Episode 2 — Healing Isn’t Only Medical. It’s Human.
Truth Shots Season 4 was never intended to be courteous.
Guest: Samara Mahindra (Founder, CARER Program | Integrative Oncology Expert)
And episode 2 confirms it. If you have ever mistaken sickness as purely physical, this conversation will punch you in the gut—in a good way.
Meet Samara Mahindra.
Not only is she an integrative oncology expert, but a rebel who had the audacity to say: “Care is more than chemo.” Her work with CARER Integrative Cancer Care is changing how we think about healing; emotionally, psychologically, socially. Basically, everything our conventional healthcare system conveniently forgets.
Here are the things we unpacked:
Emotional trauma = physical trauma. Not voodoo. That’s biology. And it’s not an option.
Mental Health in Healthcare ≠ Weakness. But good luck telling that to a country that believes therapy is only for “the mad.”
Support beyond survival. Healing is about dignity, awareness, and agency. When you only look back to the scans and statistics you lose sight of the healing!
The caregiver mental health matters too. Forgotten warriors. Burnt. Unseen. Still standing.
Samara also opened up a huge gap between how we think about people in healthcare. We consider the disease. Ignore the human. And if that doesn’t make your blood boil—take a minute, check your pulse.
What is my lesson?
The medical world might offer a discharge summary, but healing starts after the discharge from the hospital. This episode isn’t the sympathy tour; this is about systems—and how we NEED new systems now.
Episode 2 has now been published on YouTube.
You should watch this video if you have ever dealt with illness (you or a loved one). If you do, it may be the most authentic discussion you listen to all year.
Holistic cancer care isn’t an idea for the future. It’s happening now.
