Life’s Good, Then It’s Not

Then it is again. And sometimes it’s the worst of the worst that leads you to some really great times. Without cancer I wouldn’t have started this non-profit and I wouldn’t have been gifted a scholarship to the 16th Annie Appleseed Conference in West Palm Beach Florida. Life’s a ride.


I wouldn’t have crossed paths with this quintuple board-certified physician (she’s good!!): Dr Monisha Bhanote. She spoke eloquently about The Gut-Cancer Connection.

We’ve added her website and book to our Healthy Body resource.


I wouldn’t have met board member Rick Shapiro either: Rick is a former practicing attorney now a leading consultant, educator, and researcher in the field of safe, evidence-based, integrative and alternative cancer treatments. He is a member of numerous cancer associations and an active Board Member of the Annie Appleseed Project, a non-profit organisation that educates people about personalised, integrative. and innovative science-based cancer therapies.

Rick is also the author of the Amazon bestseller Hope Never Dies, a collection of healing testimonies about how 20 late-stage and terminal cancer patients beat the odds, survived and thrived.

In the video below Rick talks about hope and how it contributes to survival odds:


Spiced Broccoli, Courgette and Coconut Soup

Niki’s Rebel Recipes resource is at the top of our recipe section. Why? Because it’s one of our go-to’s – and hasn’t let us down yet. This was last night’s supper after hopping onto our site, clicking onto Niki’s site and searching ‘broccoli’. Simples.


It’s been a ‘few years in the making’ total lifestyle change for this young man. A gradual process, but then, those are the ones that usually last. Looking VERY well young man (Oli’s pretty cute too).


An ad popped up for Coursera yesterday. They’re the company that we used during ‘lockdown’ to complete 2 of their online courses. Over 3000 courses are currently available free of charge online, including the 2 we completed: The Science of Wellbeing from Yale University (the most popular online course they offer) and Stanford Introduction to Food and Health from Stanford University. Both highly recommended.


Last month the British Medical Journal published a paper conclusively showing that ultra-processed foods are directly linked to cancer and a whole host of other problems, including early death, mental illness, gastrointestinal issues, and diabetes. You can read Amanda King DipCNM mANP’s article here where she explains exactly what UPFs are and easy ways for us to consume less of them.


It’s sprung – our reward for making it through a long winter. Life is good, again!


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