Darrell Wood

<p>What if healing could happen somewhere beyond the hospital room?</p><p></p><p>In this episode of <i>Living OUT Loud</i>, I sit down with Darrell Wood, founder and executive director of Cues For Cancer, a nonprofit using the power of musical theater to bring hope, connection, and moments of joy to individuals and families facing cancer.</p><p></p><p>Darrell believes that while medicine treats the body, people also need something that reminds them who they are beyond the diagnosis.</p><p>We talk about what inspired him to turn creativity into service, the realities of building a mission-driven organization from the ground up, and why the arts deserve a much bigger place in our conversations about healing.</p><p></p><p>We also explore the loneliness that can accompany cancer, the importance of giving families moments where they can simply be human again, and Darrell's belief that hope isn't a luxury. It's part of the medicine.</p><p></p><p>This is a conversation about cancer, but even more than that, it's about purpose, creativity, resilience, and what becomes possible when we use the gifts we've been given to show up for someone else.</p><p>Because sometimes healing isn't about changing what we're going through.</p><p></p><p>Sometimes it's about remembering we're not going through it alone.</p><p>#CuesForCancer #LivingOUTLoudPodcast #HealingThroughTheArts #CancerSupport #PurposeDriven</p>