November 12, 2026
Surviving a Brain Tumor & Reinventing Life at 64 / Jenny White
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She was told she might not survive, retired nurse Jenny White chose to fight.
In this conversation with Brigitte Cutshall, Jenny shares her brain tumor survival story, her recovery from a coma, and how writing medical thrillers gave her a new purpose.
They talk resilience, mindset, humor in hard times, why nurses deserve more respect, and how to reinvent your life when it changes overnight.
3 Takeaways:
Mindset is everything. The people who chose to fight were the ones Jenny saw thrive.Reinvention is possible at any age. A blank slate can become a bigger purpose.Stay human. Connection, humor, and imperfection beat chasing the “perfect” image.
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About Jennifer White
Author, Keynote Speaker & TV Host
30+ Years as a Registered NurseAuthor Medical thriller authorKeynote Speaker Resilience and reinventionSurvivor Brain tumor survivor
Jennifer White is not just a brain tumor survivor-she is living proof that a life can be rebuilt after everything familiar disappears.
A retired Registered Nurse, medical thriller author, keynote speaker and soon-to-be television host, Jennifer White brings together more than 30 years of healthcare experience with a deeply personal story of survival, reinvention and finding an entirely new purpose.
Jennifer’s nursing career spanned intensive care and long-term care, including leadership as a Director of Care. Then, everything changed. A brain tumor led to emergency surgery, and Jennifer woke from a coma unable to walk or speak, with memories and abilities she had once taken for granted suddenly gone. She had to relearn how to communicate, rebuild her life and, in many ways, rediscover who she was.
Rather than simply trying to return to the person she had been, Jennifer chose to reinvent herself.
That journey became the foundation for her work as an author and speaker. Her Abbey Roberts medical thriller series draws on her firsthand experience inside healthcare, using compelling fiction to explore uncomfortable questions about patient safety, nursing, staffing, ethics, addiction, leadership and the realities of care systems. Her books are designed not only to entertain, but to leave readers asking: Could this really happen? What would I do? And how could we do better?