down with cultural expert, media personality, and entrepreneur Sara Jane Ho of Netflix's Mind Your Manners to learn for the first time what Traditional Chinese Medicine has k...

15 Mars 1h 13min

66. How Your Diet Affects Your Mental Health

66. How Your Diet Affects Your Mental Health

In this episode, Sam links cravings and unhealthy eating habits to her worsening anxiety when she stumbles upon old research from episode #21: Gut Health 101. Turns out, the connection between your di...

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65. Q+A: Get Snatched in 4 Weeks, Hacks for Counting Macros, Bulking Updates, and the Future of CAPS LOCK

65. Q+A: Get Snatched in 4 Weeks, Hacks for Counting Macros, Bulking Updates, and the Future of CAPS LOCK

In this episode, Sam shares her food, exercise, and wellness tips for feeling and looking better in just 4 weeks, deep dives into the reality of bulking and counting macros (spoiler...it's not fun), a...

1 Mars 1h

64. 8 Simple and Effective Ways to Increase Your Attention Span

64. 8 Simple and Effective Ways to Increase Your Attention Span

In this episode, Sam has to rewatch an episode of Loot three times because she can't lock in for the life of her. Problematic! So she decided to embark on a mission to understand her inability to conc...

22 Feb 56min

63. Does Autophagy Actually Prevent Cancer and Slow Aging?

63. Does Autophagy Actually Prevent Cancer and Slow Aging?

In this episode, Sam is inspired by her family's interest in fasting for autophagic response to do some research. Autophagy is sold to us as a cancer-killing agent—according to some Healthtokkers, a s...

15 Feb 47min

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