In June 2025, I joined my friend Amy Stone on The Art of Imperfect Adulting for a conversation that covered everything from metastatic breast cancer to business ownership to Michigan winters and crochet.
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Why I Said Yes to This Conversation
Amy and I go way back. She joined me for episode 152 of Gratitude Geek in 2021, and she’ll be back for episode 303 later this month.
Any time we talk, the conversation wanders in the best possible way, and this episode was no exception.
What We Covered
We talked about:
- Finding a breast lump the same month my ACA insurance kicked in
- Living with metastatic breast cancer for more than a decade
- How a custom furniture business in 1998 eventually led me into coaching
- Why I believe women can change the world through business ownership
- How “Gratitude Geek” went from a cute domain name to something I had to grow into
- My life in West Michigan and my lifelong relationship with crochet
It was imperfect, honest, and exactly the kind of conversation I love having with another thoughtful, real-world adult.
“I was calling myself the Gratitude Geek long before I was living it. Cancer just forced me to grow into my own name.”
Kandas Rodarte
A Quick Note on Gratitude & Business
One of the core themes we hit was how gratitude didn’t magically appear in my life because of cancer.
I leaned into it because it gave me something real to hold onto. These days, it’s also at the center of my coaching work with Gen X women solopreneurs.
If that’s your world too, this episode will make sense to you immediately.
Stay Groovy!
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