Tyler Merritt’s This Changes Everything

Description:Cancer is a tough topic—hard to discuss, isolating, and disorienting for those facing it. For Tyler Merritt, a beloved voice in the JHBC community, confronting mortality sparked a fresh perspective on life.Tyler joins Jen to talk about This Changes Everything, his humorous and heartfelt love letter to life after battling cancer. With his signature humor, pop culture nods, and musical theater references (plus a killer playlist), Tyler weaves candid stories of surgery and treatment with playful asides—think a five-page play about his appendix and Taylor Swift-inspired subtitles.Things may go off the rails when Jen and Tyler debate whether words like “lovers” and “making love” are officially outdated—we apologize in advance.***Thought-provoking Quotes:Because of the way your book is written, in real time and with such urgency, I think 100 people out of 100 will go straight to their phones after finishing the book and Google ”is Tyler Merritt still alive?” – Jen HatmakerI found out pretty quickly that I was using a lot of humor to cover my fear. Even in the worst possible scenarios, even though I was sometimes walking with death, it felt like, if I looked around, there was humor. – Tyler MerrittFor people that are in the horrible cancer club, if you have something in your life that has created change in your every day, or something that has made things scary, you’re not alone. You’re blessed to still be here and breathing. – Tyler MerrittResources Mentioned in This Episode:This Changes Everything: A Surprisingly Funny Story About Race, Cancer, Faith, and Other Things We Don’t Talk About by Tyler Merritt - https://amzn.to/3Clgwa2Jen Hatmaker Book Club - https://bit.ly/40KOQ7UI Take My Coffee Black: Reflections on Tupac, Musical Theater, Faith, and Being Black in America by Tyler Merritt - https://amzn.to/4hjiPcCPublisher’s Weekly synopsis - https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781546006961A Door Made for Me by Tyler Merritt - https://amzn.to/4hvCkPnCujo - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085382/Annie - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083564/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_8_tt_2_nm_6_in_0_q_annieWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls - https://amzn.to/4gdEbqGTrain - Drops of Jupiter - https://open.spotify.com/track/2hKdd3qO7cWr2Jo0Bcs0MABlackberry Farms - https://www.blackberryfarm.com/This Changes Everything playlist - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0jFoCxX22lzohvdd2tLfkQSandi Patti - https://www.sandipatty.com/Taylor Swift - https://www.taylorswift.com/Prince - https://www.prince.com/RENT - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0294870/AUDIOBOOK: This Changes Everything: A Surprisingly Funny Story About Race, Cancer, Faith, and Other Things We Don't Talk About by Tyler Merritt - https://amzn.to/3Cm1YHaBook People (Austin) - https://www.bookpeople.com/Parnassus Books (Nashville) - https://www.parnassusbooks.net/Guest’s Links:Tyler’s website - https://thetylermerrittproject.com/Tyler’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thetylermerrittproject/Tyler’s Twitter - https://x.com/ttmprojectTyler’s Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/thetylermerrittprojectTyler’s YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPB48_JfK-VMnYQPTYyMX5QConnect with Jen!Jen’s website - https://jenhatmaker.com/Jen’s Instagram - https://instagram.com/jenhatmakerJen’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/jenHatmaker/Jen’s Facebook - https://facebook.com/jenhatmakerJen’s YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/user/JenHatmakerThe For the Love Podcast is presented by Audacy.