Suleika Jaouad’s career aspirations as a war correspondent were cut short when, at age 22, she was diagnosed with leukemia.

Faced with slim survival odds, she knew she wanted to find a way to still participate in the world and give back more than she had taken. It started with a daily journal and eventually became “Life, Interrupted,” the Emmy award-winning New York Times column and video series she wrote from her hospital bed.

In this episode of Stories of Transformation, Suleika recounts the darkest and lightest moments of her four-year battle with leukemia. She shares what important life lessons she learned throughout her journey from diagnosis to remission and beyond on her cross country road trip of healing and self discovery.

Suleika Jaouad is an Emmy-award winning journalist, and author of her memoir Between Two Kingdoms. Her Ted Talk, "What Almost Dying Taught Me About Living", has over 4 million views.