56 min
: Brianna Mercado: Dancing with Fear, Uncertainty & Worst Case Scenario Fiercely Human
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- Self-Improvement
Brianna Mercado is a professional dance artist, teacher, choreographer, and speaker based in
New York City, and has inspired many with her grit and positivity in the face of incredible
adversity. From surviving life-threatening bone cancer at the age of 15, to receiving a full-ride
scholarship to UC Berkeley, igniting her career as a professional dancer, and then receiving a
second aggressive cancer diagnosis at the age of 22 —Brianna lives by her own credo as she
lifts the spirit of the world: Go big, regardless. As an advocate and spokesperson for cancer
research and prevention, she believes there must be a better and less toxic way to treat and cure
cancer.
She is currently on a mission called “Project Get To Zero,” where her goal is to completely cure
her cancer without the use of conventional therapies. Brianna embodies her belief that inside
every impossible situation there is an opportunity to be great and no real reason to wait. If
there is more to learn, someone to love, something to give, and things to do, then do them,
now.
● What it was like to receive, not ONE but TWO separate cancer diagnoses before the age
of 22, and how she coped receiving the “C” word.
● How she approached treatment radically differently from the first diagnosis to the
second.
● What it was like to come face to face with your worst fear and handle it with grace.
● How dancing saved Brianna by helping her self-express and move through her fear and
grief, and was a powerful catalyst for her artistic growth.
● The powerful promise and declaration Brianna made in the face of her second cancer
diagnosis.
● How taking full responsibility for her life (including her cancer), regardless of what
happens, set Brianna free.
● How radically shifting her diet & becoming a Buddhist brought helped to decrease the
presence of cancer in her body.
● Why Brianna now chooses alignment over hustle now and no longer tries to force things
to happen or control life.
● Why Brianna has shifted her language around dominating her cancer, and why wars
don’t fix anything, even inside our own body, and why she no longer calls herself a
“survivor”.
Resources Mentioned:
Dying to Be Me by Anita Moorjani
Landmark Forum
Heal on Netflix
Brianna’s TedX
Where to find Brianna:
@bripositive on IG & Twitter
Brianna’s TedX, “Not Another Cancer Story”
Where to find Beth:
@bethclaytoncoach on IG
www.soulbodylife.com
Grab your free e-book, “The Secrets in Your Sabotage” at www.soulbodylife.com/free-stuff
Beth’s TedX RIGHT HERE.
Brianna Mercado is a professional dance artist, teacher, choreographer, and speaker based in
New York City, and has inspired many with her grit and positivity in the face of incredible
adversity. From surviving life-threatening bone cancer at the age of 15, to receiving a full-ride
scholarship to UC Berkeley, igniting her career as a professional dancer, and then receiving a
second aggressive cancer diagnosis at the age of 22 —Brianna lives by her own credo as she
lifts the spirit of the world: Go big, regardless. As an advocate and spokesperson for cancer
research and prevention, she believes there must be a better and less toxic way to treat and cure
cancer.
She is currently on a mission called “Project Get To Zero,” where her goal is to completely cure
her cancer without the use of conventional therapies. Brianna embodies her belief that inside
every impossible situation there is an opportunity to be great and no real reason to wait. If
there is more to learn, someone to love, something to give, and things to do, then do them,
now.
● What it was like to receive, not ONE but TWO separate cancer diagnoses before the age
of 22, and how she coped receiving the “C” word.
● How she approached treatment radically differently from the first diagnosis to the
second.
● What it was like to come face to face with your worst fear and handle it with grace.
● How dancing saved Brianna by helping her self-express and move through her fear and
grief, and was a powerful catalyst for her artistic growth.
● The powerful promise and declaration Brianna made in the face of her second cancer
diagnosis.
● How taking full responsibility for her life (including her cancer), regardless of what
happens, set Brianna free.
● How radically shifting her diet & becoming a Buddhist brought helped to decrease the
presence of cancer in her body.
● Why Brianna now chooses alignment over hustle now and no longer tries to force things
to happen or control life.
● Why Brianna has shifted her language around dominating her cancer, and why wars
don’t fix anything, even inside our own body, and why she no longer calls herself a
“survivor”.
Resources Mentioned:
Dying to Be Me by Anita Moorjani
Landmark Forum
Heal on Netflix
Brianna’s TedX
Where to find Brianna:
@bripositive on IG & Twitter
Brianna’s TedX, “Not Another Cancer Story”
Where to find Beth:
@bethclaytoncoach on IG
www.soulbodylife.com
Grab your free e-book, “The Secrets in Your Sabotage” at www.soulbodylife.com/free-stuff
Beth’s TedX RIGHT HERE.
56 min