<p>Drs. Lucy Kalanithi, Shekinah Elmore and Elena Semino explore what becomes possible when we stop seeing cancer as a battle.</p><p>Curious about the poem you heard in this week’s episode? Read “<a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/147275/a-litany-for-survival">A Litany for Survival</a>” by Audre Lorde.</p><p>Hear Dr. Shekinah Elmore’s TEDMED talk “<a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/shekinah_elmore_the_courage_to_live_with_radical_uncertainty?language=en">The courage to live with radical uncertainty</a>.”</p><p>Explore the <a href="http://wp.lancs.ac.uk/melc/the-metaphor-menu/">Metaphor Menu for Cancer</a> created by Professor Elena Semino’s team at Lancaster University.</p><p>Gravity is produced by Wonder Media Network. Original music by Rachel Wardell. Rekha Murthy is our editor. Our executive producer is Jenny Kaplan.</p><p>For more on why we’re doing what we're doing, check us out on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/wmn.media/?hl=en">Instagram</a> and on <a href="https://twitter.com/wmnmedia?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Twitter</a>. Find Lucy on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/rocketgirlmd">@rocketgirlmd</a>.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>