What does it look like to keep showing up for your life while you’re still in treatment?

In this episode of the WE GOT THIS podcast, Elissa sits down with Broadway performer and cancer thriver Kara Lindsay. Since her diagnosis in October 2024, Kara has been navigating treatment while continuing to show up as a mom, a wife, and an artist.

This conversation is about what it actually looks like to live in the middle of it. Holding fear and joy at the same time. Staying connected to who you are while everything feels uncertain. And finding moments of light, even on the hardest days.

At WE GOT THIS, we believe stories like Kara’s help people feel less alone and more understood in their own experience.

About Kara Lindsay:

Kara Lindsay is a Broadway performer known for her roles as Glinda in Wicked, Cynthia Weil in Beautiful, and Katherine Plumber in the original Broadway cast of Newsies. Her work spans Broadway, national tours, television, and film, including appearances on Murphy Brown, ABC’s Schoolhouse Rock! 50th Anniversary Singalong, and The Disney Family Singalong: Volume II. She holds a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University.

Kara was diagnosed with cancer in October 2024 and is currently in treatment, continuing to navigate life as a mother, wife, and artist.

Follow Kara: @karalindsay1

Kara Lindsay & Elissa Kalver are joining forces for We Got This — a benefit concert of song and stories supporting the cancer community. All proceeds benefit WeGotThis.org, the first ever cancer registry founded by Elissa Kalver to support patients through every step of their journey. 🎭🤍 Tickets available here: https://thegreenroom42.venuetix.com/showdetails/PeC32qpJ4XcgHxHZLDgV/Q5daoXFDqqMgXGd2gy9t

In this episode, we talk about:

• Living in treatment, not just after it

• Balancing motherhood, marriage, and a creative career during cancer

• Holding onto identity when everything shifts

• Finding moments of joy in the middle of uncertainty

• The role of community in getting through hard seasons

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