When I walked into my first chemotherapy session in October 2023, I had every intention of trying the cold cap. If you haven’t heard of it, the cold cap is a device that cools your scalp during chemotherapy to try to reduce hair loss, by constricting the blood vessels near the hair follicles so less of the chemotherapy drug reaches them. It adds significant time to your treatment, a pre-cooling period before your infusion even starts, the full session with the cap on, and then a cooling down period afterwards that can add hours to an already long and exhausting day. But I thought, worth a try, let’s see, maybe I’ll be one of the lucky ones.

I was not one of them…

The pain was unlike anything I was prepared for. Not discomfort. Actual, searing, excruciating pain on my scalp from the very first minutes of wearing it. I know so many incredible women who have tolerated the cold cap throughout their entire treatment and genuinely, hat off to every single one of them, because my pain threshold is not low and this brought me to tears within ten minutes. I said please take it off... The nurse looked at me and said, are you sure? Because once you stop you can’t start again. And the answer was yes, absolutely, without a single moment of hesitation, because I was not going to spend the next six months adding hours of agony to every treatment session. I had made my decision and I felt completely at peace with it.

And just like that, I made peace with losing my hair before it had even started falling out.

A couple of weeks into treatment it started coming out, and I did what I talked about in my hair journey post, cut it to a bob first, then eventually asked my husband to get the clippers. And the moment it was gone I felt this incredible sense of relief, like something had been lifted, like I had taken control of the one thing I could actually control. I genuinely liked how I looked. I put my earrings on, did my makeup, and just got on with it.

So the wigs were never about not being able to face myself. I want to be really clear about that, because I think there can be this assumption that if you get a wig during cancer treatment it must be because you can’t cope with being bald, and that wasn’t my experience at all. It was pure curiosity. And honestly, at that point, why not. If anything was going to make me smile at this point it was trying on a completely different head of hair.

The practicalities of losing your hair that nobody warns you about

Before I get into the wigs themselves, can we just talk about something that genuinely surprised me? How cold you are without hair!

I started chemo in October, which meant the bulk of my treatment happened through the coldest months of the year, and I had absolutely no idea how much warmth your hair actually provides until it was gone. Every single draught, I felt it immediately. I wore a hat constantly, including on my chemo days, sitting in the ward wrapped up in comfy clothes and my blanket. Hats were just my life. Woolly hats, massive oversized puffers, that was literally my whole look for five months and I was completely fine with that.

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Food on holiday is something I genuinely look forward to and I am no different from anyone else in that. My meals are mostly healthy but if I fancy pizza or ice cream I will have it, no guilt, no drama, life is too short for that. But that’s not really what this post is about…

It’s about is what happens when you spend a few evenings eating late at night after months of not doing it, and how quickly your body reminds you that this is not it’s fave routine.

My sister is a night owl… Leaving for dinner at 9 pm is completely normal to her. To me, 9 pm is nearly bedtime! I tried to protest (trust me I did.. haha) but life happens and we ended up having a really late dinners and on one night I went to bed almost straight afterwards.

Food was beautiful, the timing was not. And this is where it all went wrong…

And when I tell you I had the worst night’s sleep, I am not exaggerating. I woke up so many times. Heavy stomach, bloated, genuinely uncomfortable, that awful feeling where you can’t quite get comfortable no matter how you lie. And lying there at 3 am I thought, right, this is exactly why I don’t do this anymore.

Because I knew this.. I have always known this - three hours before bed is my golden rule, it always has been. But knowing something and feeling it in your body at 3 am are very different things, and this weekend was a very good reminder.

And it got me thinking about intermittent fasting, why I started it, what it did for me, and why I think it is one of the most underrated and misunderstood things you can do for your health.

What intermittent fasting actually is - and why it matters

Intermittent fasting is not a diet. It has nothing to do with restriction or eating less, it is simply a pattern of eating that gives your body a proper window of time to stop digesting and start doing something else entirely.

When you eat, your body is in full digestion mode, breaking down food, managing blood sugar, storing energy. The moment you stop eating and the fasting window kicks in, something completely different starts to happen. Insulin levels drop, your body stops storing and starts tapping into its own reserves, and a process called autophagy begins, where your cells essentially clear out the old and damaged, recycle what is no longer needed, and repair themselves from the inside. It is one of the most powerful self-healing mechanisms we have, and it only really activates when your digestive system actually gets a break.

The most common approach is 16:8, sixteen hours of fasting and an eight-hour eating window. If you finish eating at 7 pm your next meal is at 11 am. That is genuinely it. No calorie counting, no complicated rules, just a window.

Why I became obsessed with it during my cancer treatment

When I got diagnosed and started my research, intermittent fasting and therapeutic fasting came up so consistently and so compellingly that I simply could not ignore it.

The science behind fasting during chemotherapy is genuinely fascinating, and I think more people going through treatment deserve to know about it. Cancer cells are metabolically inflexible. They rely almost entirely on glucose for energy and cannot easily adapt when glucose availability is reduced. Healthy cells, on the other hand, are remarkably adaptable and can switch to using ketone bodies for fuel when glucose is restricted. That difference is the entire point.

When you fast before and during chemotherapy, you are putting your healthy cells into a protected, stress-resistant state while leaving cancer cells exposed and vulnerable. Studies have shown that short-term fasting before chemotherapy reduces side effects including fatigue, weakness and gastrointestinal symptoms, and may enhance the effectiveness of treatment against tumour cells. Autophagy, which fasting activates, also plays a direct role by helping the body identify and clear abnormal cells, your body’s own cleaning crew being given the time and conditions to actually do their job.

I fasted on the day before, the day of, and often the day after my main chemotherapy sessions. And then in the second half of treatment I introduced proper intermittent fasting, a 16-hour fast with an 8-hour eating window, on the days I felt well enough. It was one of the best decisions I made during that entire period. I felt clearer, lighter, more in control of something in a time when so much felt completely out of my hands.

Fasting like a girl - because hormones change everything

Here is where it gets more personal and more complicated.

After treatment when my period came back after a few months, I genuinely thought my hormones were returning to normal. They weren’t. I am in a perimenopausal phase now, a direct consequence of chemotherapy being so toxic to the ovaries that they may never fully recover, and this changes how fasting works for me in a really significant way.

For women with a regular cycle, there is a framework developed by Dr Mindy Pelz called Fasting Like a Girl that I followed for a while, and honestly it is brilliant. The idea is that you cycle your fasting windows according to your hormonal phase rather than doing the same thing every single day.

This book is genuinely one of the most useful things I’ve read for understanding how women should be eating and fasting differently. Highly recommend.

Days 1 to 10, the follicular phase when oestrogen is rising, are the best days for longer fasts of 16 to 18 hours, your body is primed for it and your hormones actually support the fasting state.

Days 11 to 15, around ovulation, are when your body is most resilient and longer fasting is well tolerated.

Days 16 to 19, the early luteal phase when progesterone begins to rise, call for shorter windows of around 13 to 15 hours because your body needs more support.

Days 20 to 28, the late luteal phase before your period, are when fasting should be kept minimal or avoided entirely because your body needs stable blood sugar and proper nourishment, not restriction.

The power of fasting and your cycle, from Dr Mindy Pelz’s Fast Like a Girl. This visual changed how I thought about fasting completely.

For those of us who are perimenopausal, the cycle is irregular, the hormonal fluctuations are less predictable, and the rigid windows simply don’t translate in the same way. What works for me now is something simpler and more intuitive, and honestly it suits me better.

And this brings me to something I feel really strongly about, which is the fact that most of the intermittent fasting research and almost all of the popular fasting advice out there has been done on men. Male physiology is fundamentally different, and men's hormones are relatively stable day to day compared to the cyclical nature of female hormones. What works brilliantly for a man doing 16:8 every single day without variation can actually backfire for a woman, particularly if she is in the luteal phase of her cycle, perimenopausal, or under significant stress, because prolonged fasting in those states can raise cortisol, suppress progesterone and actually make hormonal imbalance worse rather than better. This is not a reason to avoid fasting, it is a reason to be smarter about it and to understand that your body is not the same as your partner's body, your brother's body, or the man in the fasting podcast you have been listening to. The approach has to be adapted for female physiology, and the more women understand this the better equipped they are to make it work for them rather than against them.

What actually works for me right now

Early dinners. That is genuinely it, and I want to be honest that I don’t follow a strict intermittent fasting protocol right now, because my body and my hormones are still finding their new normal and rigid rules don’t serve me in this phase.

For those who are perimenopausal or whose cycles have become irregular or have stopped altogether, there is actually a framework for this, using the moon cycle as a guide instead. The idea is to use the new moon as your day one and fast more intentionally in the first twenty days, then move into a recovery week with shorter or no fasting windows in the remaining days. It gives you a rhythm to anchor to when your own hormonal cycle can no longer provide one, and I find it a much more compassionate and realistic approach than trying to force a structure that your body is no longer following.

But whatever framework you use or don’t use, the one thing I will not compromise on is no late dinners. Some days my fasting window is 16 hours, some days it’s 14, some days it’s 12, and that’s okay with me. Because the number of hours matters less than the principle behind them, which is simply giving your body enough time away from digestion to do its own healing work. Even 12 hours overnight is enough to activate some degree of autophagy and allow your body to rest, repair and reset. The consistency matters more than the perfection.

My dinner cut off is between 4 pm and 6 pm whenever possible, and my absolute latest is 8 pm, knowing I won’t be in bed until 11 pm, giving my body at least three hours to digest before sleep. In the morning I have my probiotics, my water, my saffron water, I go for my walk, then celery juice, and then breakfast when I am actually hungry. Naturally this often means two meals a day rather than three, but both are packed with protein, healthy fats and vegetables so my body is genuinely nourished within that window.

Going to bed with a light stomach is one of the best feelings I know.

This is what waking up after an early dinner and a proper overnight fast looks like. Light, clear, ready. No bloating, no brain fog, no heavy stomach… and his is the feeling I'm aways chasing.

And before anyone says it, no, you do not wake up starving. That is the complete opposite of what happens, and here is why.

When you eat frequently and your meals are high in refined carbohydrates and sugar, your insulin spikes sharply after every meal to manage the blood sugar flood. When insulin drops again your body reads that drop as a signal that it needs more fuel, triggering hunger even when you have eaten more than enough. It is a cycle that keeps you eating more than your body needs, and the more frequently you eat the more frequently you feel hungry. When you eat within a consistent window and reduce the number of insulin spikes throughout the day, your hunger hormones start to regulate, you feel genuinely satisfied between meals, and that constant pull toward food simply fades.

What the weekend reminded me

Before Marbella I had my routine, my early dinners, my natural overnight fast, and my body was genuinely thriving on it. A few evenings of late dinners and that heaviness came back immediately, the disrupted sleep, the bloating, the morning fog. And lying awake at 3 am I remembered very clearly what it had felt like before I changed this habit, and I understood exactly why I never want to go back because it simply works for my body.

We stop noticing how good we feel when we feel good consistently. It often takes a disruption to remind us. This weekend was mine.

It is so easy to forget how bad we felt when we start feeling good, and that is exactly the trap. Some habits show their consequences immediately, your body sends a signal and you correct it. But others build quietly over months and years, adding up in ways we explain away as stress, age, hormones, a bad week, anything but the actual cause. And we keep going until something forces us to stop and pay attention. So if you know something doesn't serve you, and deep down we always do, don't keep reaching for the excuse. Your body is always telling you something. The question is whether you are willing to listen.

This is one of those small shifts that makes an enormous difference. It costs nothing, requires no equipment, no supplements, no protocol. Just a decision about when you eat, and the willingness to keep coming back to it.

One reset at a time.

With love,

Kami x

This is not a protocol guide and it is not medical advice, it is simply the brands I used and trusted, during treatment, after treatment, and now. I want to be honest that brands changed throughout, I tried many things and kept what worked, so what I link here are the ones I genuinely used, trust and would go back to. Some of the links below are affiliate links, which means I may earn a small commission if you purchase through them, at no extra cost to you. I only ever link things I have personally used and genuinely believe in, so rest assured.

If you want to understand the full reasoning behind each choice, the research, the phasing around chemotherapy, and the DCBS test that confirmed several of these against my own tumour cells, all of that is in last Sunday’s post. This post is simply the where to find them.

My protocol evolved constantly depending on the phase of treatment and recovery, and what my body was telling me it needed. You can read the full article here.

Vitamin D3 with K2 MK-7 — critical for immune function and shown to enhance the tumour-killing power of chemotherapy. I went into my first chemo session with a level of 362 nmol/L, and I have zero regrets about that.
Link: Natural Sunday, High Dose Vit D3 +K2 MK-7 and HelioVit, ADEK

Vitamin C liposomal — protecting healthy cells and supporting immune function, taken away from chemo days. Liposomal form absorbs significantly better than standard vitamin C.
Link: ALTRIENT, Liposomal Vit C

Curcumin — one of the most researched anti-inflammatory compounds available, with documented activity against cancer cell growth. This one also came up highly compatible on my personal DCBS test.
Link, VitaBright, Turmeric and Black Pepper

Melatonin — not just for sleep. Research shows it reduces chemotherapy side effects, protects healthy cells and improves quality of life during treatment. I took it at a higher dose than standard.
Link: Skoczylas, Na Sen (this is the one I used but it’s only available to purchase from Poland. I am now also using Natrol Melatonin that was purchased in US)

Resveratrol — reduces the side effects of chemo on the heart, kidneys and digestive system, and has documented antiviral and antibacterial properties.
Link: Skoczylas, Resweratrol

Quercetin — a powerful antioxidant with documented ability to kill cancer cells. Liposomal form for proper absorption.
Link: The actual one in liquid form is not available anymore, but I also used this one: VitaBright, Quercetin

Berberine — taken three times daily with every meal throughout treatment. Disrupts glucose metabolism, which is the primary fuel source of triple negative breast cancer cells.
Link: THORNE, Berberine

IP6 — inositol hexaphosphate — came up with a high compatibility rating on my DCBS test. Reduces cancer cell proliferation and has been shown to enhance the anticancer effect of conventional chemotherapy.
Link: Jarrow Formulas, IP6

Iodine — supports thyroid function, immune health and cellular repair, all of which are significantly disrupted during treatment. I used iodine both orally and topically, applying it directly over the affected area, alternating with DMSO as a carrier to drive it deeper into the tissue.
Link: W&S, Plyn Lugola

Multivitamin — covering the foundational bases of vitamin C, D, E, zinc, selenium and copper throughout treatment, ensuring nothing critical was being depleted without being replenished.
Link: Skoczylas, Multiwitamina

Milk thistle — non-negotiable for liver protection during chemotherapy. Your liver is working harder than it ever has and this supports it through the entire process.
Link: FUSHI, Milk Thistle

NAC — N-Acetyl Cysteine — a powerful precursor to glutathione that supports the body's own antioxidant production and detoxification pathways. Particularly valuable for liver support and clearing the toxic residue of treatment from the body.
Link: British Supplements, Clean NAC

Magnesium — chemotherapy depletes magnesium levels significantly, affecting everything from heart rhythm to immune function. This was a daily constant throughout.
Link: BIOCARE, Magnesium Taurate

Sea moss — contains 92 of the 103 minerals the human body needs. Anti-inflammatory and immune boosting, I took this throughout treatment.
Link: Lumarejebo, Liposomal Irish Sea Moss

Lion’s mane — supports immune function and gut health, both of which take a severe hit from chemotherapy.
Link: British Supplements, Lions Mane

Chaga — a powerful antioxidant mushroom that supports immune system defence throughout treatment.
Link: Formeds BICAP, Chaga

Turkey tail — one of the most researched functional mushrooms in the world for immune support. Now classified as a novel food in the UK so no longer on supplement shelves, but still available as an animal supplement with identical production methods.
Link: ANTIOXI, Turkey Tail Powder for Pets (this is exact one I used although now labelled for pets)

Chlorella powder — a detoxification binder that helps pull heavy metals and toxins from the body. I added it to my green smoothie daily away from chemo days.
Link: KIKI HEALTH, Chlorella Powder

Activated charcoal — used as a binder alongside chlorella and before infrared sauna sessions to prevent toxin reabsorption. Always followed by electrolytes.
Link: KIKI HEALTH, Activated Charcoal

Amla powder — extraordinarily high in natural vitamin C, acting as a significant antioxidant and supporting cellular protection.
Link: Herbal Magic’s Organic Amla Powder

Black seed oil — one of the most impactful supplements in my entire protocol. Powerfully anti-inflammatory and immune supporting. Start very small and build up slowly, I learned this the hard way.
Link: KIKI HEALTH: Black Seed Oil

Pawpaw twig extract — Nature’s Sunshine — the brand I used, 180 capsules with 51mg of acetogenins per daily serving. Focus on the acetogenin content when searching for alternatives, not the overall milligram amount.
Link: LILY & LOAF, PAW PAW (Please note that the specific product I used during treatment is no longer available for sale. The one linked here is the closest alternative I have found and used afterwards, though it contains approximately half the acetogenin content of the original).

Probiotics — I took these throughout despite being told not to. Your gut microbiome needs support during treatment, full stop.
Link: Microbz, Revive (during treatment), then: NARUM, Radioprotektanto and now EPETOME

Omega 3 — anti-inflammatory and essential for cellular membrane health throughout treatment.
Link: KIKI HEALTH, Krill Oil

B12 — supports energy, nerve function and red blood cell production, all significantly affected by chemotherapy.
Link: WILD NUTRITION, B12 Plus

Minerals — chemotherapy depletes a wide range of essential minerals that support everything from immune function and nerve signalling to cellular energy and hormone balance.
Link: BODYBIO ReMineralize

Ginkgo biloba — supports cognitive function and circulation during recovery from chemo brain.
Link: British Supplements, Glinkgo Bloba

Nettle — supports haemoglobin levels and has anti-inflammatory properties that support recovery.
Link: British Supplements, Clean Nettle Leaf

Glutathione — introduced three weeks after radiotherapy finished. Critical for detoxification and rebuilding antioxidant capacity post treatment.
Link: CYMBIOTIKA, Glutathione and Invex Remedies, Vit C + Magnesium + Potassium + Glutathione Powder

Selenium — supports thyroid function, immune defence and cellular protection during recovery.
Link: Formeds BICAPS, Selenium

Vitamin B complex — supporting energy production, nerve function and cellular repair after treatment.
Link: Formeds BICAPS, B complex

CoQ10 — supports mitochondrial energy production and cardiovascular health, both compromised by certain chemotherapy drugs.
Link: Sunday Natural, COENZYME Q10

L-carnitine — supports energy production and muscle recovery after the significant physical toll of treatment.
Link: PURE ENCAPSULATIONS, L-Carnitine

Hydrogen water — neutralises free radicals and reduces oxidative stress during recovery.
Link: Youth & Earth, Hydrogen Molecular H2 Water

Sodium butyrate — supports gut lining repair and rebuilds the intestinal barrier that chemotherapy strips away.
Link: BODYBIO, Butyrate (Sodium)

Sulforaphane — supports detoxification pathways, protects DNA and reduces inflammation at a cellular level.
Link: LONGEVITY BOX, Pure Active Sulforaphane

Astaxanthin — one of the most potent antioxidants in nature, supporting cellular protection and recovery.
Link: Sunday Natural, Astaxanthin

Digestive enzymes — support nutrient absorption and gut function during recovery when the digestive system is still rebuilding.
Link: Pure Ecapsulations, Digestive Enzymes Ultra

PC (Phospholipid Complex) — a liposomal phospholipid complex supporting cell membrane integrity and brain health, one of those foundational supplements that works quietly in the background supporting everything else.
Link: BODYBIO, PC

NAD+ and Vitamin C Liquid cellular support complex — a liquid formula combining NAD+ precursors, vitamin C and lion's mane mushroom for cellular energy, immune function and reduced fatigue, in liquid form for proper absorption.
Link: INORA, Marathon Not a Sprint

Creatine — supports cellular energy production and helps rebuild muscle mass and strength after treatment.
Link: ANCIENT+BRAVE, TRUE CREATINE and British Supplements, Clean Creatine

TUDCA — supports liver and gut health, helping clear the toxic residue of treatment.
Link: CHARAVA, TUDCA

Bitter Herbs — activate digestive enzymes, stimulate the vagus nerve to calm the nervous system, support liver detoxification and naturally curb sugar cravings, all in one daily dose.
Link: QUICKSILVER SCIENTIFIC, Bitters No. 9

NMN — supports NAD+ production, essential for cellular energy and DNA repair post treatment.
Link: DONOTAGE NMN

As always, if you have questions about anything on this list, drop them in the comments and I will do my best to answer.

With Love,

Kami x

Right, with that said, let’s get into it.

The conversation you need to have with your oncologist - and why it probably won’t go the way you hope…

The first thing I want to address is the elephant in the room, because if you are going through treatment right now and you are thinking about supplements, you have almost certainly been told by your oncologist to stop taking everything.

I want you to understand why that happens, because it’s not malicious, it’s systemic. Oncologists are not trained in nutrition or supplementation. They simply do not have the dedicated knowledge base to assess each compound individually, so their default position is to remove all variables, which means telling you to stop everything. The healthcare system they operate within is also, let’s be honest, built around standardised protocols, the same chemotherapy combinations given to almost everyone with a similar diagnosis, occasionally with dose adjustments, but fundamentally one-size-fits-all. The idea that your individual supplement choices might be influencing outcomes, for better or worse, is deeply inconvenient for a system that measures its results in population-level statistics.

What I did was different. I wrote out every single supplement I was taking and I asked my oncologist to pass the list to the pharmacy for analysis, specifically to check whether any of the compounds would interfere with my treatment. The answer came back: no interference… not one… so I kept taking them.

I also want to mention something that made me smile when I first thought about it, and then think about it more seriously. If you are taking supplements that protect your healthy cells from chemotherapy and simultaneously create a more hostile environment for cancer cells, you are making it very difficult for anyone to cleanly attribute your outcome to the chemotherapy alone. And that is genuinely uncomfortable for a system that relies on being able to say the chemo worked. So please do your research, come to every appointment prepared, write your questions down beforehand because those rooms are stressful and your brain will go blank, and ask everything you need to ask. You can always call afterwards if something slips your mind.

One thing that genuinely surprised me was being told not to take probiotics... My gut microbiome was being completely stripped by chemotherapy, the good bacteria devastated alongside everything else, and I was being advised not to support it. That made absolutely no sense to me then and it makes no sense to me now…. you can imagine my decision, I obviously took probiotics throughout.

This is what showing up for yourself looked like every single day. Each one of these had a reason, a purpose, and a place in the protocol.

The DCBS test - why I sent my blood to Germany.

Before I get into the supplements themselves, I want to mention something I did that I think more people should know about, which is the DCBS test, the Differential Chemo-Biopharmaceutical Sensitivity Test.

This is an ex-vivo laboratory analysis where your isolated cancer cells are tested against various chemotherapy drugs and natural compounds to see how your specific tumour cells respond. Your blood is sent to a laboratory, the cancer cells are grown in culture, and then exposed to the substances being tested so the lab can measure which ones are most effective at reducing cell survival for your particular cancer. It is genuinely personalised oncology, and it gave me information that my oncologist openly told me she would not be using to change my treatment protocol, because the protocol is the protocol, regardless of what the individual data shows. I found that maddening, but I used the information for myself.

What the test showed me was that the chemo I had been prescribed was highly compatible with my circulating tumour cells, which was reassuring, and that several of the natural compounds I was already taking were also highly active against my specific cells, including things I had been drawn to instinctively before I had any clinical reason to take them. That moment, reading those results, confirmed everything I believe about listening to your body. The science caught up with what my gut already knew.

The test is not available on the NHS and is expensive, but for me it was absolutely worth it. My bloods were sent to Germany for analysis. I’ll share more details on this in a future post if it’s useful.

Understanding triple negative breast cancer - and why a metabolic approach made complete sense to me.

I want to take a moment to explain what triple negative breast cancer actually is and how it behaves at a cellular level, because once you understand this it becomes very clear why so many of the dietary and supplement choices I made were not random or just based on general wellness principles, they were specifically targeted at the way this particular cancer works.

Triple negative breast cancer, or TNBC, is called triple negative because it lacks three specific receptors, oestrogen, progesterone and HER2, that most breast cancer treatments are designed to target. This is why there is no targeted hormonal therapy for it the way there is for hormone-positive cancers, and why the standard treatment is chemotherapy. It also tends to be more aggressive and faster-growing than other breast cancer subtypes.

But here is what makes it particularly interesting from a metabolic perspective, and why I became so focused on creating the right internal environment.

TNBC cells are extraordinarily hungry. They are highly dependent on glucose, meaning they consume sugar at a dramatically higher rate than normal cells to fuel their rapid growth. This is why removing refined sugars and refined carbohydrates from day one was not just a general wellness choice, it was directly targeting the primary fuel source of my cancer cells. Starving them of glucose was a deliberate strategy.

They are also heavily addicted to glutamine, an amino acid found in many foods, which they use as a secondary energy source and for building new cell structures. Research shows that TNBC cells consume glutamine at roughly fifty times the rate required for normal cell function. This is part of why I approached certain foods and supplements with the specific goal of disrupting this supply chain.

And thirdly, TNBC cells are highly flexible in their ability to use fats for fuel, able to switch to fatty acid oxidation when their glucose and glutamine supply is restricted. This metabolic flexibility is what makes them particularly resilient and is why a comprehensive approach targeting multiple fuel pathways simultaneously matters so much more than just cutting sugar alone.

What this means in plain English is this: TNBC cells are like an engine that can run on petrol, diesel or gas, and they will switch between fuels depending on what is available. So the goal of my dietary and supplement approach was to reduce the supply of all three as much as possible, while flooding my body with compounds that directly interfere with cancer cell energy production, support my healthy cells, and create the least hospitable internal environment I possibly could for those cells to survive and grow in.

The keto-style low carb diet, the fasting around chemo, the berberine taken with every meal, the IP6 and quercetin and pawpaw extract, the removal of alcohol and processed food, all of it was working on this problem from multiple angles simultaneously. And when you understand the biology of what you are dealing with, suddenly every choice makes complete logical sense.

How I structured my supplement protocol around chemo

This is really important to understand before I list anything, because the timing matters enormously.

Chemotherapy works by creating oxidative stress in the body to destroy cancer cells. Antioxidants, by definition, counteract oxidative stress. So taking high-dose antioxidants on chemotherapy days could theoretically reduce the effectiveness of the treatment. This is a real and valid concern, and it’s one I took seriously.

What I did was divide my protocol into phases.

Around my chemo days, the day before, the day of, and the day after, I stopped all antioxidant supplements. I was also fasting during this period, as I’ve shared before, and I avoided my raw juices for the same reason, and also because raw, unwashed produce can carry bacteria that becomes genuinely risky when your immune system is suppressed. On those days I focused on minerals, magnesium, electrolytes and B12 to support my body through the treatment itself. I also did a detox bath on chemo day, two cups of bicarbonate of soda and one cup of mineral salts in water as hot as I could manage, staying in for at least forty minutes to support my body’s ability to eliminate. I rested as much as I possibly could.

From around day three after chemo, I moved into what I thought of as the detoxification and regeneration phase, and this is when the full protocol came back in.

Treatment Protocol:

I want to share these with the why behind each one, because I don’t believe in just handing someone a list without the reasoning. Every single thing on this list was there for a specific purpose.

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And then I had to…

The moment I buzzed my hair was one of the most freeing experiences in my life, strangely…

I went into my first treatment fully intending to try the cold cap. I thought, why not give it a go, it might work, and I was optimistic enough to think I might be one of the lucky ones who keeps most of their hair. What I wasn’t fully prepared for was the reality of what the cold cap actually involves, because it’s not just wearing a cold cap during your infusion, it’s arriving early for a pre-cooling period before your treatment even starts, sitting through the entire session with it on, and then staying for hours afterwards while your scalp temperature gradually returns to normal. On top of an already long and exhausting treatment day, that is a significant commitment, and I want to be honest about that because I don’t think people always realise how much it adds.

It’s even hard to explain how I felt at that time, but I remember being so so sure that this wasn’t going to be my path… The pain was just not worth it.

And then there was the pain… Not discomfort, actual pain, excruciating, searing pain on my scalp from the very first minutes of wearing it. I know so many women tolerate it and I genuinely take my hat off to every single one of them, because for me it was completely unbearable. After about ten minutes I was in tears, and I said please unplug it. The nurse looked at me and said, are you sure? Because once you stop, you can’t come back. And I said yes, absolutely, without a second thought, because I was not going to add that level of physical stress to an already enormous amount that my body was already carrying. I wanted to go through this treatment as calmly and as strongly as I possibly could, both mentally and physically, and sitting in that chair in agony for hours every week for the first three months, and then every three weeks for another 3 months was simply not part of that picture. I was so relieved the moment it came off. There was a visible indent across my forehead from just those few minutes of wearing it, which I took a photo of because honestly it was quite something, and I remember thinking, I would rather lose all of my hair than put myself through that for six months. And I made peace with it, right then and there.

A couple of weeks after treatment started the hair began falling out, which I had expected but which still hit differently when it actually happened. I cut it myself first, down to a shoulder length bob, thinking it would make the fall out feel less dramatic and more manageable, and it did help in a practical sense. But then came the hair washing, and the clumps in my hands after every shower, and the hair on the pillow, on my clothes, on the sofa, following me around the house as a constant, unavoidable reminder that something serious was happening inside my body. It wasn’t just about how it looked. It was about what it represented, the visibility of it, the way it made everything so real and so undeniable, every single day.

The phase that was unexpectedly so difficult to navigate.

There was something deeply emotional about watching my hair fall out in a way that I find hard to fully describe even now. It felt like losing pieces of myself, a version of me that I was grieving alongside everything else I was already grieving…I would look in the mirror and feel completely disconnected from the person looking back, and no one really prepares you for that part.

I said to my husband one evening, I can’t keep watching this. Please get the clippers.

And the moment it was done, I felt like a newborn. Genuinely… This weight lifted off my shoulders that I hadn’t even fully realised I was carrying, and I looked in the mirror and thought, actually, this really suits me. I put my earrings in, my necklace, did my makeup, and just carried on. That first buzz phase, before everything had fully come through, was actually one of my favourites of the whole journey, because something about it felt so clean and strong and deliberate, like I had made a choice rather than having one made for me, and that feeling mattered enormously. People would stop me and ask if it was a style choice, which I loved. I was still completely myself, just in a completely different chapter, and I found something genuinely freeing about that.

This felt rather good!

The eyebrows and lashes came later, in the second half of treatment when I started the red chemo, the one they call the red devil, and that phase was harder to navigate because suddenly it wasn’t just the hair on my head. It was everything, and there is something about losing your eyebrows and lashes that changes your face in a way that is just more confronting than the head hair, more exposed somehow, harder to style around.

Something unexpected happened after my third round of that red chemo though… my hair started growing back. We made the decision not to continue with the fourth round, and I finished the treatment phase, and a month later came the surgery, and then the moment I had been waiting and hoping and praying for, the all clear, no evidence of disease. That moment was the most extraordinary thing I have ever experienced, and also one of the most emotionally complicated, because the relief was so enormous and also so quickly followed by the reality of now what, what do I look like, how do I feel like a woman again, how do I recognise myself in a mirror when treatment has taken so much of the external version of me that I was used to seeing.

My hair came back gray at first, which wasn’t exactly the soft, beautiful re entry I had imagined. But I buzzed it to help it grow back evenly, and then I made what I genuinely consider one of the best decisions of my entire recovery - I bleached it blonde. A couple of months after finishing treatment, absolutely not the most sensible timing for my hair health, and I knew that, but the best possible timing for my self-esteem, and I stand by that decision completely. I looked in the mirror and felt like myself again for the first time in months, and that feeling was worth everything.

And just like that my bleached blond era began!

What followed was genuinely one of the more unexpectedly joyful chapters of everything. Every few weeks there was a new length, a new thing to try, a new version of me to discover. The sleek side parting and sleek back era, which my husband described as CEO on holiday vibe, and which I absolutely lived for. The tiny fringe phase, the moment I could finally put my hair up for the first time and nearly fell over with happiness. The wavy phase when it came back in with this gorgeous slight curl that made it so easy to style and honestly became one of my favourite looks of the whole journey. I was googling hair growth phases at least twice a week, taking photos of the back of my head obsessively to measure progress, doing absolutely all the things I said I wouldn’t do.

And then there were the milestone moments that I genuinely did not expect to hit me as hard as they did. The first time I was able to clip part of my hair up, just the top section, just a little clip holding a tiny bit of hair in place, I stood in the bathroom and I actually cried, because it sounds so small and it was so enormous. Something about that simple little clip represented everything, the progress, the time that had passed, the body that was healing, the woman that was slowly coming back. And then the ponytail. Oh my god, the ponytail. The first time I was able to gather enough hair to pull it back, even just a small one, even just for a few minutes, I felt like I had got a piece of my old soul back, and I mean that completely literally, not as a figure of speech. I wear my hair up most of the time anyway, that's always been my thing, but what I hadn't realised until I couldn't do it anymore was how much of my sense of self lived in that simple daily choice of deciding how I wanted to wear my hair today, up or down, clipped or loose, slicked back or relaxed, and having that freedom returned to me, that tiny ordinary daily freedom, felt like one of the most significant moments of the entire two years.

From the moment treatment finished I also started using natural hair oils and scalp massage tools to support the regrowth, because I wanted to give my hair the best possible environment to come back healthy and strong, the same philosophy I had applied to everything else throughout treatment. I’ll link everything I used and loved below, because I genuinely believe it made a difference to both the speed and the quality of the regrowth.

I have been using those two oils on repeat - Rosemary oil, Forest & Shore Hair Oil and Scalp Massager (affiliate links). Every day without a fail - I could not wait for my evening oiling routine.

I also cried once in my car outside a barber’s because he took far too much off I suddenly looked completely different to who I’d been the day before. He took the back and sides so short and so high up that I genuinely ended up looking like a bloke, and not in a cool way. I sat in the car and just let it out, properly, because that’s what it was worth at that point in the journey… If you have been through this you will understand entirely without me having to explain further, and if you haven’t been through this I want you to try to understand that every single millimetre of hair at that stage is hope. Every centimetre is evidence that you are healing, that time is passing, that life is moving forward again. To have it taken, even accidentally, even by someone who absolutely meant well, is genuinely devastating in a way that is very hard to articulate unless you have lived it.

And speaking of things that are hard to articulate, can we talk about the comments? The well meaning, loving, absolutely maddening comments. It’s just hair, it’ll grow back. You look amazing anyway, don’t worry about it. I know, I know… these come from love and I receive them in love, I really do, and also, please stop! Please hear me when I say that telling someone who is grieving their hair that it is just hair does not make the grief smaller… it just makes them feel like they shouldn’t be feeling it. Your hair is part of your identity, part of your personality, part of how you show up in the world, and losing it is a loss, a real one, and it deserves to be acknowledged as such. That’s all…That’s the whole thing.

Two years and four months later, my hair is still shorter than it would have been had I never been through any of this, partly because I have trimmed it so many times to encourage it to grow out evenly and avoid the awkward layers phase, which I was determined to manage carefully. But it is thick, genuinely thicker than it was before treatment, which is one of those strange and unexpected gifts that I did not see coming and am completely obsessed with. The texture has changed, the way it sits has changed, and in many ways I feel like I ended up with better hair than I started with, which is such a wild thing to be able to say.

I have a library of photographs from the last two years that I genuinely love looking back through, because every single stage was a version of me that was figuring it out, showing up, finding something to embrace even in the parts that were hard. And I hope that if you are somewhere in that journey right now, whether you are at the loss stage or the buzz stage or the awkward pixie stage where nothing goes with your earrings and you feel like a completely different person in your own clothes, you know that every one of those stages passes, and there is something worth finding in each of them, even when it doesn’t feel that way at all.

I love going through my phone and seeing all the different stages of this incredible hair journey…

You are not going to get to go back and experience these particular hairstyles again, so you might as well have as much fun with them as you possibly can. Embrace the sleek parting. Try the bold earring. Bleach it if you want to and it makes you feel alive again. None of it has to be precious.

And to everyone who left a comment on today’s Instagram post, thank you from the bottom of my heart, because reading those words, knowing that sharing something this personal is genuinely helping people going through the same thing, is exactly why this space exists and exactly why I keep sharing. If it helps even one person feel less alone in this, it is completely worth it.

One reset at a time.

With love,

Kami x

If you’ve been here for a while, you’ll know that so much of what I did during treatment was driven by research, yes, but also by intuition, and I believe that intuition is one of the most underrated indicators we have access to. The two worked together for me, not separately. I would research something, feel drawn to it in a way that was hard to explain, and then lean in. That instinct was rarely wrong.

I also want to be clear that we are all completely different. There is no one-size-fits-all recipe, diet or protocol that will work for everyone, and just because something worked for me doesn’t mean it will work for you, and just because you don’t resonate with something I did doesn’t mean it isn’t right for someone else. I share it as my experience, my choices, my body… offered in the hope that some of it might be useful to yours.

With that said, let’s get into it.

Step one: remove everything

The moment I got my diagnosis, the cupboards were cleared. Everything processed went in the bin that same day, no hesitation, no “I’ll finish what’s left,” just gone. Refined sugars, ultra-processed foods, anything that I knew deep down had no place in a body that was trying to heal. We all know this, honestly, in the era of wellness content and health education, we have all been told what doesn’t serve us, and yet most of us ignore it until the moment we genuinely can’t afford to anymore. That moment arrived for me very suddenly, and the choice felt completely obvious.

The Dąbrowska fast - my first real experience of therapeutic fasting

Before chemotherapy started, I made a decision that felt instinctive before it felt rational. I wanted to clear everything completely, to reduce the toxic load on my body as much as possible before introducing the intense chemical load of treatment, and to create the best internal environment I possibly could for what was coming.

I chose to follow the protocol developed by Dr Ewa Dąbrowska, a Polish physician and

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I know I did. For a long time…

I was ambitious, hard working, motivated, always had been, but for some reason things would not work out the way I wanted them to. And every time something got uncomfortable, I would pull back. I would give up sooner than I should have. And then the victim mentality would kick in, everyone else got lucky, they had the right contacts, the right connections, the right people behind them, and I just didn’t. So what was the point.

I wanted beautiful things too, beautiful experiences, a life that felt exciting and aligned, and I would get glimpses of them, but the happiness they brought never lasted, it would be there for a moment and then I’d be left wanting more, chasing something I couldn’t quite name, a feeling I couldn’t quite reach. And I think deep down I knew it.

Then cancer happened. And everything stopped.

During treatment I had more time than I had ever had in my adult life. Time to be still, time to think, time to actually hear myself properly for the first time in years. I started journaling from the very first day of my diagnosis and didn’t miss a single day through treatment. I did breathwork, I started doing real mindset work, not just reading about it but actually sitting with it, and that’s when I discovered the real power of manifestation, not as a concept but as a practice.

A big part of this happened in the most unexpected place… During my hyperbaric oxygen therapy sessions I was locked in a chamber for ninety minutes a day, every day, for twenty days, and books became my closest companion in there. One of the first I read was The Power of Your Subconscious Mind by Joseph Murphy (Linked in my Amazon storefront if you want to grab a copy). I had actually read it years before, and clearly it hadn’t landed the way it needed to, because I wasn’t ready. This time, reading the second part of it, everything connected. Dot after dot after dot… it all started to make sense.

I remember one morning, driving to my oxygen session, and I made myself a promise. Out loud, in the car, on my own… I said: from today I am changing everything. The way I think, the way I speak, the way I portray myself, my abilities, my life. No more negative thinking, no more sabotaging myself with the same limiting beliefs I had been repeating for years, no more wishing. Just believing, and treating what I wanted as if it had already happened.

And I want to be honest here, because I think this is the part people miss. It was never just about closing my eyes and imagining a beautiful life. That’s not how this works. The feeling matters, yes, the genuine embodied feeling of already being in that life, but the behaviour has to change too. The patterns, the habits, the way you respond when things get hard. Manifestation without action is just daydreaming. I needed to take risks, make decisions, trust the process, even when no one could guarantee an outcome.

This is me coming out of my hyperbaric oxygen chamber, mask marks still fresh on my face, flowers from the little charity sale they had inside, and genuinely one of the happiest I felt during my entire treatment, because every single session left me feeling like I could take on the world.

Everyone around me at the time smiled and nodded, bless them, because let’s be honest, no one was going to disagree with a woman in cancer treatment who had decided she was going to completely reinvent her life. They were supportive and wonderful and absolutely terrified for me on the inside. But I saw it in their eyes. Sure, go for it. Just please get through this first…

From day one though, I started seeing changes. Every time I caught myself saying “I wish” I would correct it to “I will” or “I have.” Every time a negative thought started to form I would interrupt it, redirect it, replace it. It sounds almost stupidly simple, and in a way it is, and that’s exactly the point. The simplest shifts, done consistently, are the ones that compound into something you genuinely cannot believe when you look back at it.

The things that started coming into my life once I changed the way I was thinking, I honestly could not have imagined them from where I was sitting in that treatment chair. Not because they were magical or lucky, but because I had finally stopped talking myself out of everything before I’d even tried.

And once you truly understand this, once it clicks at a level deeper than just intellectually knowing it, nothing feels impossible anymore… genuinely nothing. I have so many ideas, projects, things I want to create and build, and the only limitation sometimes is simply time, and I’ve made peace with that too, because rather than trying to do everything at once I’ve learned to focus on what actually matters most right now, and trust that everything else will have its moment.

The people around you won’t always get it straight away either, and that’s okay, be patient with them. My husband took a really long time to tap into this way of thinking. He was watching all these things unfold around me and I could see the disbelief in his eyes, that quiet “is this really happening?” look, and slowly, watching it play out in real life, he started to shift too. You can’t force this on anyone, but you can let them watch what happens when you change, and that’s often more powerful than anything you could ever say.

The other thing that changes, and this one surprised me, is how you handle the things that don’t work out. In the past I was such a go-getter that when something wasn’t going my way I would force it, try every possible angle, push and push until I either got there or burned out trying, not realising that sometimes you’re forcing something that simply wasn’t meant for you in the first place. Now when something doesn’t work out the way I planned or imagined, I don’t get upset, I don’t spiral, I genuinely accept it and trust that there’s a bigger reason I just can’t see yet. My mantra has become: if it’s meant for me, it won’t miss me.

If there’s one thing I want you to take from this, it’s that you have a choice. You can stay exactly where you are, safe inside your comfort zone, waiting for the right moment that will probably never come, or you can try. And if it doesn’t work, you will have learned something no one can teach you from the outside. The best life lessons I have ever had came from the times things didn’t go to plan, not from the times they did.

Please don’t talk yourself out of your dreams before you’ve even given them a chance.

One brave decision can change everything.

One reset at a time.

I’d love to know, is there a belief you’ve been holding onto that’s been keeping you stuck? Drop it in the comments, sometimes just naming it out loud is the first step.

With love,

Kami x

I was having one of the best years of my life when I was diagnosed.

We started that year with a trip to Paris with friends, then Barcelona, then our dream trip to New York, which is where, as many of you know, I found the lump.

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Buckwheat is naturally gluten-free, it’s a complete plant protein containing all nine essential amino acids, it has a lower glycaemic index than most grains so it supports steadier energy and better blood sugar balance, and it’s rich in magnesium, rutin and quercetin, two powerful antioxidants that reduce inflammation and support circulation. Less bloating, better blood sugar, calmer nervous system, that’s what I notice when I eat it consistently, and that’s not a coincidence.

I also want to mention the Traditional Chinese Medicine perspective here, because it shifted something in how I think about food choices generally. In TCM, oats are considered mucus-producing and dampening to the body, and my body runs cold and damp, so for me specifically, oats are not the best fit even though they are perfectly fine for plenty of people. That’s the whole point, it’s not about oats being bad, it’s about understanding what works for your body specifically, and making swaps that support your individual constitution rather than following a one-size-fits-all approach. Buckwheat is warming and grounding, which is exactly what my body asks for, and this wrap recipe was honestly born from that instinct.

My mum is visiting from Poland at the moment, and in Poland we grow up making naleśniki, which are essentially crepes, thin, eggy, cooked in a pan, and served sweet with jam or cream cheese or both. She made a batch for my nephew the other day and I asked her to swap the flour for buckwheat, because it’s gluten-free and just works so much better for how I eat now, and then the next morning I looked at what I had in the fridge and this happened. Buckwheat wraps with smashed avocado, scrambled eggs, halloumi, basil and chilli flakes, and I am genuinely obsessed.

The best part is you can make the wraps in advance, keep them in the fridge, and just fill and roll them when you need them, which makes this one of the fastest, most satisfying breakfasts I’ve found for busy mornings, or for when you just don’t want to think too hard before you’ve had your first drink of the day.

Smashed avocado, scrambled eggs, halloumi, basil and chilli flakes, on a buckwheat wrap that my mum accidentally inspired.

Nutritional values per serving (2 wraps with filling, approximate)

Calories 692 kcal * Protein 37g * Carbohydrates 45g * Fat 42g * Fibre 10g

Values will vary slightly depending on the size of your avocado and the thickness of your halloumi slices.

What you need (makes approximately 20 wraps - halve for 10)

For the wraps:
250g buckwheat flour
4 large eggs
600ml plant-based milk, almond or oat both work well
1 tablespoon coconut oil, melted
A pinch of salt

For the filling (per person):
Half an avocado, smashed with a pinch of salt, pepper and a squeeze of lime
2 eggs, scrambled
2 thick slices of halloumi, cooked in a dry pan until golden
Fresh basil leaves, chopped
Chilli flakes
Optional: crumbled feta instead of the halloumi

How to make them

Whisk together the buckwheat flour, eggs, plant milk and salt until you have a smooth, thin batter, roughly the consistency of single cream, and let it rest for a few minutes while you heat your pan.

Cook the wraps in a lightly oiled ceramic or cast iron pan over a medium heat, pouring enough batter to thinly coat the base each time, the same way you would a crêpe, and cooking for about a minute on each side until set and just lightly golden. Stack them as you go and set aside.

For the filling, smash your avocado with salt, pepper and lime juice until it’s roughly textured but spreadable, scramble your eggs to your liking, and cook the halloumi slices in a dry pan for a minute or two on each side until they have some colour.

To assemble: spread the avocado first across the centre of the wrap, it acts as a base that holds everything in place, then layer on the scrambled eggs and halloumi, finish with the chopped basil and chilli flakes, and roll or fold however you like.

This is what ten minutes and a fridge full of leftovers looks like.

Why buckwheat works so well here

Buckwheat is naturally gluten-free despite the name, and it has a slightly nutty, earthy flavour that makes these wraps far more interesting than a standard flour version, with a nutritional profile to match. It’s a complete protein, meaning it contains all nine essential amino acids, which is rare for a grain, it’s high in fibre, and it’s rich in antioxidants including rutin, which supports circulation and reduces inflammation. It also has a lower glycaemic impact than white flour, which means it supports more stable blood sugar through the morning rather than the spike and crash you’d get from a regular wrap.

Combined with the protein from the eggs and halloumi, the healthy fats from the avocado, and the anti-inflammatory benefits of the basil and chilli, this is genuinely a complete, nourishing breakfast that keeps you full for hours, and it looks beautiful on a plate, which never hurts.

Make the full batch, stack them, keep them in the fridge, and breakfast is sorted for the next few days.

A note on prep

Make the full batch, layer the wraps with baking paper so they don't stick together, and keep them in the fridge for up to three days, then when you're ready to eat just warm them briefly in a dry pan for about 30 seconds each side, which makes them more flexible and much easier to roll, and your filling goes straight in from there.

Tag me if you make these, I’d love to see your versions, and drop any questions in the comments below.

With love,

Kam x

And it wasn’t just the food, because once I started looking properly at everything around me, I genuinely could not believe what I found. The food was one part of it, but what I want to talk about today is everything else, the stuff we use every single day without a second thought, the washing up liquid, the laundry detergent, the frying pan, the candle on the coffee table, the perfume we spray straight onto our skin every morning, and why all of it matters so much more than most people will ever tell you.

This is the Reset Your Home pillar, and for me personally, it was one of the most eye-opening parts of my entire healing journey.

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Sweet potato is one of those foods that ticks every box for me, complex carbohydrate, anti-inflammatory, rich in beta-carotene and potassium, and it keeps you full in a way that feels genuinely satisfying rather than heavy. I’ve also been really focused on protein intake lately, so the minced beef here isn’t just for flavour, it’s doing a job. And the black beans add another layer of plant protein and fibre that makes this genuinely filling as a lunch or dinner without needing anything else alongside it.

Here’s how I make it.

Nutritional values per serving (approximate)

Calories 830kcal Protein 48g Carbohydrates 78g Fat 37g Fibre 22g

What you need (serves 2)

For the potatoes and beef:
2 sweet potatoes, skin on, scrubbed
Olive oil and salt
300g minced beef
Half a white onion, diced
1.5 cups frozen mixed vegetables, I use a mix with carrots, sweetcorn, peas and broccoli, but honestly any frozen mix works
1 cup black beans, drained
1 tablespoon tomato purée
Salt, pepper, chilli flakes if you want heat
Ghee or coconut oil for cooking

For the avocado feta dressing:
Half a ripe avocado
A few slices of cucumber
A few leafs of fresh mint
1 tablespoon feta, plus extra to crumble on top
2 tablespoon coconut yogurt
A squeeze of lime
A splash of water to loosen

How to make it

Preheat your oven to 220 degrees. Half and pierce your sweet potatoes a few times, rub with a little olive oil and a pinch of salt, and bake skin on for around 30 minutes, or until they’re completely soft when you press them.

While the potatoes are in the oven, heat a generous spoonful of ghee or coconut oil in a pan and add your diced onion. Let it go gently until it’s just turning golden, then add the minced beef. Cook it through, breaking it up as you go, then tip it into a bowl and pour off any excess fat from the pan.

Back in the same pan, add your frozen vegetables and sauté them for a few minutes until they’re cooked through. Add the beef back in, then the black beans and the tablespoon of tomato purée. Add a splash of water, enough to bring everything together and stop it catching, and let it simmer for a few minutes so all the flavours combine. Season with salt and pepper, and chilli flakes if you want a bit of warmth.

For the dressing, blend the avocado, cucumber, mint, feta, coconut yogurt, lime and a splash of water until smooth and creamy. It should be thick enough to drizzle but loose enough to pour. Taste and adjust the seasoning.

Cut your sweet potatoes open, pile the beef mixture generously on top, drizzle over the dressing and finish with a crumble of extra feta.

A note on the feta

I go through periods where I include dairy and periods where I skip it entirely, so if you’re dairy-free right now just leave the feta out of the dressing and finish with a squeeze of extra lime instead. It’s still incredibly good.

Why this works nutritionally

Sweet potato gives you slow-release energy and supports blood sugar balance, which matters especially in the second half of your cycle when cravings tend to spike. The beef and black beans together give you a solid hit of protein and iron. The avocado dressing adds healthy fats that help your body absorb the fat-soluble vitamins in everything else on the plate. And the frozen veg mix means you’re getting a variety of nutrients without any extra prep.

It’s the kind of meal that genuinely nourishes you, not just feeds you, and that’s the difference I’m always looking for.

Dairy-free version (without feta): approximately 785 kcal, 46g protein.

These are estimates based on standard ingredient weights and will vary depending on the size of your sweet potatoes and the fat content of your mince.

Why this works nutritionally

Sweet potato is rich in beta-carotene, which your body converts to vitamin A, supporting immune function, skin health and cellular repair, and its complex carbohydrates provide slow-release energy that helps stabilise blood sugar rather than spike it, which matters especially in the second half of your cycle when cravings tend to be at their highest.

Minced beef is one of the most bioavailable sources of protein, iron and zinc you can eat, meaning your body absorbs and uses it more efficiently than plant-based alternatives. Iron is particularly important during and after treatment, and for anyone who is perimenopausal, as levels can drop significantly and affect energy, focus and mood.

Black beans add a second layer of plant protein alongside substantial fibre, which feeds beneficial gut bacteria, supports digestion and helps keep you full for longer. They also contain folate, magnesium and antioxidants that support cellular health.

The mixed vegetables give you a broad spectrum of vitamins and minerals in one go, with broccoli specifically being one of the most studied cruciferous vegetables for its sulforaphane content, a compound that supports the body’s natural detoxification pathways and has been extensively researched in the context of cancer prevention and recovery.

Avocado provides healthy monounsaturated fats that are essential for absorbing the fat-soluble vitamins, particularly beta-carotene from the sweet potato and vitamin K from the vegetables, so the dressing isn’t just delicious, it’s actually making the rest of the meal work harder.

Coconut yogurt adds a probiotic element that supports gut health, and the lime provides vitamin C which further enhances iron absorption from the beef and beans.

Ghee or coconut oil for cooking rather than vegetable or seed oils keeps the inflammatory load of the meal low, which is something I’m always conscious of, because the oils you cook in matter just as much as the food itself.

This is the kind of meal that genuinely nourishes you, not just feeds you, and that’s the difference I’m always looking for.

If you make this, I’d love to see it - tag me or send it to my DMs, and if you have questions about any of the ingredients or swaps, drop them in the comments below.

With love,

Kami x

The day I got my diagnosis, I went home and emptied my cupboards.

Not gradually, not over a few weeks while I adjusted - that day. Everything processed went in the bin, very refined sugar, every packaged snack, every inflammatory oil. Gone. I bought a juicer and I started flooding my body with the things it needed and removing every single thing that was working against it. I didn’t wait until I felt ready or until I’d finished researching. I just started.

I think that decision, to take immediate, physical control of the one thing I absolutely could control, was one of the most important things I did for my mindset as much as my body. I wasn’t waiting for someone to save me. I was already fighting.

The approach was low carb, high fat, keto-style. Built around healthy fats, fibre, and clean protein. Avocados, olive oil, nuts, seeds, low carb vegetables. Organic wherever possible, and I soaked everything in bicarbonate of soda water to remove pesticide residue. All refined carbohydrates gone. Most fruits gone too, yes including the ones everyone thinks are healthy, because sugar is sugar when your body is fighting cancer.

Then I built in the things that actively support healing. Cruciferous vegetables every day, broccoli, kale, cabbage, cauliflower. Green juices, ginger, turmeric, garlic. Wild blueberries, broccoli sprouts, fermented beetroot juice, green tea. Foods rich in antioxidants and polyphenols that protect cells, reduce oxidative stress, and help your body do what it’s desperately trying to do.

Daily batch made, ready to go. This became my non-negotiable from day one.

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Everyone talks about hair loss. The fatigue. The nausea. And yes, all of that is real and most of that happened. But what genuinely blindsided me, what no one sat me down and explained before I started treatment, was what chemo does to your hormones.

Because here’s the thing. Chemo is toxic to the ovaries. And for a lot of women, myself included, that means your ovarian function just... drops. Suddenly. Your oestrogen and progesterone don’t wind down gradually the way they would in a normal menopause, they fall off a cliff. And because your body hasn’t had years to slowly adjust, the symptoms hit so much harder than they would otherwise.

So there I was… Already on chemo, already losing my hair, fatigue was hitting in a way I didn't expect, and on top of all of that, my hormones had completely crashed and taken my nervous system with them.

What I was not prepared for was the rage.

Not sadness. Not anxiety. Rage.

The tiniest thing would set me off. Something my husband said. A misunderstanding. Something that on literally any other day would have been completely nothing. And I would lose it. I’d scream, I’d cry and I could not stop myself, even when part of me could see it was happening and wanted to pull the brake. It felt like something had taken over my body and I was just standing there watching what is happening to me right now.

And underneath all of that was the other anger too. The bigger one. The one that had nothing to do with hormones. The why me… Why did this happen. That one just sat there underneath everything, making every small thing feel ten times heavier than it was.

You genuinely don’t know what’s normal and what isn’t. You don’t know if what you’re feeling is the chemo, the hormones, the fear, the grief, or just you finally falling apart after holding it together for everyone around you. There’s no manual. Nobody hands you one. You’re just in it, trying to make sense of a body that doesn’t feel like yours anymore.

Honestly, it was one of the hardest parts of the whole thing.

That’s when something shifted for me.

Not overnight, not dramatically. Just this quiet moment of realising, I have to take control of something. Because I couldn’t control the cancer. I couldn’t control the appointments or the waiting or the fear. But I could control the first ten minutes of my morning. So that’s where I started.

Headphones on before my feet literally hit the floor and meditation first, before the day could get to me, then breathwork and few minutes that were just mine. And I know that sounds almost too simple for everything I’d just described, but that’s kind of the point.

It was small - intentionally small… Because small was all I had at times.

Ten minutes a day. Still the most powerful thing I do.

And slowly, those ten minutes started to change something. Not fix everything, because nothing was going to fix everything. But gave me something to come back to.

Breathwork especially became my fastest reset. The second I felt something rising in me, out of sync, tight, a spiral starting, I’d breathe. In the chemo chair, in the car before an oncologist appointment or standing in my kitchen after something had set me off. It doesn’t make the thing go away, but it gives your nervous system just enough of a gap to stop the spiral before it takes over.

Doing this consistently, regularly, not perfectly but consistently, genuinely got me through treatment. And what surprised me was that it mattered just as much in recovery. The nervous system work didn’t stop being necessary when treatment ended. If anything, recovery asked even more of it.

The smallest shifts gave me the biggest results. Not because they were magic. Because they were sustainable. You can always come back to something simple. A complicated routine is the first thing to collapse when you’re exhausted or scared or falling apart. A simple one stays.

So if you’re in your own version of this right now, whatever that looks like, please just hear this. You don’t have to sort it all at once. You don’t have to overhaul everything overnight. Start with the first ten minutes of your morning. Start with one breath. Start somewhere so small it almost feels embarrassing.

Ten minutes… That’s here mine started.

One reset at a time.

With love,

Kami x

But I promised you the deeper version. The one with the tools I layer on top, the actual order I do things in, and the honest reality of what a full reset day looks like for me versus what most days actually look like.

So here it is.

One of the most transformative tools in my recovery. More on this below.

First - a note before we start

This protocol happens on a good day. Specifically, Fridays, my day off, when I have the time and the energy to move through it properly. Most days it’s two or three things from this list, not all of it. And that is completely fine. The goal was never to do everything. The goal was always to keep coming back to the things that genuinely support you, even in small doses.

Keep that in mind as you read.

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Healing isn’t about controlling every part of your life. It’s about creating enough healthy habits that one imperfect day no longer feels like failure. That took me a long time to actually believe, because for a while, control felt like the only thing keeping me safe.

Diet: still my line in the sand, but not my prison

Food is honestly still the one area I make the least compromise on. It has such a massive effect on our health, and I stand by that. But I’ve had to draw a line between being conscious and using “healing” as an excuse. I don’t want to be the person who says “I’ve had a tough day, so it’s ok to binge eat on chocolate” or “I can’t be bothered to cook, I’ll get a takeaway” and calls that self-care. That’s not a conscious choice, that’s a habit forming in disguise. Sugar is an addiction like any other, and before you know it you need something sweet every single day.

On holiday, I’ll have a treat. I’ll have a meal out and genuinely not feel bad about it. But I won’t let it become a pattern. There’s a difference between an occasional yes and a slow slide back into needing it.

Toxins: controlling the 90% that’s actually mine to control

At home, I hardly compromise at all, because home is the one place I can control completely. Shampoo, shower gel, cleaning products, none of it moves. Our skin is our biggest organ, absorption is real, and that’s not something I’m willing to negotiate on. I used to travel with my own shower gel because I couldn’t dream of using whatever the hotel provided. I don’t do that anymore. I know one hotel shower gel isn’t bringing my cancer back. I’m also fine wearing a Pilates outfit for an hour, but I’m not sitting in it all day breathing it in. I am still particular about sleeping in organic cotton, organic underwear included, because that’s hours upon hours of contact, every single night, and that’s not something I can compromise on. What I do at home is roughly 90% of what’s actually within my control, so that’s where the standard stays high. Everywhere else, I’ve let it go.

Clothes were a big one too. For a while I wouldn’t wear anything that wasn’t cotton or wool, and I got rid of a lot of things. I don’t regret that. But I also don’t beat myself up now if I wear something that isn’t perfect. What’s changed is that I’m more mindful going forward, I check labels, I’ve mostly stepped away from fast fashion. Bed sheets, yes, that’s a basic I won’t move on. Everything else, moderation.

Small resets: where Daily Reset actually came from

This is the one I want to spend the most time on, because it’s genuinely where all of this started.

I ditched the gym a long time ago. It just didn’t work for my body anymore, I’d come away inflamed more often than not. During treatment I started doing much shorter, gentler sessions at home instead, and honestly, that’s what got me through. Some days it was weights. Some days it was fifteen minutes of standing Pilates because that was all I had in me. Some days it was just a walk.

It was during recovery that I really understood the power of small resets. Twenty, thirty minute mat Pilates sessions did more for a body that was permanently aching than anything I’d done before. Walks, meditation, journaling, just slowing down enough to actually hear my own thoughts. And letting go of what I thought “the norm” had to look like. Building muscle still matters to me, but I’m not obsessing over doing it five days a week. I’ll do it two-three times a week and let Pilates do the rest, because it works so beautifully for my body. The biggest shifts I’ve seen, in my body and in my mood, came from those smaller sessions, not from pushing harder.

That’s the whole philosophy behind Daily Reset. Not more. Smaller, and more often.

Some resets don’t need a plan, or thirty minutes, or anything at all really. Just tea, the sound of the sea, and a few minutes where nothing needs fixing. This is what a reset actually looks like.

Letting go of the search

CT scans, endless supplement stacks, the next protocol, the next biohack that promises to be “the thing” that finally keeps it away. I understand the pull of that search intimately. But at some point I stopped hunting for the ultimate prevention plan and started actually living my life.

That doesn’t mean I’ve dropped it all. I still take a handful of supplements I genuinely trust, and I still use a few wellness tools that earn their place in my routine. What’s changed is the energy behind it. It’s not a frantic search for the one missing piece anymore, it’s just a small, steady part of how I look after myself. There will always be something new to try, another device, another protocol, another “if you’re not doing this you’re missing out.” Peace comes from deciding what actually serves you and letting the rest go, rather than chasing all of it out of fear.

Rebuilding, not returning

You don’t go back to who you were after something like this, you become someone new, and that includes your goals, your priorities, and yes, your relationships too. Some friendships that made sense before simply don’t fit anymore, and I’ve had to make peace with that rather than force them to survive out of guilt or history. Somewhere in this I stopped being interested in people-pleasing entirely. I used to shrink myself to keep the peace, to be easy, to not be “too much.” I don’t have the patience for that now. When you’ve been that close to losing everything, you stop performing for people who don’t actually see you, and you start protecting your energy for the ones who do.

Beauty without guilt

I want to tell this properly because it took me a year to even admit it to myself. In the first six months after treatment, my mind was desperately, constantly trying to do anything to stay healthy, and in that state I swore to myself I would never, ever have Botox. Then I looked in the mirror and didn’t recognise what I saw. My skin was in awful condition, I’d aged about ten years in six months. My hair wasn’t there. Nothing made me feel sexy or feminine. Things were slowly improving on plenty of levels, but one day I looked at myself and thought, if this is bothering me this much, I’m going to have a little Botox. So I did.

I only had it done couple of times in the last two years and that was enough to make me feel so much better about my skin. It gave me such a boost of confidence, I felt radiant, and I didn’t feel a shred of guilt about it. That’s the actual secret, if there is one. If you do something and spend the whole time feeling guilty about it, what was the point? Do it, or don’t, but don’t do it half in and half apologising.

I think once you’ve been through treatment, people expect you to become this super natural version of yourself, as if caring about your beauty means you’ve stopped taking your health seriously. A lot of things genuinely don’t interest me anymore. But I still love when my hair is done. I love a bit of henna on my brows. A lash lift makes me feel properly alive. I’m not going to apologise for that, and it doesn’t make me any less healthy. So much of this is in our own heads, we become victims of what other people have decided real health is supposed to look like.

Alcohol: my choice, not a verdict on yours

I don’t mind other people drinking, genuinely. That’s their choice to make, and I’ll go out with friends and have just as much fun as anyone, sober, while everyone else has a glass in hand. It doesn’t isolate me from them, or from anything. I respect their choice, they respect mine, and that’s it.

For me though, there’s nothing great about alcohol, and I know how much I used to hide behind “just do what makes you happy, if a glass or two makes the night more fun, have it.” When I actually look at it closer, everyone seems funnier after a drink. Conversations flow. Suddenly everyone’s your best friend, people you probably wouldn’t speak to sober, for whatever reason. I don’t need that feeling of a slightly fake reality, waking up the next morning wondering if I said something stupid or upset someone. I don’t have to wonder anymore, because I remember every conversation, for a change.

Do I think drinking during cancer treatment is okay? No. I’ll say that plainly. I tried less than a full glass of wine a good few months after treatment and had a hangover that lasted three days. That was enough for me. But I also don’t want that to be confusing, this isn’t me being anti anyone else’s drink, it’s me being anti drinking, full stop, for myself. That’s my choice, not a rule I’m handing to anyone else.

Who gets to say they’re healed

At the start, people kept telling me I couldn’t really say I was cancer free, because there’s no guarantee. Why not? I am healthy. I am healed. And I say that out loud, every single day, because if you spend every day doubting it, you’re training your own mind to keep searching for something wrong. There’s a reason obsessing over prevention doesn’t actually protect you. Bryan Johnson, a man who’s reportedly spent millions of dollars a year trying to optimise and measure every part of his health, just revealed he’s been diagnosed with an autoimmune condition that had been quietly developing the whole time, completely undetected by all that tracking. You can measure everything and still miss something. And if you obsessively try to look for it, guess what… you might find it. At some point, I gave myself permission to stop obsessively checking and just trust my body.

Letting go of the anger

For a long time I carried real anger about having got sick in the first place, and I think part of my obsessing over never going back there again came from that anger, not from wisdom. Once I let it go, once I understood that my body isn’t sick anymore and I don’t need to live braced for it, everything shifted. I became genuinely grateful for this experience. It rebuilt my life on levels I didn’t know needed rebuilding. I found a happiness I’d never felt before, a drive, a purpose. I finally know what I’m here for.

If you want the fuller picture of how I actually rebuilt my habits from the ground up, I go deeper for Daily Reset Club members every Sunday. This week’s is a good place to start.

With love,

Kami x

But some of the biggest shifts I experienced during treatment had nothing to do with any of it.

They came from my breath. From the ground under my bare feet. From cold water on my face and sunlight on my skin and the particular stillness of writing something true on a page at 6am when no one else was awake.

Your nervous system is not broken. It’s doing exactly what it was designed to do - scanning for threat, bracing for impact, trying to keep you alive. The problem is that most of us are living in a body that never gets the signal that the danger has passed.

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But I think we miss a vital piece in this whole, complicated jigsaw.

We get so caught up in the system - the rules, the protocols, the standards that tell us how to live, how to feel, how to behave, that we forget our bodies hold real power. We are vessels of energy that connect with nature, with extraordinary healing capacity, if we give them the right environment and the right tools.

So why don’t we listen to our bodies more?

Why do we ignore the symptoms? Why do we say “oh, I get indigestion when I eat that” - and keep eating it anyway? Why do we meet someone new and feel that knot in our stomach, that quiet this isn’t right, and override it every single time?

Once I really understood this, my mind shifted. Everything made sense.

Your gut is one of the most powerful tools you have. Think about how many times you’ve had a decision to make, your gut told you the answer, and you went against it. Probably more than you’d like to admit. I know I have, and afterward, thought: I knew I should have done that. I had a feeling.

We choose to ignore it. Usually because we’re influenced by other people, because we’re seeking validation, because we’re unsure of ourselves.

But during treatment, what really got me thinking was this: every time I went with what felt right for me and my body - choosing supplements, deciding whether another round of chemo made sense, figuring out the right form of grounding, regulation, or training - I trusted it. I felt it so deeply I knew it was the right choice.

Yes, sometimes the decision is more complicated than just “which supplement.” But whenever you’re facing a hard choice, I guarantee you already have that first gut feeling. Listen to it.

We don’t spend enough time with ourselves to actually tap in and listen. Meditate on it. Sleep on it - that saying carries more truth than we give it credit for, because sometimes all you need is a little clarity.

This is what tapping in actually looks like - no agenda, just listening.

I had endless conversations with my oncologist about supplements, treatment, certain approaches. Even when I felt strongly about something, I always gave her the benefit of the doubt, heard her out fully, genuinely took it into consideration. But my body always gave me the final answer.

Just before chemo, I did private genetic testing to see which chemo type would be most compatible with my tumour cells - including which supplements would support it. The highest ranked ones on that list? I was already taking them. Some I’d started without ever having that data, just because something pulled me toward them after my own research. That moment was mind blowing. It all clicked.

Fast forward two years, and my body is still my best validator. I trust it. I ask it what’s best for me. Have you ever heard of the sway test? It’s a form of self muscle testing rooted in applied kinesiology, used to tap into the subconscious mind and read your body’s energetic, intuitive response. It works through subtle, involuntary neuromuscular movement - your body naturally leans or tips in response to what’s true, or what’s good for you.

Your subconscious makes up about 95% of your brain’s processing power. It stores every memory, every emotion, every experience you’ve ever had, and it controls your autonomic nervous system - the part that regulates the things you don’t consciously think about, like heart rate and breathing and muscle tone. When you ask a question, your subconscious retrieves the truth instantly. That “gut feeling” isn’t abstract - it’s a literal physical response. The sway test just gives that instant internal reaction a physical pathway to express itself.

I use this every day. And more than that - I trust it.

Grounding isn't a catchphrase - it's just letting your body recharge the way it knows how.

We’re in such a strange wellness era right now, where everyone seems to have the most optimised, most dialled in routine, the one that will finally get you “functioning at your best.” But our bodies are all different. Our needs are different.

So instead of reaching for another magic pill, let’s tap in. Let’s actually learn how to listen to what’s already inside us.

With love,

Kami x

But you rather than celebrating with them now live in constant fear of cancer coming back. Every pain, every ache, every new sensation throws you on a level of anxiety you didn’t know existed. And not only are you being left with no guidance of what life after cancer really looks like, you are desperately trying to live a healthy life and everything sets you off.

The fine line between healing and hyper-vigilance

When you are trying so hard to survive, the very things meant to heal you can start to feel like a cage. I remember being so strict with my diet and routine that my mind would spiral over the smallest things. If I had a bit of honey or had a bit more carbs, my mind would immediately spiral and guilt would creep in. I would sit there and keep thinking whether this one choice, this tiny bit of sugar, will bring my cancer back.

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First of all, the fact that we even have to look for a “healthy food” or “superfood” aisle in the supermarket is the most ridiculous thing ever. We live in an age where people will hunt for another biohacking tool that costs thousands of pounds before realizing that the first and most important step is much less complicated. And don’t get me wrong, I love a good biohacking tool and I use many of them daily. But what baffles me the most is that people are not willing to go back to basics.

It’s like it’s almost too obvious. We are always looking for some overcomplicated explanation and routine rather than addressing the root cause. Yes, we are all different and perhaps have other underlying health issues, but does anyone still need evidence that a clean, anti-inflammatory diet can reverse so many illnesses?

I always had a fairly balanced diet, but I also had a massive sweet tooth and liked to nibble on processed foods. Now, I believe that we should still be able to enjoy small treats if that’s what makes us happy, but at what cost? Can we make smarter choices? Can we choose something that’s less processed than that pack of crisps or a cake that’s packed with a ton of sugar and additives just so it can last on a shelf for months?Do we really have to do this every evening just because we’ve had a tough day and feel like we “deserve a treat”?

We need to be very intentional here. Yes, everything in moderation, but let’s not abuse it. I remember times when I just had to have a chocolate bar in the afternoon as a pick-me-up. Or every Sunday, my husband and I would treat ourselves to ice cream…almost a full tub each. Eventually, it stopped becoming a special treat that we actually enjoyed, and it became a mindless habit that started to have an incredible impact on our health. And that’s exactly the power of small habits… they can build you up, or they can tear you down. It goes either way.

We have so much knowledge nowadays and it is so easy to choose wisely. You can make a batch of refined sugar free treats that will actually be nutritious and anti-inflammatory and I guarantee it will be much cheaper as well!

Your body can only handle so much. But once you get out of that addictive cycle, you feel like a new person.

Instead of grabbing a chocolate bar packed with refined sugars and additives, I started making my own nutritious, anti-inflammatory treats. Taking control back starts with small choices like this.

I’ve actually received many similar comments online saying things like, “It’s easy to battle an illness when you have money.” But let me tell you - how crazy is that thought? This choice is completely free! Deciding to put down the processed food doesn’t cost you a single penny.

Okay, yes, if you want to eat 100% organic, it does get more expensive. But whose fault is that? The system is completely broken. It is a system that creates ultra-processed junk food that you can buy for cheap, but forces you to pay extra just to eat food without toxic additives! It’s infuriating, but you don’t need a massive budget to start making better choices. You just have to start choosing less processed, real food.

Taking Control in the Darkest Moment

One of the first things I did after my cancer diagnosis was go online and do extensive research on everything I could do to support myself. And guess what? Your oncologist won’t tell you that eating healthy is truly the number one best thing you can do for yourself (shocking, I know). But it really is the biggest factor that can help your body heal.

I distinctly remember going through my fridge and cupboards and doing a massive clear-out of every single piece of processed food in my house. I didn’t even have to convince myself to do it - I just knew I had to!

My kitchen went through complete makeover. Anything processed landed in the bin, and I started filling my fridge with real, vibrant, whole foods.

After that, I researched all sorts of diets that support cancer recovery, and I knew this was one of the most important tools I had to get better. I went on full on detox and fasting protocols. I did everyday juicing, fermented foods, antioxidant rich foods, and fiber - everything that reduces inflammation and directly influences disease progression. Clean food regulates your blood sugar, fuels your immune function, and literally targets cancer cells. Specific phytonutrients and antioxidants can actually cut off the blood supply a tumor needs to grow while protecting your DNA from further mutation.

Yes, you can help stop cancer progression with food! For me, this was a total no-brainer. I knew this was one of the simplest and most powerful things I could do to support my body.

Breaking the Addiction Before It’s Too Late

Isn’t it ironic that we all know the downsides of eating unhealthy, ultra processed foods, and yet we still choose them? We do it because we are simply addicted to them. Sugar is one of the most addictive substances on the planet and it has a bigger impact on the brain than hard drugs. So yes, it takes some serious willpower to overcome this addiction, but taking small, constant steps is all you need.

To be honest, we all know the foods that don’t really agree with us, but we constantly choose them over and over again anyway. I know this firsthand because I did it myself for years. I suffered from IBS for years and knew it would take time to heal my gut, but it was never the “right time.” It was never the perfect time to really focus on my health. It was never ideal to take a few weeks off alcohol and junk food. There was always another party, another trip, another get together... always something more important.

Why is it that we need a horrible experience or a life changing diagnosis to realize that our health is the single most important thing we have?

We don’t have to wait for a crisis to happen to make a change. We have the power right now. We can decide today. Don’t wait for your body to force your hand.

Healing isn’t about restriction. It’s about flooding your body with abundance, nutrients and life.

Because when you are healthy, you think you have so many problems. But when you are facing a severe illness, you only have one problem - and you are willing to do absolutely anything to become healthy again.

So don’t wait until you are desperate. Do it on your own terms. Take your health into your own hands and take control. Everything is in your hands.

Start small. Start intentional. One reset at a time.

With love,

Kami x

I wasn’t just going to sit around for two weeks doing nothing while my mind raced. So, I took control and booked myself a private ultrasound scan immediately.

On the drive home from that private appointment, the reality started to sink in. I had a really good cry in the car with my husband… The fear was real, and it was heavy. But right after that cry, something shifted inside me. I knew there was a possibility that this lump was aggressive, and I needed to take action.

I sat down with a pen and a notebook, and I said to myself: No matter what, I’ve got this.

I dove headfirst into research, spending hours every single day watching YouTube videos, reading medical studies, consuming books, and studying people who had walked this path before me. I needed a plan. I started immediately implementing every single holistic remedy and ritual I felt instinctively drawn to.

By the time my official diagnosis was confirmed, I walked into the clinic with a literal folder packed with questions, deep research, additional tests I wanted, and a list of supplements I was already taking that was longer than my arm. I think my oncologist was actually a little shocked, and maybe even a bit concerned that I didn’t look more worried! But in my head, the processing was already done. I looked at him and thought, Okay. Let’s go.

My exact set up from those early days, pouring over research with my notebook and my daily cold pressed beetroot, celery, carrot, lemon and garlic juice I sipped on while building my plan.

Reclaiming control in the smallest ways

Please don’t get me wrong. I am human. I had dark days where I questioned my entire existence.

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