The Path Through Cancer

This page is an invitation into my memoir, Lighth⊙use: The Path Through Cancer.

I didn’t write it after I survived. I wrote it while I was still inside the fire as the veil began to lift and the life I thought I knew fell away.

I wrote to make sense of what was happening to me — to my body, my identity, my beliefs — as chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery stripped everything down to what was real.

I wrote it to remember who I was, and to meet who I was becoming. To stay present with the avalanche of emotions moving through me — fear, grief, clarity, surrender — and to let them speak instead of silencing them.

What emerged wasn’t a story about cancer.
It was a reckoning with truth.

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Praise for Lighth⊙use: The Path Through Cancer

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She’s on a mission-not just to share her story, but to guide others who feel lost in their own. She educates, empowers, and offers tools, wisdom, and support to anyone who needs it. Her purpose is bigger than healing herself; it’s about healing others, and in doing so, healing the world. Kia is a living testament that no matter how heavy the past, the future can be radiant. She shows us all that it’s possible to rise, to thrive, and to walk boldly into the light of wellness.

Andrew S. HueyLicensed Acupuncturist, Founder of Eternal Lillie
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If you’ve ever questioned the system, or sat in the sacred silence of a waiting room with more questions than hope - this book is for you. If you’ve ever lost someone or feared losing yourself, this book is for you. If you’re looking for strength, softness, and a guide toward healing, Kia has gifted us this roadmap written in truth, perspective and power.

Eleni SimosFounder of CLEANSED, Inc. & Host of Juice is the New Tea Podcast
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As someone who’s had their own breast cancer journey, this book captures the quiet terrors, the invisible grief, and the unraveling. But this isn’t just a book about illness, but about becoming and choosing wholeness and truth even when everything feels broken. It could be a motivator for people when they feel lost.

Lindsay
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As Kia Lee’s book publisher and someone who’s had the honor of walking beside her on this powerful writing journey, I’ve personally witnessed Kia transform from a courageous storyteller to a radiant force of healing. Lighth⊙use: The Path Through Cancer, the Power of Becoming is more than a continuing memoir, it’s a testament to the huge mountains
she’s climbed, the battles she won, the tough choices she’s had to make, and the inner barriers she’s shattered. Her vulnerability in sharing her battle with cancer is not only brave, it’s life changing. Kia is definitely a lighthouse for those trying to find their land of healing in the dark. This book, just like her first one, proves once again that even through pain, purpose can still rise.

Rahfeal GordonFounder and CEO of Madison + Park Agency

About The Author

Kia Lee is a writer, speaker, and Stage 3 breast cancer survivor whose work explores healing, identity, and the sacred process of becoming. A Bucks County, Pennsylvania native and graduate of The New School (BFA), she has called New York City home for over two decades.

Known for her unguarded, soulful voice, Kia writes with a rare honesty that invites empathy, reflection, and connection. When she’s not writing, she lifts heavy things, walks in the sunlight, and helps women remember who they are.