This week we're throwing back to a powerful conversation between Ivelisse and Megan Van Zyl, founder and CEO of Cancer Peace University.

Megan dives into healing cancer from every angle, physical, emotional, and spiritual, starting with her favorite health tip: connecting lifestyle change to a deeper sense of purpose. She unpacks immune "anergy," chronic infections like H. pylori and hepatitis, toxins, parasites, and the often-overlooked links between thyroid health, mitochondrial function, and oxygen deficiency in cancer. Megan also walks through detox roadblocks like slow methylation, MTHFR issues, lymph stagnation, and liver backup, sharing practical tools like dry brushing, rebounding, coffee enemas, and infrared saunas, plus the role of modified citrus pectin in reducing cancer cell "clumping" around biopsy or surgery.

But the conversation goes beyond the physical. Megan explores psycho-neuroimmunology and how childhood trauma can quietly suppress the immune system's natural killer cells, why talk therapy sometimes isn't enough, and offers gentle tools like free-association journaling and trauma timelines for deeper healing.

Faith, hope, and stories of spontaneous remission are woven throughout, reflecting the heart of Cancer Peace University's mission. It's an episode full of insight, encouragement, and real hope for anyone walking through a cancer journey.

Learn more about Megan Van Zyl and Cancer Peace University:

https://cancerpeaceuniversity.com/founder-ceo/

Suggested Resource Links:

• Cancer Peace University
• BOOK: Patient, Heal Thyself by Jordan Rubin
• The Warburg Effect
• BOOK: What is Cancer? Overcoming Fear of Cancer by Understanding Its Root Causes by Megan Van Zyl
• BOOK: Braving the Storm: Find Hope During a Cancer Diagnosis by Megan Van Zyl
• BOOK: Fuel Your Body, Not Your Cancer - Anti Cancer Cookbook by Megan Van Zyl

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Ivelisse sits down with her dear friend and integrative oncology expert Dr. Nasha Winters for a conversation that feels as much like a heart-to-heart as it does a masterclass. Together they tackle one of the most confusing and consequential topics in women's health: hormone replacement therapy.

Dr. Winters opens with a simple but powerful daily habit, meeting the sunrise, as an underrated tool for hormonal balance. From there, she unpacks what hormones actually are (messengers, not just chemicals to replenish), traces the eye-opening history of exogenous hormones and their generational effects, and makes a compelling case that most menopausal symptoms are rooted in metabolic imbalance and stress, not deficiency.

She also challenges the assumption that "bio-identical" means safe, offers non-hormonal options for common symptoms, and lays out what a wise, terrain-focused approach to tapering actually looks like.

Warm, honest, and full of practical wisdom — this one is worth sharing with every woman you love.

Learn more about Dr. Nasha Winters here.

Suggested Resources:

• The Metabolic Approach to Cancer by Dr. Nasha Winters
• Menopause Reset by Dr. Mindy Pelz
• Radical Remission website (Dr. Kelly Turner)
• Love, Medicine and Miracles by Dr. Bernie Siegel
• Good Clean Love - lubricant
• FORIA - Intimacy Melts
• URIEL - Argentum Calendula ointment

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What does it look like to pray with bold faith when you're facing something bigger than you can handle? In this episode, Ivelisse welcomes Mark Batterson, lead pastor of National Community Church and bestselling author of The Circle Maker, for a conversation that will inspire you to keep circling your hardest prayers without letting fear have the final word.

Drawing from the ancient story of Honi, who drew a circle in the sand and prayed boldly for rain, Mark shares what it means to bring God audacious, persistent prayers, especially in the face of illness. He opens up about his own healing from 40 years of asthma, his wife Lora's breast cancer journey, and how "circling your Jericho" can transform the way you face a diagnosis. You'll also hear how mindset, laughter, gratitude, nutrition, and community are all part of participating in your healing, and how to tune into the Holy Spirit's voice through Scripture, silence, and wise counsel.

Whether you're in the middle of a health battle or walking alongside someone who is, this episode will remind you that God's dreams for your life are worth the wait, and worth the prayer.

Learn more about Pastor Mark Batterson here.

Suggested Resources:

• National Community Church
• Ebeneezer's Coffee House
• The Miracle Theatre
• The DC Dream Center
• Capital Turnaround
• The Dream Collective
• BOOK: The Circle Maker
• BOOK: Do It For A Day
• BOOK: Whisper: How to Hear the Voice of God
• Believe Big Gratitude Journal

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