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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!

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.

03/02/2026

This is something I hear often when working with clients: once treatments slow down or end, a quiet, lonely space opens up. A feeling of “what now?” It can feel like you’ve been thrown into a washing machine, turned upside down, spun around at full speed and then suddenly ejected, left standing there soaking wet, with no towels, no clothes to change into, and no clear direction for what comes next.

Friends and family care deeply, but unless you’ve walked this path yourself, it’s hard to truly understand the mental and emotional layers of a cancer journey. The uncertainty. The fear. The rebuilding of trust with your body. And the deep longing to connect with others who genuinely get it.

So many share how much they’re looking forward to being part of a group that understands — a space where they don’t have to explain themselves, where healing isn’t just about appointments and protocols, but about connection, hope, and remembering who you really are beneath it all.

It reminded me of this beautiful reflection from one of our past Radical Remission participants, Claire in New Zealand:

“This course has been one of the best investments I’ve made in my health this year. I truly wish that anyone navigating a cancer journey could have access to something like this. So much was thoughtfully covered, offered, discussed, and shared, and I experienced many ‘light-bulb’ moments along the way. Our group has continued to stay connected, which has become an incredibly valuable source of support and connection. While I am implementing many positive changes to my wellbeing routine, my biggest takeaway is that I no longer feel fear as I continue my hauora journey. Instead, I move forward with courage and determination. Mauri ora.”
— Claire T, New Zealand

And that’s exactly it.

Healing doesn’t happen in isolation.

So many people come into the workshop carrying fear, overwhelm, and a sense of being alone in it all. What unfolds instead is something deeply human and powerful, shared stories, gentle encouragement, tears, laughter, insight, and a collective remembering that healing is possible. That how we choose to live right now matters. And that being witnessed and supported by others walking a similar path can change everything.

03/02/2026

This is something I hear often when working with clients: once treatments slow down or end, a quiet, lonely space opens up. A feeling of “what now?” It can feel like you’ve been thrown into a washing machine, turned upside down, spun around at full speed and then suddenly ejected, left standing there soaking wet, with no towels, no clothes to change into, and no clear direction for what comes next.

Friends and family care deeply, but unless you’ve walked this path yourself, it’s hard to truly understand the mental and emotional layers of a cancer journey. The uncertainty. The fear. The rebuilding of trust with your body. And the deep longing to connect with others who genuinely get it.

So many share how much they’re looking forward to being part of a group that understands — a space where they don’t have to explain themselves, where healing isn’t just about appointments and protocols, but about connection, hope, and remembering who you really are beneath it all.

It reminded me of this beautiful reflection from one of our past Radical Remission participants, Claire in New Zealand:

“This course has been one of the best investments I’ve made in my health this year. I truly wish that anyone navigating a cancer journey could have access to something like this. So much was thoughtfully covered, offered, discussed, and shared, and I experienced many ‘light-bulb’ moments along the way. Our group has continued to stay connected, which has become an incredibly valuable source of support and connection. While I am implementing many positive changes to my wellbeing routine, my biggest takeaway is that I no longer feel fear as I continue my hauora journey. Instead, I move forward with courage and determination. Mauri ora.”
— Claire T, New Zealand

And that’s exactly it.

Healing doesn’t happen in isolation.

So many people come into the workshop carrying fear, overwhelm, and a sense of being alone in it all. What unfolds instead is something deeply human and powerful shared stories, gentle encouragement, tears, laughter, insight, and a collective remembering that healing is possible. That how we choose to live right now matters. And that being witnessed and supported by others walking a similar path can change everything.

If you’re at that point of “what now?” — craving connection, understanding, and a space that honours both the physical and emotional journey — this is why the Radical Remission journey exists. Not just to share information, but to create community. To help you move from fear into hope. And to remind you that you don’t have to do this alone.

If you’ve completed the course with me and feel called to share your experience, I’d love for you to do so in the comments. Your story helps others feel less alone and reminds them that healing and connection are possible. 🙏

02/02/2026

When Fear Gets Loud… Can We Still Hear Our Soul?

I’m currently working with a beautiful client who has made the brave decision to not proceed with the chemotherapy she was offered.

As you can imagine, her choice hasn’t been met with ease.

This was part of the response she received from her oncologist:

“I know we are asking a lot of you and this is going to be tough treatment but it is the only treatment that I think gives you any chance of cure. Unfortunately the clock is ticking and the tumour will continue to grow… It is not too late to come back. I really hope that you will let us help you.”

Reading this, my heart goes out to anyone who has ever been in this position.

Because this is what so many people face when they step off the conventional path:
fear-based language, urgency, pressure, and the sense that time is running out.

And when we are already vulnerable, tired, scared, or overwhelmed… those words can land heavily in the body.

For many, this is the moment where decisions get made from survival mode rather than from inner knowing.

Yet I see it again and again in my work:

When we slow down enough to breathe, to feel, and to listen deeply — our bodies often speak very clearly.

Sometimes they say yes.
Sometimes they say not this.
Sometimes they ask for space, gentleness, or a different way forward.

What feels aligned for one person may feel completely wrong for another.
But if we can’t connect with our intuition, if we’re swept up in external pressure and fear we can easily end up choosing things that don’t feel true to our soul.

Honouring your own inner wisdom doesn’t mean rejecting support.

It means choosing from a place of presence, not panic.
Trust, not terror.
Connection, not coercion.

So I’m curious…

✨ Have you ever been in this position, where your soul was screaming no to a treatment that was being strongly recommended?

✨ How did you navigate that crossroads?

✨ What helped you stay grounded in your truth when everything around you felt urgent or overwhelming?

If you feel called, I’d love you to share your experience below. Your story may be exactly what someone else needs to hear today.

01/02/2026

✨ When Medicine Says “Impossible”… and the Body Finds Another Way ✨

I’ve had this book sitting on my shelves for many years now. I’ve read it before — but recently I just knew it was time to read it again.

At the moment, I’m working with several clients who are feeling very reluctant to go down the path of more surgery or to proceed with recommended conventional treatments. And last night, I came across Claire’s story again — and it felt like a timely reminder for anyone facing a similar crossroads: when we shift our focus to creating life and gently let go of fear, it’s incredible what can sometimes happen.

Claire was diagnosed with pancreatic adenocarcinoma — one of the most aggressive cancers there is..

Her doctors told her she had one option: a Whipple procedure. An eight-hour surgery removing parts of her pancreas, gallbladder and small intestine (and possibly stomach and spleen), with significant risks of complications, lifelong digestive issues, diabetes, chronic pain — and no real guarantee it would extend her life in any meaningful way.

Even with surgery, she was told her chance of being alive in five years was around 5%.
Her surgeon was refreshingly honest. He explained the risks, the uncertain outcomes, and even showed her how many different ways surgeons try to “put people back together” afterward — admitting that none of them are good.

Claire went home and did what so many of us do in that moment.

She cried. She prayed. She watched videos of patients suffering after surgery. She searched survival statistics. And she asked herself some very real, very human questions:

How much pain am I willing to live with?
How many limitations can I accept?
Do I want to spend my remaining time in hospitals and waiting rooms… or actually living?

In the end, Claire made a brave and deeply personal choice.

She declined the surgery.

Instead of chasing an unlikely cure through extreme intervention, she chose to live whatever time she had left with as much joy, presence, nature, movement and happiness as possible.

She stopped being a patient — and focused on living.

Five years later, she ended up in hospital for something completely unrelated and had a CT scan.

Her doctors weren’t even looking for cancer.
But when they reviewed the images, they were stunned.

Her pancreas was clear.
The tumour was gone.
No surgery.
No chemo.
No radiation.

They rechecked everything. Reviewed biopsy slides. Confirmed the original diagnosis.
It had been real.

And now… it had vanished.

The medical system called it “spontaneous remission.” A fluke. A one-in-a-million outlier.
But what strikes me most about Claire’s story is this:

No one truly asked what she did change.
No one explored her emotional healing, lifestyle shifts, inner world, or the choices she made after diagnosis.
It was simply labelled unexplained and quietly filed away.
Yet these are exactly the stories we should be curious about.

Claire didn’t “do nothing.”

She listened to her body.
She chose peace over fear.
She chose quality of life over aggressive intervention.
She chose to live.
And somehow, her body responded.

I don’t share stories like Claire’s to tell anyone what they should do.

I share them to remind you that healing is not one-size-fits-all.

That your body holds wisdom..

That there is more to healing than protocols and procedures.

And that sometimes, when we shift from fear into presence… from fighting into living… extraordinary things can happen.

Not miracles.

Possibilities.

Claire’s story is not unlike many of the cancer thrivers featured in Radical Remission and Radical Hope — two deeply inspiring books that share real healing journeys from people who have defied the odds.

And it’s exactly why Jenny and I can’t wait to share these healing factors with our group in March.

This work is powerful.
It’s hopeful.
And it’s deeply inspiring.

If you feel called to join us, we’d love to walk alongside you on your healing journey. 🌿

01/02/2026

This review beautifully describes the transition from a “treatment journey” to a true healing journey. After eight years of navigating cancer and its side effects, Penny came to the Radical Remission workshop searching for something deeper — and found a new sense of grounding, belief, and inner guidance. Her words say it far better than I ever could…

When I joined the Radical Remission Workshop, I was eight years into my cancer journey. My primary focus over these last eight years was on conventional cancer treatment, having been on a range of drug treatments, with side effects for all these years. I've always been focused on healthy living, eating well, exercising, taking supplements and herbs and still the cancer has persisted. I felt there must be something important that I was missing.

I'd researched a lot of alternative treatments but always the fear of loosening my grip on conventional treatment stopped me from seriously pursuing any other avenues.

Then by chance I found Justine and the Radical Remission Workshop. At the first session Justine talked about the focus being on helping people shift from fear to hope to belief, that the body can heal itself, that while diet and exercise are really important, learning to listen to our intuition and feeling what's right for our bodies and facing into any emotional issues we may be consciously or unconsciously be holding onto is critically important to healing.

I was ready to stop trying to outthink this cancer and start listening to what my body was telling me. I was more than ready to stop living in fear and move to hope and belief that my body can heal itself. Without a doubt the Workshop has given me a fresh approach and a more positive path to follow, moving from a cancer treatment journey to a healing journey, where I hope and believe my body can heal itself.

Yes, I can get triggered and feel the fear, but I have some solid ground to stand on now and a great set of practices and support that help me to recentre and lift out of the fear. Justine created a safe place and a gentle way for me and others to share our experiences, ask questions and participate as each of us felt comfortable to.

The speakers, both practitioners and people who have defied the odds, the personal stories, the research, the wisdom shared and the connections made with each other were empowering. The Workshop has been a lifesaver for me.

Penny W - Auckland

Next group starts March 3rd PM for details of the workshop.

31/01/2026

One of the most beautiful things I witness in my work is what happens when people realise they don’t have to carry their healing journey by themselves.

Tania first reached out looking for one-on-one support after being diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. Instead, I invited her into our 10-week Radical Remission group — a space where people come together to explore healing on every level: physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual.

What unfolded was something far deeper than any single session could offer.

Here’s what Tania shared after completing the journey.....

> Joining the 10-week course was truly enriching. Being part of a supportive group of like-minded people, all navigating their own cancer journeys, made such a difference.

The weekly guest speakers were incredibly inspiring — especially those who had walked their own Radical Remission paths. Even after more than 10 years on my healing journey, this course reignited my energy and confidence, helping me revisit areas I had previously overlooked.

Justine held the space with compassion and clarity, guiding us through questions and concerns so beautifully that the two-hour sessions always flew by.

My biggest takeaways were renewed joy, connection, and — most importantly — hope.”

— Tania, Sydney 💛

Stories like Tania’s are exactly why I continue to offer this work.

These groups aren’t just about information — they’re about community, inspiration, real-life healing stories, and creating a safe space to explore what else is possible for your own journey.

✨The next 10-week Radical Remission workshop is now open.

If you’re feeling the nudge that it’s time to explore your healing more deeply, this may be your moment.

💛 Next group starts March 3rd 2026.

Reach out or message me directly for details.

You don’t have to do this alone.

29/01/2026

For so many of us, our bodies are the last thing we listen to. In fact, we’ve been taught from a young age to ignore our body’s signals and to push past our pain, override our exhaustion, and suppress our discomfort. We’ve learned that productivity is more important than care, that logic should override intuition, and that our feelings are distractions or weaknesses instead of the incredible guides that they actually are. And sadly, in this process we’ve become strangers to ourselves.

But the truth is: your body has been speaking to you all along. It holds the stories of your life, the emotions you never had space to feel, the deep healing wisdom you’ve been longing for, and everything in between. When we learn to truly listen to our bodies, we uncover a treasure trove of clarity, understanding, and healing. We begin to unravel decades of tension and confusion and find ourselves stepping more and more into our wholeness and authenticity.

This is exactly the layer of healing our medical system rarely focuses on — especially after a diagnosis. There’s a real gap there. Fortunately, we have many thrivers to thank for helping us understand that these inner layers of emotional, mental, and spiritual healing are what make the biggest shifts in the path toward life extension and living our best lives.

Each week in the Radical Remission groups, we hear the inspiring healing stories from people who have been in the same place as you, faced with diagnoses, surgery decisions, treatments or choosing different paths. Their stories remind us just how powerful we are and what we can do to enhance our own wellbeing by taking our power back and doing what truly feels in alignment with our soul’s messages.

Some of these messages we’ve learned to dismiss as foolish. We are taught to listen to the specialist’s expertise and diminish our own wisdom - wisdom that can often be screaming at us to look outside the box or take an integrative path toward healing.

One of those thrivers is Di Foster — a coach, speaker, and mindset mentor based in Christchurch, New Zealand. At age 31 Di was first diagnosed with breast cancer, and then, years later, with terminal secondary breast cancer that had metastasised in her lungs. Doctors gave her zero percent chance of surviving 12–18 months, and yet — she is alive and thriving over a decade later. Rather than follow only conventional treatments the second time around, Di shifted her focus entirely, embraced living fully with intentionality, and trusted her body’s capacity to heal. She has experienced what’s called a radical remission and now shares her journey and the profound lessons she learned along the way so that others don’t have to feel alone in theirs.

If Di’s journey inspires you, our next Radical Remission group starts on March 3rd — a space for connection, transformation, hope, and learning how to listen to your body in ways that honour your deepest healing. Join us, and let’s step into our wholeness together. Link in Comments..

27/01/2026

I was working with a very empowered man today who has already made huge changes to his health through diet and exercise many years ago to heal from a childhood condition — and more recently, has been exploring supportive treatments following a diagnosis late last year.

Over the past week, after I suggested he read Radical Hope, he’s been reflecting deeply on his life — his upbringing, past challenges, and especially recognising how important it is to explore suppressed emotions and his inner world.

Today felt like a deeper recognition of his life journey.

He’s also been carrying monumental stress from years shaped by COVID, the corporate world, and conditioned beliefs about what life should look like. Somewhere along the way, this diagnosis has woken him up to the bigger picture.

He made the brave decision to leave his corporate role — and instead of everything falling apart, everything is falling into alignment.

He’s shifted his perspective.
He’s earning more while doing less.
He’s living with intention.
He’s choosing empowerment over exhaustion.

And this is something I see again and again.

Healing is rarely just about the body. Yes, we absolutely need to support the body — but true healing goes deeper than that.

It’s about releasing fear.
It’s about addressing long-held emotions.
It’s about reconnecting with purpose.
It’s about becoming an active participant in your own healing.

If you’re walking a health journey of your own, perhaps these questions are worth gently sitting with:

✨ What stress have I been carrying that my body may be holding onto?
✨ What emotions have I learned to suppress?
✨ What parts of my life feel out of alignment?
✨ What would it look like to choose myself more fully?
✨ What is this chapter trying to teach me?

Sometimes illness isn’t just something to “fix.”

Sometimes it’s an invitation to wake up, realign, and come home to yourself 🤍

25/01/2026

I’ve been running the Radical Remission workshops for many years now, and each group continues to humble me. The courage, the honesty, the willingness to look deeper — it never stops amazing me what I witness with their shifts, healing and connections.

But this next round feels different. For the first time, I won’t be holding this space alone.

I’ll be joined by the incredible Jenny Kennedy - Speaker/Intuitive Healer and I honestly couldn’t feel more grateful.

Jenny has always been an inspiration to me.

Diagnosed 13 years ago with incurable ovarian cancer, she is a thriver and has joined the groups in the past to share her powerful healing story in one of the 10 weeks together.

This time, though, she’ll be co-facilitating the group alongside me for the full 10 weeks and I cant wait to have her incredible wisdom for the ongoing workshops we have planned together.

Both diagnosed over 12 years ago, we know this journey to the core of our bones — how challenging it can be, the fear that comes with diagnosis, the overwhelm of treatment decisions, the questioning, the searching… and those quiet moments where you wonder, “how the hell am I going to survive and get through this?”

Between us, we are two cancer THRIVERS, not survivors, who don’t teach this work from theory — we share it from lived experience.

No matter what path you choose — conventional treatment, natural approaches, or a combination of both — this space is about supporting the deeper emotional journey that so often gets overlooked.

This isn’t about fixing you.

It’s about walking beside you.

We share what helped us move from fear to trust, from hopelessness to belief, from feeling powerless to discovering our own inner strength.

We know you need this....

* A space where people truly get it

* Support from those who have walked this road

* Guidance that goes beyond the physical

* And a gentle, grounded re-igniting of hope

✨ This is the space you’ve been searching for.

A place to feel safe.
A place to feel understood.
A place to explore what else is possible — beyond the medicine — together starting March 3rd ❤️🩷🧡.......................

Review...

I really needed to hear all the Radical Remission stories each week and remind me what is possible. Connecting with everyone who was going through their own caner journey was invaluable too. I knew the Radical Remission healing factors well as I've had cancer four times now, at 28, 42, 45 and stage 4 at 48, just under a year ago. I discovered the books after my second diagnosis, knowing I needed to do things differently. I am really glad that I took the extra step to do Justine's course, because the connection and the stories make it real and possible and inspired me every week to just keep going, no matter how tough. Thank you, I am forever grateful.
Kate G - Australia

23/01/2026

My heart is still feeling so sad for the lives that were lost. 💔

My thoughts remain with the families who are grieving after this devastating weather event on one of my favourite weekly walking spots, Mount Maunganui.

This is usually a place I go to breathe, to ground, and to find peace and perspective — which makes the loss felt there even more heartbreaking and close to home.

As we continue to have more rain today, it feels important to pause and feel deeply grateful if we are not being affected personally, while holding care and concern for those who are. I truly hope everyone in our community is doing ok and feeling supported. 🙏

Holding the families, friends, first responders, and all those impacted so gently in my thoughts. May you feel surrounded by love, strength, and compassion during such an unimaginably hard time.

Kia haha NZ

20/01/2026

I wanted to share this beautiful piece of feedback from a client living with Parkinson’s, who has made a very real shift - not through changing physical treatments right now, but through exploring the inner work.

This shift came after participating in the 2-week Radical Remission workshop that Jenny and I facilitated late last year, focused on releasing fear, mindset, and emotions, alongside a 1:1 consultation with me last week.

Initially, she wanted to explore functional medicine testing. But as we gently zoomed out and looked at the bigger picture of her life - her stress load, emotional patterns, sense of purpose, and the way she had been carrying life - it became clear that the most powerful place to focus wasn’t the physical body at all.

It was moving forward with her life emotionally and mentally.

Here is her feedback, in her own words:

"Hi Justine, I’m just giving you some feedback from our session this week; the meditation you sent was profound for me.

The baggage I was carrying around with me was heavy & useless, trying to justify my way of looking at the world. Duh — what a waste of time. But better late than never, I reckon.

Parkinson’s is the big Mack truck smacking into me to change my ways. Since I didn’t change before with the many other warnings I had (slow learner). However, I was stuck at how to achieve this.

I found immediate relief from tension in my body which was reflecting my emotional rigidity. Feedback from friends was that my twinkle was back in my eyes. The light was on and someone was home for a change!

I feel so much better mentally & physically. Moving with intention & faster. Laughing more… Onwards and upwards. Watch this space!

I always thought I was here to learn from the symptoms, not suffer them. Taken a few years. I’m so grateful for your suggestions and to ***** who put me in touch with you."

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This is such a powerful reminder that healing is often an inside job.

So many of us pour all our energy into the physical - treatments, tests, protocols while the inner landscape of fear, pressure, emotional rigidity, and unexpressed feelings goes untouched.

When that inner load begins to soften, the body often responds in ways that surprise us. This is the stuff that can really make a significant shift in our healing journeys, and it's what Jenny & I are so passionate about holding space for people on our workshops - gently, compassionately, and without overwhelm.

Sometimes the most meaningful shifts happen not by doing more, but by finally listening. The group starts on March 3rd for our 10-week journey. Link in comments.

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18/01/2026

Asking Better Questions Changes Everything

A client came to see me last week as she prepared to meet with her surgical team to receive the results of a breast tumour that had been removed.

Like many people in this position, she wasn’t just looking for results - she wanted clarity with her path forward from here.

So we spent time talking about:

👉 asking empowering questions
👉 understanding the full picture, not just the headline
👉 using clear, confident communication

and gathering the information needed to make truly informed decisions about the treatments being suggested

Most importantly, we talked about one key question she could ask:

“What can I do to improve my healing outcome?”

The appointment brought good news.
Clear tissue. Clear lymph nodes.

She was offered an Estrogen-lowering medication as part of the standard treatment pathway, radiation - and alongside that, she asked the question we had discussed.

She asked whether there were ways she could support lowering Estrogen through food or lifestyle, and whether there was anything else she could do to improve her health going forward.

The response was telling.

There was a pause.
A stumble.
A moment of visible uncertainty.

Then an honest admission from him:

“I’m not really sure… I’ll have to ask ChatGPT.”

They laughed, and the conversation moved on, with the general suggestion of “a good diet.”

This wasn’t negligence.
And it wasn’t dismissal.

It was a reflection of how our system is built.

Most specialists are exceptionally trained in surgery, drugs, and protocols — and we are deeply grateful for that expertise. But many receive very little education in some of the most important factors:

✅ nutrition and metabolic health
✅ lifestyle factors that influence hormones
✅ stress and nervous system regulation
✅ how patients can actively support their recovery and long-term wellbeing

So when patients ask, “What else can I do?” — beyond the prescription — the answers are often thin.

And yet healing doesn’t only happen in clinics and hospitals.

It happens in daily choices.
In food, movement, sleep, safety, mindset, and self-trust.
In the inner healing work, the stress, the emotions, the people pleasing

This isn’t about rejecting conventional care. Or though many do!
It’s about complementing it.

Because when someone is ready to take responsibility for their healing — to ask better questions and participate in the process — they deserve support that goes beyond “wait and see.”

The body is not broken.
It’s intelligent.
And when we learn how to work with it, outcomes can change.

I so love it when patients stop being "patients" and empower themselves with what else is possible beyond the standard of care!

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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.

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