After surviving breast cancer, Meg Cadoux started a nonprofit to promote anti-cancer lifestyles. Discover how she developed a successful online course, supporting content, and partnerships with insurance companies to empower health transformations.

Meg Cadoux Hirshberg is the founder of The Anticancer Lifestyle Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to promoting evidence-based lifestyle transformation for cancer survivors.

In this episode, Ari, Abe, and Meg discuss:

• How lifestyle changes can play a significant role in reducing the risk of cancer and cancer recurrence
• Cancer patients often feeling disempowered and uncertain about their future, highlighting the need for education and support
• The Anti-Cancer Lifestyle Foundation offering a range of resources besides an online course — ebooks, webinars, and more — to meet individuals where they are in their cancer journey
• Her foundation exploring and engaging in partnerships with insurance companies to license their course and provide greater access to cancer patients
• Learning circles, a group format for going through the course, which have shown promising results in empowering and supporting cancer patients

“There should be more [course creators] looking to set up or work with nonprofits to fund the delivery of their courses.”

– Meg Cadoux

Meg Cadoux Hirshberg is the founder of The Anticancer Lifestyle Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to promoting evidence-based lifestyle transformation for cancer survivors.

For 15 years Meg was a freelance non-fiction writer, whose work appeared in Yankee, New Hampshire magazine, and Boston Globe magazine, among other publications. In 2009, she began writing a regular column for Inc. magazine called “Balancing Acts” that explored work-life balance and the intersection of family and business in an entrepreneurial setting.

Meg’s book, For Better or For Work: A Survival Guide For Entrepreneurs and Their Families, expands on her column topics. Axiom Business Book Awards, AMEX Open Forum, and Entrepreneur magazine cited Meg’s book as one of the best business books of 2012. Meg has also written two yogurt cookbooks.

She is married to Gary Hirshberg, chairman and co-founder of Stonyfield Yogurt. The couple has three children.

Resources mentioned in this episode:
Mirasee
Ruzuku
Meg’s website: AntiCancerLifestyle.org

Credits:
Hosts: Ari Iny and Abe Crystal
Producer: Cynthia Lamb
Assembled by: Fatima Fojas
Executive Producer: Danny Iny
Audio Post Supervisors: Evan Miles and Christopher Martin
Audio Post Production: Post Office Sound
Music Soundscape: Chad Michael Snavely
Making our hosts sound great: Home Brew Audio

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Music credits:
Track Title: Bossa BB
Artist Name: Marie
Writer Name: Chelsea McGough
Publisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION

Track Title: Coo Coos
Artist Name: Dresden, The Flamingo
Writer Name: Matthew Wigton
Publisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION

Track Title: Grace
Artist Name: Shimmer
Writer Name: Matthew Wigton
Publisher Name: BOSS SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTIONS

Track Title: Carousel Lights
Artist Name: Chelsea McGough
Writer Name: Chelsea McGough
Writer Name: Matthew Wigton
Publisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION
Publisher Name: BOSS SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTIONS

Special effects credits:
24990513_birds-chirping_by_promission used with permission of the author and under license by AudioJungle/Envato Market.

Episode transcript: Cancer Survivor to Course Creator (Meg Cadoux)