A breast cancer diagnosis in my late 20's put me on an unconventional path towards health and vitality.
Chemotherapy, surgery, medical menopause and the resulting PTSD left me broken in unimaginable ways, and the challenge of rebuilding my life was daunting, however it catapulted me into the wellness space (for which I will always be grateful).
After that initial diagnosis, I spent almost 10 years focused on nutrition, detoxification, and lifestyle medicine, and surpassed the grim 5 year remission stats for young breast cancer at that time.
I was a health fanatic and believed I had it all dialed in...
Until I had a recurrence on my chest wall & in my lymphatic system when I was 37.
Radiation wasn’t an option, and based on my previous traumatic experience, I had no intention of doing more chemo or removing more body parts.
I was told the odds of surviving beyond two years without either, was grim. Yet here I am today, 9 years later (and 18 years in total), still defying the odds!
My strategy? Create health.
I realised that true health involves far more than nutrition, exercise, and stress management. What often gets overlooked are the very real, emotional links to
dis-ease.
In addition to our physical body and mental body, our emotional body and spirt also needs to be nourished if we are to return to a state of ease.
We need to heal our physical bodies,
as well as the unhealed parts that we carry around from our past, that weigh us down in the present moment, and manifest in physical symptoms, stress and anxiety.
You can feel free from cancer.
Let's create health!
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A breast cancer diagnosis in my late 20's put me on an unconventional path towards health and vitality.
Chemotherapy, surgery, medical menopause and the resulting PTSD left me broken in unimaginable ways, and the challenge of rebuilding my life was daunting, however it catapulted me into the wellness space for which I will always be grateful.
After that initial diagnosis, I spent almost 10 years focused on nutrition, detoxification, and lifestyle medicine, and surpassed the grim 5 year remission stats for young breast cancer at that time.
I was a health fanatic and believed I had it all dialed in...
Until I had a recurrence on my chest wall & in my lymphatic system when I was 37.
Radiation wasn’t an option, and based on my previous traumatic experience, I had no intention of doing more chemo or removing more body parts. I was told the odds of surviving beyond two years without either, was grim. Yet here I am today, 9 years later (and 18 years in total), still defying the odds!
My strategy? Create health.
I realised that true health involves far more than nutrition, exercise, and stress management. What often gets overlooked are the very real, emotional links to dis-ease. In addition to our physical body and mental body, our emotional body and spirt also needs to be nourished if we are to return to a state of ease.
We need to heal our physical bodies, as well as the unhealed parts that we carry around from our past, that weigh us down in the present moment, and manifest in physical symptoms, stress and anxiety.
You can feel free from cancer. Let's create health.
Louise, MOSS VALE
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