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One Part Lion - One Part Lamb with Stephen Scoggins

One Part Lion - One Part Lamb with Stephen Scoggins

He Built a 7-Figure Business While Battling Stage 4 Cancer | Buddy Clay

May 20, 2026 · 1h 19m

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He was 33, healthy, building a mental health company from scratch, and a routine mole check came back stage three cancer. Four years later, it came back stage four. What he built in the middle of that will change how you think about leadership, faith, and what you're actually standing on. Buddy Clay is the founder of New Hope Institute, a multi-seven-figure mental health and addiction recovery organization, and he built it while battling cancer twice, delivering his daughter on his kitchen floor two weeks before opening his doors, and learning to lead a team through the most vulnerable season of his life. After corporate norms, health crises, and moments of pure overwhelm, he chose to stop…