Shrenik Shah, Asia Pacific Kindness and Leadership Awardee, Global Influencer, Mentor, and Keynote Speaker, shared a post on LinkedIn:
“On World Cancer Day, I stood on a stage holding my 281st award.
Not as a milestone.
Not as a badge of pride.
But as a reminder of why this work exists in the first place. That evening wasn’t about applause or photographs. It was about conversations that usually don’t happen.
Between:
1. Doctors who know the science.
2. Hospitals that manage the system.
3. Patients who are quietly terrified, confused, and overwhelmed.
Cancer doesn’t only attack the body. It attacks language, understanding, and hope. Most patients aren’t scared of treatment. They’re scared of the unknown. They hear words like protocols, stages, cycles, responses. What they feel is silence inside their head. And somewhere in that gap, fear grows. That is the gap I spoke about that day.
Not as a survivor giving motivation.
Not as a speaker delivering inspiration.
But as someone who has lived inside that silence.
- When patients understand the process, fear loosens its grip.
- When they see stories of people who continued living, working, loving, failing, laughing, returning, life comes back into focus.
- When doctors and hospitals speak with patients, not at them, healing begins much earlier.
One disease does not end a life. But misunderstanding it can. This is where experiential storytelling changes outcomes.
Not pamphlets.
Not statistics.
Not awareness posters.
But real stories.
Real coaching.
Real conversations that help patients breathe again.
I work with hospitals and doctors to:
1. Humanize clinical journeys.
2. Train teams to communicate beyond reports.
3. Help patients see treatment as a phase, not a full stop.
4. Build trust where fear once lived.
Because when understanding enters the room, panic leaves. That award on my shelf will gather dust. But if one patient walks out of a hospital believing, “Life isn’t over. I just need to learn how to live differently for a while,” then the evening mattered. If you’re a hospital, doctor, or care team trying to bridge this invisible gap. I’d be glad to help you do it, one story at a time.”
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