It all began with a diagnosis: “You have thyroid cancer”.

I was in shock, I thought I had a healthy lifestyle. I thought this could never happen to me.

• Why? I asked.

• “Bad luck” they answered. “We need to do surgery and maybe radiation, it depends on the stage you are”.

Luckily I was stage 0. I had a very early detection. Just because I felt “a pressure on my throat” when I was sick with the flu.

I got surgery and I asked:

• “Is there something else I can do to prevent it coming back?”.

• “No, nothing” they answered. “We don’t look at the causes, we only operate”.

I was mindblown. How could cancer “care” be so limited? I decided to start doing more research into what causes cancer and what can be done to avoid a relapse. That’s when I started to look into functional medicine and I found wonderful physicians that shared their knowledge, even some had setup programs to teach fellow medical colleagues about the root-cause approach they learnt. I found one program that was adapted to me (someone that didn’t have a medical background) and I started studying.

After 5 years of studying, researching, doing separate courses and helping friends and family, I got my Integrative Health Practitioner (IHP) diploma. I know my journey doesn’t stop here. I’m in a continuing education, doing courses, workshops, webinars, all the time, but it’s something that I enjoy and having 2 small kids, something that I take close to heart, because I want my children to grow up healthy and I want to grow older with them. But I don’t just want to get older, I want to be in the best shape for as long as I live. And I want this also for you. I hope you let me guide you.

Thank you for reading and talk to you on the other side :)