Justine Laidlaw - The Natural Bird

Justine Laidlaw - The Natural Bird Healing from Stage 3 aggressive colon cancer naturally is no easy feat, but I did it. I believed I could HEAL, so I did! No Chemo & No Radiation!
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Hi...I’m Justine Laidlaw, Life Coach and Functional Medicine & Holistic Cancer Coach based in the beautiful Bay of Plenty in New Zealand. I love life, make the most of opportunities, and am certainly not afraid of change. I coach to help change lives as mine was changed drastically in 2013. At 45 years old I was diagnosed with Stage 3 aggressive colon cancer. I embarked on an enlightening journey to find out the best possible course of treatment to stay alive and healthy. I believe that listening to my gut instinct along with knowledge is incredibly powerful. After many hours of research, reading and watching incredible videos, I had surgery but I opted out of the traditional treatment options and decided I could help heal myself by using alternative and holistic methods. I understood that a bigger part of my healing would involve continual exploration into what my body, mind and soul need from me on a day to day basis. Ozone therapy has played a big part in optimising my Immune system towards healing from cancer. I grow as much of my own food as I can on our small lifestyle block organically. Our food is additive and preservative free, we eat a combination of cooked and uncooked vegetables, fruits, activated nuts, seeds and fermented foods. When we eat meat or chicken I always buy free-range, grass fed and mainly organic. There are never any counting calories and healthy takeaways and dining out are still options. Join me as I continue along the path of healing to promote a healthy lifestyle, balanced nutrition, spiritual knowledge and a safe community to share ideas and positive thoughts.

Tomorrow we open the door to something truly special… and we already have 85 beautiful souls joining us from the USA, Au...
23/11/2025

Tomorrow we open the door to something truly special… and we already have 85 beautiful souls joining us from the USA, Australia, and New Zealand.

Our hearts are full.

Many of you know Radical Remission — a book that has changed the lives of countless cancer patients around the world. After guiding hundreds of people through the 10 Key Healing Factors, one truth continues to stand out:

👉 The emotional work is often the hardest work.
Fear, suppressed emotions, old stories, unprocessed grief — this is the layer that so many find the most challenging… and yet,
it is also the layer where the deepest healing begins.

This is why Jenny and I love this work so much.
This is why we keep showing up.
This is why we created this 2-week experience.

Because we believe — wholeheartedly — that when people learn how to soften fear, release the emotional load, and return to safety within their bodies, something powerful happens:

🌿 The nervous system shifts
🌿 The mind becomes clearer
🌿 The heart opens
🌿 The body can finally exhale
🌿 And healing — real, meaningful, embodied healing — becomes possible

We are passionate, lit-up, and deeply committed to sharing everything we’ve learned over the years… not just as coaches, but as people who have walked this path personally.

To everyone joining us tomorrow:
We can’t wait to spend these next two weeks with you.
To guide you.
To support you.
To remind you that you are not alone and you are far more powerful than you think.

Here’s to courage.
Here’s to emotional freedom.
Here’s to the journey home.

💛 Let’s begin. DETAILS IN BIO!

Evenings like this… pure medicine. 💫🙏💫
22/11/2025

Evenings like this… pure medicine. 💫🙏💫

What Japan Can Teach NZ About Metabolic Health (and Why It Matters for Cancer)Here in Aotearoa, we’re facing a serious m...
21/11/2025

What Japan Can Teach NZ About Metabolic Health (and Why It Matters for Cancer)

Here in Aotearoa, we’re facing a serious metabolic problem — rising obesity, rising Type 2 diabetes, and with it, increasing cancer mortality.
But there’s a country quietly showing what’s possible… and it’s not magic.

Japan.

They’ve kept some of the lowest metabolic disease rates in the developed world through two simple, powerful commitments — both of which NZ could adopt.

1. The Metabo Law — Prevention as a priority

Since 2008, Japan has required adults aged 40–74 to have yearly metabolic screenings — waist measurements, blood sugar, blood pressure, and lipids.

If someone is at risk, they’re given support, not judgment: coaching, guidance, and accountability to help them return to health.

And instead of blaming individuals, Japan holds workplaces and local governments responsible for helping people improve.

Imagine if NZ invested in our metabolic health like that.

2. Shokuiku — Teaching children how to nourish themselves

In Japan, food education is seen as essential.
School lunches are part of the curriculum, nutrition teachers are trained professionals, and kids learn:

how to build a balanced meal

why whole foods matter

where their food comes from

gratitude for the land and the growers

No confusion, no fad diets — just lifelong food wisdom.

And yes… this links directly to cancer

Metabolic dysfunction (insulin resistance, inflammation, visceral fat) increases cancer risk and impacts outcomes.

Japan’s strong metabolic health is one reason their cancer mortality hasn’t climbed the way ours has.

The real takeaway?

Japan hasn’t done anything NZ couldn’t do.
They simply made metabolic health a national priority.

And when a population is metabolically healthy, every cell is more resilient.

Small shifts — at home, in schools, in workplaces — can change a generation.

It’s been a huge week — the kind that fills you up and stretches you at the same time. Two big Zoom presentations… one s...
21/11/2025

It’s been a huge week — the kind that fills you up and stretches you at the same time.

Two big Zoom presentations… one streaming live to Sydney with and the amazing GenBiome team, sharing Radical Remission with their community. And my own beautiful 10-week group — joined last night by the incredible Kaytee .boyd.clinic (Oncology Nutrionist) dropping all her powerhouse nutrition wisdom. 🙌 Also a fab connection with Dr Kelly Turner The Radical Remission Project and fellow Remission teachers from all over the world....

Plus clients, ozone trainings, calls… a big, full, heart-led week.

And today my body said, STOP.
So I did.

Hands in the garden, fingers in the dirt, grounding myself back into my body. No rushing, no thinking — just earth, breath, presence.

When life is full, slowing down isn’t optional — it’s medicine.

Tonight I’m keeping the theme going with a cuppa by the fire with my rescue boy, letting everything soften and settle.

If you’ve been going full speed, here’s your reminder:

✨ Pause.
✨ Touch the earth.
✨ Reset.

Your nervous system will thank you. 🔥💫


This morning felt incredibly grounding.I joined a call with Dr. Kelly Turner and the Radical Remission coaches from arou...
20/11/2025

This morning felt incredibly grounding.

I joined a call with Dr. Kelly Turner and the Radical Remission coaches from around the world, and it reminded me how powerful it is to gather and listen to the heart of this work.

As she shared the latest updates from the Radical Remission Project, Dr. Turner highlighted something that has become unmistakably clear since the pandemic:

Nervous system reprogramming isn’t just important - it’s the very first step of healing.

After years of global fear and stress, so many people are still living with a nervous system stuck in survival mode. Our bodies have learned to brace, anticipate danger, and stay alert long after the moment has passed.

And as Dr. Turner explained, if the nervous system doesn’t feel safe, the body cannot shift into healing mode. No diet change, supplement, or detox can fully land while we’re still running the chemistry of fear.

This is why so many feel like they’re doing “all the right things” physically but progress is slow. The emotional, mental, and spiritual pieces - 7 of the 10 Radical Remission factors are essential, not optional.

Healing isn’t just about what we put into the body…
It’s about what the body is able to receive.
And it can only receive when it feels safe.

This is exactly why Jenny and I created our next 2-week Healing FEAR, Mindset & Emotions Workshop — to help unwind fear, calm the stress loops, and start reprogramming the inner world so the body can finally exhale.

If you’d love to join us, we’d love to support you.
Details in the bio.

A Little Window Seat Wisdom Before TonightThis is exactly where I needed to be this afternoon — tucked into the window s...
19/11/2025

A Little Window Seat Wisdom Before Tonight

This is exactly where I needed to be this afternoon — tucked into the window seat with a book in hand, legs up, and my faithful staffy Nelly glued to my side like she knows something important is coming.

There’s something about taking a moment of stillness before you speak to a big group…

Tonight, Jenny and I will be talking to over 180 patients in Sydney, all connected with an incredible group of practitioners who care deeply about whole-person healing. A big night, a big message — but right now, it’s just this soft moment.

A book.
A dog.
A quiet room.
A reminder.

Healing doesn’t just happen in the big breakthroughs or the big conversations.

It happens in the in-between spaces — the pauses where our nervous system resets, where our mind becomes still enough to actually listen, where our cells get a chance to remember safety again.

As I sit here, Nelly looking out the window like she’s contemplating life, I’m reminded of why we show up to share the Radical Remission work and our “Healing Beyond Cancer” message.

Because every person in that room tonight has a story.

A fear.
A hope.
A spark inside them that’s waiting to be nurtured.

And sometimes the most powerful thing we can offer is not just information…

but the energy of presence, calm, and possibility.

Tonight will be big — but this moment right here is what fills my cup so I can show up fully.


After my big walk this morning, breakfast tasted extra good.The morning air was so cool, about 6°C where I went for my h...
15/11/2025

After my big walk this morning, breakfast tasted extra good.

The morning air was so cool, about 6°C where I went for my hike, the kind of crispness that wakes you up from the inside out and makes you feel alive in your bones.

Coming home after that to a warm, nourishing brekkie felt like pure heaven.

Avocados are finally back in season and honestly… they’re divine right now. So creamy, almost buttery — the perfect match for a proper protein breakfast that keeps my cells fuelled, steady, and deeply satisfied.

This morning’s creation?

Salmon & Courgette Fritters — one of my simplest, most nourishing go-tos.

Here’s the recipe:

🥒 Grate 2 courgettes
🌿 Chop one sprig of parsley
🧄 Add 1 crushed garlic clove
🔥 Sprinkle smoked paprika, sea salt & pepper
🥚 Mix in 3 eggs
🐟 Add fresh salmon, diced
🌾 Stir through 2 tbsp buckwheat flour

Lightly pan-fry until golden… serve with that lush seasonal avocado… and enjoy every bite.

A perfect way to start a chilly morning. 🥑✨

While out walking this morning with my dogs, I was listening to a powerful conversation about when the body remembers wh...
15/11/2025

While out walking this morning with my dogs, I was listening to a powerful conversation about when the body remembers what the mind has forgotten, from the Human Garage Experience episode “Ep. 1 – Breath, Soil, and Human Potential: Zach Bush on Healing at Scale.” The wisdom in Zach’s words speak truth to me.

When you begin to understand the emotional memory stored inside the human body, something shifts. Our cells carry stories our conscious mind has long buried. Every childhood wound, every heartbreak, every moment we held back our truth or abandoned ourselves for safety doesn’t disappear. It settles into the tissues, the fascia, the breath, and the subconscious layers that quietly guide how we react, how we relate, and how we heal.

Zach explains that disease is rarely random.
Often, it is the body’s final attempt to communicate what the subconscious has been holding for years.
Not to punish us, but to free us.

When the body can no longer carry the emotional load alone, it speaks through:

✨ inflammation
✨ hormonal or immune dysregulation
✨ chronic pain
✨ autoimmune issues
✨ cancer
✨ anxiety or shutdown

We tend to label these things as illness, but at a deeper level they are invitations — messages from the body asking for emotional release and reconnection.

Zach reminds us that real healing isn’t only about supplements, diets, or protocols.
Healing asks us to meet the emotional truth we’ve been avoiding.

To feel what was never safe to feel.
To listen instead of override.
To release generational patterns.
To rewire subconscious programs formed before the age of seven.
To return to love for ourselves and our story.

This is why so much healing begins the moment we start doing the inner work. The moment we stop fighting the body and begin listening to its wisdom.

If you're walking a healing path right now, hold this close:

Your body isn’t betraying you.
It’s remembering for you.
And it’s asking for liberation.

I’m so grateful for teachers like Zach Bush who weave science, soul, and emotional truth into one conversation — reminding us that healing begins in places we can’t see but can absolutely feel.

If this resonates, our 2-Week Fear, Mindset & Emotions Workshop is designed to support exactly this kind of deep inner work.

It will help you understand the emotional memories your body is holding, recognise old subconscious programming, and gently release what no longer serves your healing.

If you feel the nudge, we would love to walk with you.

(Link in comments or bio.)

This week I wandered into our local butcher because I was absolutely craving a proper Scotch fillet. I don’t know about ...
13/11/2025

This week I wandered into our local butcher because I was absolutely craving a proper Scotch fillet. I don’t know about you… but I am a meat girl!

Yes, I know - I was diagnosed with colon cancer, and in the beginning I was told to go vegan. That lasted about five minutes. My body did not thrive on it. I thrive on meat. I thrive on low-carb. I thrive when I listen to my body instead of the rules we’re told to follow.

Normally I’ve got plenty of home-kill meat in the freezer, but while we wait for our next organic beef to arrive, I just wanted a decent steak. And then I spotted it… slowly aged, beautifully marbled, full of flavour. I love the fattier cuts — yes, I can already see eyes rolling!

But as much as I would’ve loved to buy a slab of this fillet… it was $165 per kg. I’d need to take out a second mortgage just to have dinner there!

It reminded me how unique we all are. Different bodies, different metabolisms, different healing paths. Some people thrive on carnivore for their health issues. I don’t think I could ever go fully carnivore because I adore my greens too much — but that’s the beauty of it.

One size doesn’t fit all.
Your body knows.
Your healing knows.

What about you — what way of eating makes you feel your best?

When the Two Worlds Meet…Every so often, something happens in my work that truly humbles me.This week, a GP reached out ...
10/11/2025

When the Two Worlds Meet…

Every so often, something happens in my work that truly humbles me.

This week, a GP reached out to me for support as they navigate a stage 4 diagnosis. Someone who has spent their entire career caring for others, someone trained within a very different system to the one I walk beside. And it moved me in the deepest way.

Not because of the title in front of their name.

Not because it confirms anything I teach.

But because it shows that something bigger is shifting in the world of healing.

It shows that the walls between the two sides of the fence are softening.

People who have lived fully within the medical model are now reaching toward the emotional, spiritual and energetic layers that often get overlooked.

What touches me most is that this isn’t about one side being right and the other wrong.

It is about both worlds meeting for the sake of deeper healing, for the sake of humanity, and for the sake of the person who simply wants to feel whole again.

When someone with a lifetime of clinical experience chooses to explore this work… healing from within, addressing root causes, reconnecting with intuition… it reminds me that the ripple we are creating is real.

It reinforces the vision that Jenny and I hold so dearly for "Healing Cancer Beyond Medicine."

* A vision where doctors and healers stand together.
* Where intuition and science complement one another.
* Where patients feel supported by a community rather than a system alone.
* Where healing expands emotionally, mentally, spiritually and physically.

To this GP, and to every soul walking this path, thank you.

Your vulnerability gives others permission to pause, question and reclaim their own power.

And your trust is something I never take lightly.

This is also why Jenny and I created our two-week Fear, Mindset and Emotions Workshop starting on the 25th.

* Because fear begins to dissolve when we truly understand ourselves.
* Mindsets shift when we learn how powerful our inner world can be.
* And emotions begin to heal when we stop walking through all of this alone.

Healing is a human journey, and I feel grateful every time someone chooses to explore what lies beyond the limits of what they have been taught.

Healing Cancer Beyond Medicine — one heart, one brave step, one awakening at a time.

Some places don’t just look beautiful — they change your whole internal frequency.The Redwoods in Rotorua is one of thos...
09/11/2025

Some places don’t just look beautiful — they change your whole internal frequency.

The Redwoods in Rotorua is one of those places for me. 🌲

I took the dogs for a 10km hike this weekend and the moment my feet hit that soft, earthy trail something in me dropped… lower… softer… calmer. It’s wild how a forest can speak straight to the nervous system without saying a word.

There’s a kind of awe in the Redwoods that you don’t find just anywhere. Anyone else feel this when they walk here? Or am I just completely obsessed? 😆

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Hi....I’m Justine Laidlaw, Life Coach and Holistic Cancer Coach based in the beautiful Bay of Plenty in New Zealand. I love life, make the most of opportunities and I am certainly not afraid of change. I coach to help change lives as mine was changed drastically in 2013. At 45 years old I was diagnosed with a Stage 3 aggressive colon cancer. I embarked on an enlightening journey to find out the best possible course of treatment to stay alive and healthy. I believe that listening to my gut instinct along with knowledge is incredibly powerful. After many hours of research, reading and watching inspiring movies and documentaries, I had surgery but I opted out of the traditional treatment options and decided I could help heal myself by using alternative and holistic methods. No Chemo & No Radiation! I understood that a bigger part of my healing would involve continual exploration into what my body, mind and soul need from me on a day to day basis. Ozone therapy has played a big part towards optimising my Immune system towards healing from cancer. I grow as much of my own food as I can on our small lifestyle block organically. Our food is additive and preservative free, we eat a combination of cooked and uncooked vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds, wholegrains and fermented foods. When I do eat meat or chicken I always buy free range, grass fed and mainly organic. There are never any counting calories and healthy takeaways and dining out are still options. I run inspiring workshops as a certifed “Radical Remission” Teacher trainor from Dr Kelly’s Turners incredible research on cancer patients who have survived a terminal diagnosis.

Join me as I continue to promote a healthy lifestyle, balanced nutrition, spiritual knowledge and a safe community to share ideas and positive thoughts and where I inspire others towards optimising their wellness journey of healing and living fully.