Cancer Set Me Free: Turning crisis into calm to survive anything

5 Star Review

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Editorial Book Review:

By SM Harrison

Glenn Sturm’s Cancer Set Me Free emerges as a luminous beacon for anyone confronting life’s most profound challenge. Drawing on fourteen years of personal battle with cancer, a storied career in law, military service, and entrepreneurship, Sturm offers a memoir and masterclass that transforms crisis into calm and courage. His is a narrative forged in adversity, yet tempered with grace and purpose—a story that reverberates far beyond its pages.

Warmth of compassion and authority of experience are the distinguishing characteristics of Sturm's writing. The raw emotional landscape is traversed by readers without sacrificing clarity, as his prose is both candid and composed. The story is organized around the critical stages of his illness, recovery, and personal growth, and it progresses through a sequence of reflective chapters that serve as both a leadership guide and a memoir. In each chapter, a compelling blend of heart and head is achieved, which offers actionable insights and moving personal anecdotes.

The alchemy of transformation is the central theme of the book, which involves the transformation of fear into focus, suffering into service, and vulnerability into vitality. Sturm not only recounts his struggle with the disease, but also explains how he used it as a catalyst to redefine his priorities, fortify his relationships, and enhance his sense of purpose. He also offers practical frameworks for emotional wellbeing, decision-making under pressure, self-advocacy in medical settings, and resilience-building—tools that are relevant to anyone who is navigating a crisis, not just those with cancer.

The intellectual impact resonates through Sturm’s seamless integration of memoir and methodology. His reflections on navigating mortality provoke introspection, while his systematic recommendations for self-care, mindset, and support systems make the narrative relevant and usable. He underscores that the essential work of survival extends beyond the body to the mind, spirit, and community.

On an emotional level, Cancer Set Me Free provides both inspiration and solace. While acknowledging the agony of illness, Sturm's narrative refrains from dwelling on it. Despite the presence of moments of raw honesty—fear, loss, existential doubt—these are consistently counterbalanced by pragmatism, hope, and renewal. His journey serves as an illustration of the transformative potential of crisis: that by confronting suffering, we can reclaim clarity, compassion, and purpose.

Ultimately, this is not merely a cancer memoir; it is a study in enduring humanity, purposeful leadership, and courageous living. Sturm provides a manual for transforming fear into fuel and disruption into discovery. Cancer Set Me Free is a profound companion and a clarion call to live deeply, bravely, and intentionally for anyone who is facing adversity or supporting someone who is.

About the Author

Glenn Sturm

Glenn W Sturm earned a Juris Doctor with honors from the Levin College of Law at the University of Florida, where he was named to the Order of the Coif. Sturm served in the U.S. Military as a commissioned officer on active duty and in the reserves for over 30 years. In his other lives, he is a best-selling author, photographic artist, and philanthropist, and he strives every day to make the lives of others better while continuing to navigate his way through over a decade and a half of life with incurable cancer.