In this episode of Underrated to Unstoppable, I sit down with Elissa Kalver — speaker, author, and founder of WeGotThis.org, the first nonprofit gift registry for cancer patients.

At just 34, Elissa was diagnosed with Stage IV metastatic breast cancer. Instead of letting that diagnosis define her, she chose to redefine what it means to truly live.

Through her nonprofit and her new book, We Got This: How I Learned to Thrive with Terminal Cancer, Elissa is rewriting the narrative around illness, resilience, and success. In our conversation, Elissa opens up about thriving — not just surviving — through adversity.

We talk about the power of community, why no one should face hardship alone, and how humor, joy, and unapolog ...