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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.

25/03/2026

Chopping up fresh pumpkin and greens from the garden today and just feeling so grateful 🌱

There’s something about knowing your food hasn’t been sprayed… knowing where it’s come from… it just hits differently. The taste, the energy, the connection.

If I’m honest, I kinda cringe when I have to top up with supermarket veg. Life gets busy and sometimes convenience wins, and while I try to choose spray-free, it’s never quite the same.

And our meat is always organic homekill… you honestly can’t beat it. Better quality and so much cheaper than the supermarket.

Homegrown just feels like real nourishment 🤩

Do you notice the difference between homegrown and store-bought?

24/03/2026

There are moments where you just stop and realise… something bigger is happening here.

This past week, standing on the beach with Jenny Kennedy - Speaker/Intuitive Healer, during our photoshoot, we both felt it. Not just what we’ve created… but everything it’s taken to get here.

For years, we’ve both been walking our own paths. Building our own coaching businesses. Supporting others. Doing the deep inner work ourselves. Learning, unlearning, growing… often behind the scenes, where no one really sees it.

Jenny and I have collaborated for a long time, but underneath it all we’ve both held this quiet vision… that we would be helping so many more souls. And now, that’s starting to become real. In our current "Radical Remission" course alone, we have people joining us from the USA, Singapore, Australia and here in NZ… and it feels like just the beginning of reaching people from all around the world.

And now, it feels like all of those threads are weaving together.

"Healing Cancer Beyond Medicine" hasn’t just appeared overnight. It’s been built slowly, intentionally… piece by piece. And while the work behind the scenes has been massive, there’s something really powerful about seeing the vision now starting to take shape in a way you can actually feel.

And the beautiful thing is… It’s already happening.

Through our Radical Remission workshops, we’re supporting so many incredible souls who are choosing to step into their healing in a deeper way. And as we continue to build into those deeper layers through our advanced healing workshops, we’re witnessing profound shifts every single day in the people we work with.

That’s the part that really lands.

This isn’t just an idea… it’s real. It’s happening. And it’s growing.

Together, we’re creating a space that goes beyond the physical approach to healing. A space where people are supported to look at their beliefs, emotions, behaviours and patterns… and begin to reconnect with the part of themselves that already knows the way forward.

Because that’s what we’ve both had to do.

We’ve both walked through cancer in our own way. Faced the fear. Questioned the narratives. And learned to trust something deeper within ourselves… even when it didn’t make sense to anyone else.

And now, bringing that together feels incredibly powerful.

There’s a real momentum building. Not forced… just unfolding. Like it’s happening in the way it’s meant to.

We also have some really exciting events planned for 2026 and beyond, which feels like a natural expansion of everything we’ve been building toward.

A beautiful thank you to all those who have trusted us and to our photographer, who captured this moment so naturally. Knowing she has also been touched by cancer through the recent loss of her mum brought a depth to the experience that you can’t really put into words… but you can feel it in the images.

This is just the beginning of something bigger… and I feel really grateful to be in it

What vision are you creating for your life and healing?

20/03/2026

This morning, while I was out watering the vegetable garden, something really special happened.

Just a metre away from me, tucked quietly into a ponga frond, was a young shining cuckoo. It was completely still, watching, trusting, present. One of those moments where time slows and you feel like you’ve been let in on something sacred.

When I went back inside and told Graeme, he said he was surprised it was still here and hadn’t migrated yet. And that’s when it really landed for me…

This little bird, born just weeks ago and raised by another species, is about to embark on one of the most extraordinary journeys in nature. The shining cuckoo arrives in New Zealand each spring, quietly placing its eggs into the nests of grey warblers. The chick is then raised by its unsuspecting foster parents, never knowing its own kind, yet somehow when the time comes, it just knows what to do.
Without guidance, without a map, and without ever being shown the way, it will soon leave our shores and fly thousands of kilometres across the open ocean to places like the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea.

And then I paused with that, because nature has this incredible inbuilt navigation system. There is an inner knowing, a quiet and unwavering intelligence that doesn’t question itself or get caught in doubt. It simply responds when it’s time.

As humans, we can become so disconnected from that same guidance within us. We are surrounded by noise, opinions, information, and often fear, all of which can pull us further away from what we already feel deep down to be true.

Maybe the real invitation is to slow down and create space to listen again. To come back to that place within us that already knows the next step, especially when it comes to healing.

Because just like that little bird, there is something within each of us that knows how to navigate this journey. We just need to quiet the noise enough to hear it.

The bird in this image of one that sadly flew into our window and passed. Seeing this young one in the garden today felt like a gentle reminder of how precious and fleeting these moments are 🙏

18/03/2026

Recently, I listened to Dr Sam Watts talk about something that really stayed with me: Exceptional Cancer Patients, or ECAPs. What struck me wasn’t just the term itself, but what it revealed about how we think about cancer and survival.

It reminded me of the conversations I have when someone books a strategy session with me and asks, “What should I do first?”

There’s always a mix of urgency, overwhelm, and fear in their voice. And I completely understand that feeling, because when you’re facing cancer, you naturally want to act. You want to change your diet, take the “right” supplements, follow the latest protocol or anything that gives you a sense of control.

But over the years, I’ve learned that the most important first step isn’t about doing more. It’s about pausing, stepping back from all the noise, and asking a deeper question: what do you truly believe about your ability to become an exceptional cancer survivor?

The culture around cancer is powerful and often fear-driven. It can leave people feeling powerless, as if outcomes depend entirely on whether treatment works, with everything else left to chance. Dr Sam Watts’ discussion about ECAPs really highlighted this. These are people who live far beyond their prognosis, sometimes by many years, and yet they are often labelled as “outliers” in research and quietly removed from studies because they don’t fit the expected model.

That hit me personally because, by that definition, I’m an outlier. And so is my friend Jenny. What set us apart wasn’t some secret treatment or magical diet. It was something far quieter, but far more powerful: an unwavering belief that we could heal and defy the odds. That belief didn’t erase fear or struggle, but it gave us something steady to return to, shaping how we approached each day and every decision along the way.

This is why, when someone asks me what to do first, I never start with supplements or food plans. I start with mindset. Shifting from fear and survival into possibility and creation isn’t just helpful, it’s foundational. It doesn’t replace treatment, but it changes the way you move through it.

Before rushing into all the “things you should do,” pause. Reflect on what you believe is possible for you. Exceptional survival isn’t about luck or being rare, it’s about cultivating belief, even when the odds say otherwise. And that belief, held consistently, can shape everything that comes after.

I will share the video of his webinar in the comments, it's so powerful, and I love that he mentions the Radical Remission work which of course Jenny & I love teaching all the common healing factors from the research of other cancer thrivers.

28/02/2026

These cancer thrivers (this is just a few of them) inspire me with their resilience, courage, and determination.

What sets them apart is not just their strength in facing treatments or choosing no treatments, but their unwavering belief that true healing begins from within. They recognise that while medical interventions may address the symptoms, they don’t always reach the root cause — the unprocessed stress, emotional pain, or unresolved trauma that quietly burdens the body over time.

The Radical Remission factors — including diet, stress reduction, and spiritual connection — often play a pivotal role in their journeys. But what makes these thrivers unique is their willingness to go deeper. They explore how grief, anger, fear, or guilt might have shaped their lives and their health, and they courageously begin to release what no longer serves them.

By embracing a holistic approach, they heal not only the physical body but also the mind, heart, and spirit. They harness the power of positive emotions, create supportive communities around them, and nurture practices that bring peace and joy back into their daily lives.

Ultimately, the turning point is their decision to take ownership of their health and become active participants in their healing — choosing not just to survive, but to thrive.

All of these amazing ladies have been part of the Radical Remission workshops and can’t speak highly enough about the transformation they’ve experienced.

The next group starts this Tuesday 3rd, and there are a few spaces left. Come and discover how you too can connect with the root cause, release what’s been held inside, and harness the power within you.

Details in the coments

28/02/2026

I picked these two beautiful tomatoes from the garden yesterday and couldn’t help but notice how powerful the visual is.

One looks smooth and “perfect” on the outside.
The other has an inverted ripple right in the centre.

During the years I worked as a thermography breast health technician, I saw patterns just like this. Sometimes there were visible dimples or contour changes. Other times the surface looked completely normal, yet the thermal images showed increased heat or vascular activity underneath — areas where the body was working harder.

Thermography doesn't diagnose. It reveals patterns. Inflammation. Metabolic activity. Early shifts.

Breast cancer does not always present as a lump. It can show up as:

• Dimpling or puckering of the skin
• An indentation or area pulled inward
• New ni**le inversion
• Changes in size or shape
• Swelling, redness or warmth
• Skin thickening or an orange-peel appearance
• A new lump or thickening under the arm

And sometimes there are no visible changes at all.

But alongside the physical patterns, I often witnessed emotional ones.

In the teachings of Louise Hay and Inna Segal, breast issues are linked to over-nurturing, people-pleasing and putting everyone else first. Suppressed hurt. Unspoken resentment. Living in self-sacrifice for years.

And I see that so often.
Strong, capable women. The carers. The glue of the family. The ones who rarely said no.

This isn’t about blame. It’s about awareness.

When increased heat appeared on a thermal image it isn’t just a physical invitation to lower inflammation or balance hormones. It is often an emotional invitation too.

Where are you over-giving?
Where are you holding onto hurt?
Where do you need boundaries?

Healing is rarely just physical.

Sometimes the most powerful shift begins when we learn to nurture ourselves as deeply as we have nurtured everyone else.

28/02/2026

What an absolute privilege 🙏

This morning Jenny Kennedy sent me an excited message saying, "Oh yah! Bruce’s newsletter is out 🙏🏻

Our work has just been shared in Dr Bruce Lipton’s "Think Beyond Your Genes" newsletter, reaching his global community of seekers and cultural creatives.

For several years, Jenny and I have held a quiet intention. That the work we do would not just ripple regionally here in New Zealand, but be recognised globally. That conversations about healing beyond medicine, inner transformation and the body’s innate intelligence would travel far beyond our shores.

And today, they have.

We are deeply grateful and truly proud.

Both Jenny and I have been working with clients in New Zealand, the USA and Australia for a while now, walking alongside people navigating their cancer challenges. Aspects of what we share have been influenced by the teachings of Bruce Lipton, especially through The Biology of Belief, which played a powerful role in both of our personal healing journeys.

Right alongside this feature is Anita Moorjani, another extraordinary voice who shaped us deeply. Her book "Dying to Be Me" was one of the first books I read after my diagnosis. At a time when fear felt overwhelming, her message about self love and releasing fear opened something profound within me.

To see our work positioned beside teachers who influenced our own healing feels incredibly full circle.

Bruce’s philosophy is simple yet revolutionary. Your genes are not your destiny. It is not DNA alone that determines your future. It is how your cells respond to the signals they receive. Those signals are shaped by perception, stress, belief, emotion and environment.

In other words, your biology is listening.

When we live in chronic fear, the body produces stress chemistry. When we cultivate safety, belief, connection and purpose, we create a very different internal environment. This is not wishful thinking. It is epigenetics. It is science meeting consciousness.

Both Jenny and I experienced pivotal turning points when we shifted from fear and statistics into belief and inner alignment. For Jenny it was the unwavering knowing she was healed. For me it was releasing the fear of cancer and stepping into a deep certainty that my body could heal without conventional treatments.

That internal shift changes everything.

And it is this deeper work that we explore inside our current 10 week online healing journey, now reaching people across the globe.

Science.
Belief.
Mindset.
Biology.
Hope.

We are honoured. We are grateful. And the ripple continues.

27/02/2026

Today I finally sorted my pantry — to create proper space for the homeopathic remedies I reach for again and again. They are normally just in a box.

Over the years, homeopathy has quietly become our first go-to in this house. First aid. Emotional support. Recovery. Everyday bumps and stings. And especially for our furry family 🐾

For many years I’ve had consultations for our animals with Steph from Wild Remedy, and the shifts I’ve witnessed have been incredible.

• When Nelly, our staffy, ruptured her cruciate ligament — we were told surgery was the likely path. With consistent support, time, and the right remedies, we avoided costly surgery and watched her regain strength naturally.
• Our cat has had two cysts appear — we’re working through that now, and I can often see a shift in the system within 48 hours of dosing.
• A wasp sting? Apis is always my first remedy.
• Grief, shock, trauma, big emotions? There is such a gentle yet powerful way homeopathy supports the emotional body too.

What I love most is how gentle it is. It works with the body, not against it. It supports regulation rather than suppression.

For me, it’s become part of our everyday healing toolkit, alongside good food, fresh air, rest, and emotional awareness.

I’m curious…

Do you use homeopathy in your home?
For yourself? Your children? Your pets?

I’d love to hear your experiences and definitely recommend Stephanie .animalhomeopath For your furry friends.

26/02/2026

There are some practitioners who quietly change lives without ever chasing the spotlight.

One of those men is Paul Leendertse.

Paul has spent decades working with people facing cancer and chronic illness, exploring something many still overlook — unresolved emotional stress as a major driver of disease.
His work centres around a simple but profound premise:

The body does not betray us.

It expresses what the heart has been carrying.
Over many years, Paul observed patterns in those diagnosed with cancer:

Long-term suppressed grief
Unspoken resentment
Chronic people-pleasing
Shock or trauma never fully processed
Living out of alignment with one’s true self

He believed that when emotional conflicts remain unresolved, the nervous system stays in survival mode. Over time, that constant internal stress load can weaken immune surveillance, disrupt cellular communication, and create an environment where disease can take hold.

What made Paul’s approach different was this:
He didn’t focus first on protocols.

He focused on permission.
Permission to feel. Permission to speak the truth. Permission to grieve. Permission to finally say what had never been said.

Through guided emotional release work, many people reported profound physical shifts — including tumour regression — alongside deep inner peace. Whether you interpret that through psychoneuroimmunology, mind-body medicine, or spiritual awakening, the common thread was clear:
When the emotional burden lifted, the body often responded.

This doesn’t mean cancer is “your fault.” It means your body may have been protecting you the only way it knew how.

Healing, is not just about killing cells.

It’s about restoring wholeness.

And this is exactly what Jenny and I will be sharing today at midday live.

Healing is so much more than physical. It’s emotional. It’s spiritual. It’s relational. It’s identity. It’s the story we hold about ourselves.

For Jenny, it was the unshakable belief she could heal. For me, it was releasing the fear of cancer and deeply knowing my body was capable of restoration.

This is the deeper work. The work beneath the diagnosis. The work that transforms survival into empowerment..

If you feel called to explore healing beyond the physical…

Join us live today at midday as we share what we’ve learned — not just from research, but from lived experience.

Because sometimes the tumour is not the beginning of the story.

It’s the messenger.

There won't be a replay. We’re intentionally keeping this as a live, present experience for those who feel called to be there.

Friday 27th NZT or if you are in the USA it will be Thursday 6pm EST.

Here is the link to join:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81715043115

Jenny & I can’t wait to connect with you

26/02/2026

They convinced you that sun, salt and fat will kill you. Then they got rich selling you the cure! Between 1976 and 2026, obesity rates tripled while you followed the rules.

Here are 7 lies that created an epidemic:

1. Fat makes you fat! Every cell in your body is wrapped in fat. Your brain is mostly fat. Your hormones are built from fat. Yet they told you that fat is making you sick and convinced you to swap it for low-fat foods loaded with sugar. When fat intake fell, obesity and diabetes exploded. The real danger was never fat; it was a goldmine. They stripped away natures fuel, replaced it with cheap carbs from corn and soy and created ADDICTION.

2. Red meat causes cancer! They lumped grass-fed steak in with hot dogs and deli slices, then told you it would shave years off your life. Humans thrived on meat for THOUSANDS of years. Long before obesity, diabetes and heart disease, we ate meat DAILY. The real danger was never meat; it was the processed junk that replaced it. Demonizing meat wasn’t about protecting your health; it was about creating a population hooked on cheap grains.

3. Sunlight causes cancer! Sunlight boosts immunity, balances hormones and lifts mood, strengthens bones, and extends life. Zero cost. Zero side effects. You would take it every day. No pill exists for it. They told you to fear it and lather on sunscreen. Sunscreen is packed with hormone disruptors, and toxic chemicals that block Vitamin D production. It is not about your health; it is about profit.

4. Breakfast is the most important meal! For most of human history, breakfast did not exist. People rose with the sun, worked, hunted, and ate when food was available, often not until midday or evening. Then you were convinced that skipped cereal would wreck your health. The real danger is not skipping breakfast; it was nonstop eating. Cereal companies needed to turn cheap grains into gold, so they told you to start every day with sugar in a box!!

5. The war on cholesterol! Half the people who die of heart attacks have normal cholesterol. Those with higher cholesterol often live longer, especially as they age. Yet you were told this vital molecule is a ticking time bomb. The real danger was never cholesterol, it was INFLAMMATION. Cholesterol is the raw material for your hormones, brain function, and cell repair. Instead of addressing diet and lifestyle, they put millions on drugs that deplete it!! Created a billion-dollar market for lifelong customers

6. Fluoride protects your teeth! This is a marketing spin! A way to dump industrial waste without paying to filter it out. Linked to thyroid disruption, lowering IQ, and bone damage at high doses!

7. Salt raises Blood pressure! They told you that salt will destroy your heart and convinced you to eliminate it from your diet. Meanwhile, populations eating high-salt diets for centuries had low hypertension rates. Then processed food and sugar entered the picture! Everything changed. The real danger was NEVER SALT; it was mineral deficiency. While you feared salt, they pushed sugar, seed oils, and processed junk, the actual drivers of heart disease. The salt scare was not protection, it was misdirection.

You are not sick; you are nutrient deficient! Yet chronic fatigue, brain fog, and depression are almost never treated with nutrition, the deficiency gets labeled as disease and symptoms become a life sentence. There is no profit in magnesium, sunlight, or clean food, they misdiagnose symptoms your body is trying to solve with what it never received, you are not broke, you are depleted.

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25/02/2026

FREE 1-Hour Webinar 12noon NZT where Jenny Kennedy - Speaker/Intuitive Healer and I share our lived experience and the changes other cancer thrivers have made to defy the odds of their diagnosis. Join us live via Zoom - https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81715043115

25/02/2026

Love the Radical Remission Project sharing our incredibly important work that Jenny & I are sharing from our lived experience. The only way to fully heal cancer is to heal yourself and its by loving yourself, and healing your soul. All cancer has an unresolved inner conflict dynamic within ourselves. Our Soul and our body contains our emotions, and unless we address this root cause there is no treatment be it natural or chemical that will keep that cancer from coming back.

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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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