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What happens when you're told your diagnosis is terminal, but something inside refuses to accept that timeline? In this deeply moving conversation, Kirsten shares her extraordinary journey with stage four metastatic melanoma, diagnosed just days before New Year's Eve in 2023.

As a seemingly healthy 37-year-old homeschooling mother of two running a successful cake decorating business, Kirsten's world transformed when unexplained pain led to the discovery of tumours in her spine and hip. Rather than succumbing to fear, she made a conscious decision to approach her diagnosis differently. "I'm not going to fight this," she reveals. "I'm going to learn to love myself through this."

Kirsten's story challenges conventional approaches to cancer treatment as she navigates both Western medicine and holistic healing modalities. From initially declining immunotherapy to eventually incorporating it alongside naturopathy, energy healing, and spiritual practices, her journey illuminates the power of an integrative approach. Through spinal surgery, hip replacement and periods of extreme pain and weight loss, Kirsten maintained an unwavering belief in her body's ability to heal.

Perhaps most poignant is how Kirsten balanced motherhood with her health crisis, protecting her children from her diagnosis while ensuring they could still experience childhood joy. Her account of community support, from her husband who told her "this is your time to heal" without guilt, to friends who sat with her in bed while she rested, showcases how crucial loving connections are in the healing journey.

Through plant medicine experiences, meditation and a profound practice of gratitude, Kirsten discovered her higher self and the wisdom that comes from facing mortality directly. "From the moment we're born, we are all terminal," she reflects, a perspective that freed her from the burden of an imposed timeline and allowed her to focus on healing moment by moment.

Listen in as Kirsten shares how learning to receive help after a lifetime of giving became one of her greatest lessons and how seeing her diagnosis as happening for her rather than to her transformed a medical crisis into a profound spiritual awakening.

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What happens when your entire life changes in a single moment? For Kiwan Amey, that moment came on May 5th, 2017, when a driver pulled out in front of his motorcycle on a North Carolina highway. One month later, he woke from a medically induced coma to discover he had lost his eyesight completely.

Before the accident, Kiwan was living a full life as a US Air Force in-flight refueling specialist, entrepreneur, and student with dreams of becoming a commissioned pilot. With a 3.87 GPA and a thriving web design business, his future seemed boundless. After the accident, he faced the crushing reality of losing his military career, his independence, and the life he had known. In those dark early days, suicidal thoughts plagued him as he struggled to accept his new reality.

What makes Kiwan's story so remarkable isn't just his survival against medical odds, but how he transformed his tragedy into triumph. He coined a personal mantra that became his north star: "I lost my sight, but not my vision." This profound perspective shift opened doors to possibilities most would consider impossible for someone without sight. He mastered adaptive sports including rowing, archery, powerlifting, and even downhill skiing on real snow. His athletic prowess earned him an invitation to the Paralympics Team USA rowing tryouts. He returned to his love of music, playing drums professionally and learning keyboard. As the self-proclaimed "excuse destroyer," Kiwan now works as a motivational speaker, sharing his journey to inspire others to overcome their own limitations.

This episode offers a masterclass in resilience, forgiveness, and redefining purpose after trauma. Kiwan's infectious optimism and determination shine through as he explains how losing his sight ultimately gave him clearer vision for what matters in life. His story will challenge you to reconsider what's truly possible when you focus not on what you've lost, but on what you can still become.

Listen to this powerful conversation, then ask yourself: what excuse is holding you back from living your fullest life?

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Meet Em, an incredible woman whose world began to shift in the most powerful way after receiving an ADHD diagnosis. What once felt like constant chaos and confusion finally started to make sense. The way she thought, felt, worked and related to those around her. Suddenly, pieces of her childhood, family dynamics and business life started falling into place.

In today’s episode, we have a deeply honest conversation about what it’s like to navigate the world with a neurodivergent mind, especially as a parent, a partner and a business owner. We talk about the pressure we put on ourselves, the stories we carry from childhood and what it means to take responsibility in our lives without sacrificing our wellbeing in the process.

This is about doing life in a way that actually works for you. Not what the world expects, not what the books say, but what feels true to your nervous system, your rhythms and your capacity. Em’s story is one of unravelling, relearning and reclaiming. I can’t wait for you to hear it.

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