Breast Cancer Conqueror Podcast

Holly Bertone is a Breast Cancer Conqueror, Hashimotos Survivor and the CEO of Pink Fortitude, LLC. Holly has turned her own health struggles into a passion to help others. She has written an amazing book called Coconut Head's Cancer Survival Guide: My Journey from Diagnosis to "I Do". She inspires others with her quick wit, brutal honesty, and simple ways to be healthy in real life. In this episode, Holly discusses how she dealt with a Breast Cancer diagnosis at the age of 38 and how she chose to see it as a gift. She continues to live in gratitude every day. As a gift to our listeners, Holly has given access to $50 worth of FREE ebooks and downloads, 3 of which are cancer-related.

Dr. Lindsey Berkson is a Hormone Scholar, Nutrition and Gut Health expert. She has been in practice as a nutritionist since the mid-1970s and an integrative nutritional/gastrointestinal endocrine specialist since the early 1980s. As a Breast Cancer Conqueror herself, Dr. Berkson specializes in complex cases, high-risk hormonal patients, and severe gastroenterology cases trying to avoid surgery. Berkson knows how to connect-the-dots of cutting edge research and has a large background of personal clinical experience with success in difficult cases to pull from. In this episode, Dr. Berkson discusses hormones and breast cancer. Why Breast Cancer patients shouldn't fear hormones and how they can take hormones safely to reduce the risk of recurrence.

On this episode of Breast Cancer Conqueror, Dr. V speaks with Katie Wells. Katie, the "Wellness Mama" is a wife and mom of six, as well as an award-winning blogger, author, podcaster and real food crusader. Her mission with WellnessMama.com is to provide simple answers for healthier families through practical tips, real food recipes, natural beauty and cleaning tutorials, natural remedies and more. Listen in as they discuss everything from raising healthy kids in today's world to reducing toxic exposures in the home, as well as the importance of self-care.

Tracy Harrison is the founder of The School of Applied Functional Medicine. Her passion is teaching practitioners to get to the true root causes of each client's "dis-ease", dysfunction, and imbalance, so they can find dramatic and sustainable relief. Today Tracy discusses Functional Medicine and how it compares to Conventional Treatments. She addresses the importance of a healthy gut as well as the misconception of hormones as they relate to disease in the body.

Robyn Openshaw is the author of 15 books, a former psychotherapist, University professor, and lecturer. Her popular site GreenSmoothieGirl.com is a great resource for recipes, health and wellness tips. Robyn discusses her newest book, Vibe and the importance of holding a higher vibrational frequency in the body as a way to help combat any disease.

Teri Cochrane is an integrative practitioner and an international thought leader in functional epigenetic nutrition. She has written an amazing book called, The Wildatarian Diet, Living as Nature Intended. Wildatarian, a word founded by Teri, is defined as eating sustainably grown and is a diet for everyone. Teri shares how even foods that are thought to be healthy can have devastatingly destructive effects on the body and how eating a wildatarian type diet can be of benefit. Stay tuned until the end to find out how you can get some Wildatarian recipes which are free to our listeners.

Dr. Mirko Beljanski is considered the "Father of Environmental Medicine" because he was the first one to provide a scientific explanation at the level of the DNA on how environmental toxins can affect our DNA and induce cancer. Ostracized by the conventional oncology community and severely persecuted and poisoned by the French government Beljanski's laboratory was eventually and brutally shut down. Fulfilling a promise to carry on her father's legacy and work, Sylvie Beljanski, founded The Beljanski Foundation, a registered non-profit, whose mission is to further Dr. Beljanski's research within a network of high-profile research institutions. Since then, she has been serving as Vice President of the Foundation, relentlessly spreading the word and educating the public about the effects of environmental toxins on our health. Today Sylvie shares some insight into her fathers work and how his products were able to help many cancer patients including Francois Mitterrand, then President of France, during his battle with advanced prostate cancer. Learn about the Beljanski Products available on the market today and how they can be used to benefit many types of health conditions.

Dr. Ritamarie is a licensed Doctor of Chiropractic with Certifications in Acupuncture, Nutrition, Herbal Medicine, and HeartMath®. As the founder of the Institute of Nutritional Endocrinology, she specializes in using the wisdom of nature to restore balance to hormones with a special emphasis on thyroid, adrenal, and insulin imbalances. She has trained and certified hundreds of practitioners in the art of using palate-pleasing whole fresh food as medicine. Today Dr. Ritamarie discusses blood sugar and how it relates to issues in the body like inflammation, fatigue, brain fog, cardiovascular disease and cancer. She teaches us how to measure our blood sugar and insulin to ensure it is not spiking throughout the day. She also talks about the importance of sleep and balancing your stress to keep your insulin low.

Dr. Nasha Winters is a board-certified naturopathic doctor and cancer survivor known for her work in metabolic oncology. In a compelling discussion, she shares her personal journey through stage-4 ovarian cancer and her nonconventional healing choices. Nasha introduces the Optimal Terrain Ten Protocol, highlighting ten critical factors that influence health and cancer outcomes. She emphasizes the importance of managing the body's terrain, discusses the role of ketogenic diets, and connects dental health to cancer progression. Finally, Nasha recommends restoring natural rhythms to enhance immunity.

In this Episode of Breast Cancer Conqueror, Dr. V interviews Debra Atkinson. As a master personal trainer, strength and wellness coach Debra has over 30 years experience in the fitness industry. She's an author of four books including her newest Hot, Not Bothered. Today they discuss the mindset of movement, ideal exercises for women over 50 as well as some of the biggest exercise mistakes women are making today. Find out what high priority exercises you can do for the best ROI and gain access to Debra's 5-day short video series of exercises that can be done at home.