• Episode 24 - Greta Graham - Alternative Treatment and Support for Cancer
    Dec 4 2025

    Explore the insights of Greta, a dedicated SCIO therapist, as she delves into the transformative world of SCIO therapy and its profound impact on cancer treatment. Greta harnesses the power of SCIO to restore equilibrium within the body, ultimately amplifying the innate healing capabilities of the human system.

    In the realm of Quantum Physics, SCIO emerges as a cutting-edge tool, adept at pinpointing and rectifying energetic imbalances. Through its advanced scanning capabilities, SCIO meticulously examines the body, detecting everything from pathogens to mental and emotional irregularities. The pivotal biofeedback function of SCIO then channels hundreds of frequencies directly into the body, creating a holistic approach to healing.

    In the context of cancer treatment, SCIO's unique methodology plays a crucial role. By identifying and correcting energetic imbalances, it offers a complementary approach that aligns with the body's natural healing processes. Greta's expertise with SCIO sheds light on the potential benefits of integrating this advanced technology into cancer care, fostering a comprehensive and personalised approach to treatment. Explore the insights of Greta, a dedicated SCIO therapist, as she delves into the transformative world of SCIO therapy and its profound impact on cancer treatment. Greta harnesses the power of SCIO to restore equilibrium within the body, ultimately amplifying the innate healing capabilities of the human system.

    In the realm of Quantum Physics, SCIO emerges as a cutting-edge tool, adept at pinpointing and rectifying energetic imbalances. Through its advanced scanning capabilities, SCIO meticulously examines the body, detecting everything from pathogens to mental and emotional irregularities. The pivotal biofeedback function of SCIO then channels hundreds of frequencies directly into the body, creating a holistic approach to healing. In the context of cancer treatment, SCIO's unique methodology plays a crucial role. By identifying and correcting energetic imbalances, it offers a complementary approach that aligns with the body's natural healing processes. Greta's expertise with SCIO sheds light on the potential benefits of integrating this advanced technology into cancer care, fostering a comprehensive and personalised approach to treatment.

    Contact Greta on: (083) 443 3008 or gretagraham54@gmail.com


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    36 mins
  • Episode 27: Mike Hogan - Cancer of the Oesophagus
    Dec 4 2025

    Podcast Interview with Mike Hogan: A Journey of Resilience and Hope

    In this powerful episode, we sit down with Mike Hogan, a busy executive whose life took an unexpected turn when he was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer on 4 March 2022. After enduring multiple operations and years of digestive issues, it took three months for doctors to finally pinpoint his condition.

    Mike shares his deeply personal journey—from the challenges of delayed diagnosis to navigating treatment and maintaining his professional and personal life. His story sheds light on the importance of persistence in seeking medical answers, the realities of living with cancer, and the resilience it takes to keep moving forward.

    Tune in to hear Mike’s inspiring insights on facing adversity, finding strength in uncertainty, and the lessons he has learned along the way.


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    42 mins
  • Beyond the Diagnosis - Episode 4: The Power of Support with Psychologist Julianne Yates
    Nov 29 2025

    In this episode of Beyond the Diagnosis, we sit down withJulianne Yates, a psychologist dedicated to supporting cancer patients, their families, and friends throughout their journey. Julianne provides both home visits and virtual sessions, ensuring that patients have access to the emotional and psychological support they need, no matter where they are.

    Our conversation explores the importance of opencommunication and honesty when facing a cancer diagnosis, as well as how therapy can be a powerful tool for healing—both during and after treatment. Julianne shares insights into the unique emotional challenges cancer patients face, the cycle of grief, and how therapy can help navigate the complex emotions of fear, uncertainty, and hope.

    Every cancer journey is different, and there is no one-size-fits-all approach to healing. Whether it’s processing trauma, managing anxiety around scans, or supporting families through difficult moments, Julianne highlights the value of tailored psychological support.

    Tune in for a compassionate and insightful conversation on the role of therapy in the cancer journey and why emotional well-being is just as important as physical recovery

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    38 mins
  • Beyond the Diagnosis - Episode 5: Courage, Loss and Conscious Leadership with Gabi Lowe
    Nov 29 2025

    In this episode of the Beyond Diagnosis podcast, Belinda speaks with Gabi Lowe, founder of The Coaching Nest and one of South Africa’s most respected voices in personal resilience and conscious leadership. Gabi supported her husband, Stuart Lowe, through his cancer journey, an experience that sits alongside her wider story of navigating profound loss, advocacy, and reinvention.

    With decades senior experience in media, marketing and retail, Gabi brings a rare combination of corporate insight and deep emotional intelligence to her work. Her coaching approach is rooted in lived experience, compassion and an integral methodology that draws on the heart, body and mind. Today she works with leaders, executives and individuals seeking clarity, resilience and purposeful growth.

    Gabi’s journey includes her family’s advocacy around Rare Diseases, the founding of the Jenna Lowe Trust, and her transition into becoming a professionally qualified personal and leadership development coach. Her story is one of courage, meaning-making and choosing to lead a full and authentic life, even in the face of devastating loss.

    This conversation explores what it truly means to navigate adversity, support loved ones through illness, and rebuild a life with intent.

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    42 mins
  • Beyond the Diagnosis - Episode 6: Healing the Post-Cancer Body and Reclaiming Wellbeing with Lisha Nunan
    Nov 29 2025

    In this episode of the Beyond Diagnosis podcast, I speakwith Lisha Nunan, a papillary carcinoma survivor whose story offers a meaningful look at how cancer reshapes the way we see, feel and inhabit our own bodies. Diagnosed at the age of twenty-five while living abroad, Lisha returned to South Africa for a thyroidectomy and radioactive therapy before heading back to London to rebuild her life. What followed was far more complex than she expected. Healing was slow, her body felt unfamiliar, and an injury ultimately led her back home to start again with a completely different lens.

    Today, fifteen years later, Lisha is the founder of ShiraWellness and a certified Sri Sri Yoga Teacher and Art of Living Trainer. She brings together her background in corporate finance and FMCG operations with a deeply grounded approach to holistic wellbeing, transformation coaching andbreathwork. Her story is layered, honest and anchored in the emotional and physical realities many survivors face long after treatment ends.

    In our conversation, Lisha speaks openly about body betrayal, long-term fatigue, chronic discomfort and the quiet emotional toll survivors often carry. She shares practical ways to reconnect with the body through breathing, meditation, movement and mental discipline. She also highlights why healing is not only about nutrition, routine or fitness, but about strengthening the mind and using breath to release emotional toxins and rebuild trust in the body.

    This episode explores self-image, societal expectations, recovery, resilience and what it truly takes to live fully in a body forever changed by cancer

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    29 mins
  • Beyond the Diagnosis - Episode 7: Breaking the Silence Around Prostate Cancer with Dumisani Pakkies
    Nov 28 2025

    In this episode of the Beyond Diagnosis podcast, I speak with Dumisani Pakkies, a prostate cancer survivor from uMlazi whose voice has become a driving force in men’s health advocacy in South Africa. Diagnosed with stage three prostate cancer in 2020 with no symptoms at all, Dumisani’s journey is a powerful reminder that early detection is not optional, it is lifesaving.


    A qualified accountant, Dumisani faced an unexpected and aggressive diagnosis that led him into intensive treatment, including androgen deprivation therapy, brachytherapy and external beam radiation. He has been in remission since 2022. Instead of stepping back after recovery, he stepped forward. Through his movement, Against All Odds, he shares his story to challenge stigma, dismantle myths and reach the men who are least likely to get screened but most at risk.


    Dumisani speaks openly about the barriers Black men face in accessing cancer information, including cultural beliefs, silence and misconceptions. His advocacy has taken him into communities, awareness runs, and partnerships with organisations such as the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health and the Prostate Cancer Foundation South Africa. His message is simple and unwavering: men cannot wait for symptoms. Testing saves lives.


    This conversation explores survival, purpose, masculinity, cultural stigma and what it takes to turn a personal battle into a national call for action

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    30 mins
  • Beyond the Diagnosis - Episode 3: Body Betrayal The Impact of Cancer on Body Image, Fatigue, and Chronic Pain with Machuene Sejeng
    Mar 21 2025

    Hosted by Belinda Wagner | Guest: Machuene Sejeng

    In this deeply personal episode of Beyond the Diagnosis, host Belinda Wagner speaks with Machuene Sejeng, a cancer warrior diagnosed in 2023 with invasive ductal carcinoma stage 3 breast cancer, both oestrogen and progesterone receptor positive.

    Machuene opens up about the often unspoken physical and emotional challenges that come with a cancer diagnosis particularly how the disease and its treatment impact body image, identity, fatigue, and chronic pain. She shares her experience of navigating drastic changes to her body and how these shifts affected her sense of self, strength, and femininity.

    Together, Belinda and Machuene explore the emotional weight of feeling betrayed by your own body, and the mental resilience it takes to continue showing up in a body that feels unfamiliar. This conversation is a powerful reminder that healing is not just physical—it is emotional, psychological, and deeply personal.

    Tune in for a raw, honest, and empowering conversation that sheds light on the lived reality of cancer survivors.

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    36 mins
  • Beyond the Diagnosis – Episode 2: Advocacy & Finding Purpose in Survivorship with Faizel Jacobs, Founder of SASS (South African Stoma Support)
    Mar 11 2025

    A colo-rectal cancer diagnosis in 2016 changed Faizel Jacobs’ life forever, but it did not define him. Cancer left him with a permanent stoma, something many see as a burden—but Faizel has embraced it as his daily reminder of survival. Affectionately naming his stoma and bag "Dolce & Gabbana," he has transformed what many consider a limitation into a symbol of resilience and purpose.

    Adjusting to life with a stoma wasn’t easy, and much of what Faizel learned was through trial and error. But through this journey, he also discovered a greater issue—the lack of consistent stoma care and support. Recognizing the urgent need for better resources, education, and advocacy, he founded SASS (South African Stoma Support), a community built by stomates, for stomates. The organisation fights for minimum standards in ostomy care and holistic support, ensuring that others navigating life with a stoma don’t have to do it alone.

    In this episode, Faizel shares how he turned pain into purpose, why advocacy matters, and how finding meaning in survivorship can create lasting impact. Join us for an inspiring conversation on resilience, acceptance, and the power of community.

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    46 mins