Mind, Body, Cancer (A Memoir)

For readers of Anita Moorjani and Kelly A. Turner’s Radical Remission, a deeply spiritual memoir about one woman’s unconventional journey through cancer and recovery—through meditation, visualization, and divine guidance.

At thirty-five, Crystal Carothers was living an active, independent life in San Diego—surfing, teaching college classes, and training for a half marathon—until sudden and debilitating back pain led to a devastating diagnosis: a rare bone cancer at the base of her spine. Doctors told her that radical surgery—a surgery that would cost her mobility, continence, and her ability to surf—was her only option.

Unwilling to accept this conclusion without exploring every possibility, Crystal embarked on a desperate search for healing that led her from alternative hospitals in Mexico to meditation retreats, spiritual healers, and profound inner transformation. As the tumor grew, she endured excruciating pain and escalating doses of narcotics that became life-threatening. While her body deteriorated and hope slipped away, she found herself confronting not only mortality but also deeper questions about fear, purpose, consciousness, and what it truly means to heal. Ultimately, she began forging her own path—one that blended medicine, spirituality, meditation, and intuition in ways that defied easy explanation.

Both universally relatable and deeply personal, Mind, Body, Cancer is an eye-opening story of illness, resilience, spirituality, and the mysterious intersection between synchronicity, intuition, and the human mind.