#392 - From Leukaemia to Stronger Than Ever: One Woman's Comeback at 42 with Katie

Katie came on the podcast this week and said something I haven't stopped thinking about."If you think investing in your health is expensive, get cancer. When you're lying in a hospital bed, you don't care about money. You would pay anything."She's 42. Diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia in 2024. Medically induced coma. 10 weeks in hospital. Learned to walk and write her name again from scratch.The chemo put her into menopause at 39. Overnight.She came out the other side completely hormonally wrecked and like so many of you, found herself drowning in conflicting information about what to do with her body.What moved the needle wasn't restriction. Wasn't fasting. Wasn't the 1500 calories and six days of training she used to do.It was eating more. More carbs specifically. Lifting three days a week. And having someone help her drown out the noise.Today she's stronger than before cancer. Better body composition. Blood work improving every check.FOLLOWKitty Blomfield @kittyblomfieldCraig McDonald @iamcraigmcdonaldAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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Part 2 is here and this one might be the most important podcast I've ever put out.If you missed Part 1, go back and listen to POD390 first. This episode picks up where we left off and goes deep on the hormonal side of [email protected], @nyssa_bovenkamp and @natashabwellness and I cover → Why HRT is not fixing the root cause → What's actually happening with estrogen and progesterone in perimenopause → Why estrogen dominance is driving your symptoms (even if your bloods say it's "low") → The clients who came off HRT and felt better → What supports healthy detoxification and why it matters more than you think → The nutrition approach that actually moves the needle→ Why supplements don't work if the basics aren't in place firstNatasha's breakdown of how the body's inflammatory mediators all connect is worth the listen alone.This is the conversation women deserve to have.RESOURCES + LINKSMetabolic Reset ChallengeLearn more about our Winatlife Coaching optionsSaturée products use discount code KITTY20 for 20% off your first order.Pro-Metabolic Company use discount code KITTY20 for 20% off your first purchase.Drop Us A Review On The Podcast + Post a screenshot on Instagram stories and Tag @kittyblomfield for your chance to win a tub of Saturée Premium CollagenReview on SpotifyFOLLOWKitty Blomfield @kittyblomfieldCraig McDonald @iamcraigmcdonaldAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Three of our NuStrength Aussie coaches. One unfiltered conversation. Zero holding back.In Part 1 of this two-part series, @ash.healthcoach, @nyssa_bovenkamp and @natashabwellness break down what it actually takes to transform your body after 40, the stuff most coaches won't tell you.We're talking: → Why your metabolism is more under-active than you think → The difference between weight loss and fat loss (and why it matters) → Why every woman needs more muscle, no exceptions → What to do with cardio (hint: less is usually more) → Why stress is affecting your progress→ The mum guilt, the excuses, and the mindset shift that changes everythingBetween us, we've coached over 20,000 women. This is what we've learned.Part 2 drops next week and goes deep on hormones and HRT.RESOURCES + LINKSMetabolic Reset ChallengeLearn more about our Winatlife Coaching optionsSaturée products use discount code KITTY20 for 20% off your first order.Pro-Metabolic Company use discount code KITTY20 for 20% off your first purchase.Drop Us A Review On The Podcast + Post a screenshot on Instagram stories and Tag @kittyblomfield for your chance to win a tub of Saturée Premium CollagenReview on SpotifyFOLLOWKitty Blomfield @kittyblomfieldCraig McDonald @iamcraigmcdonaldAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Bethany was a nurse doing a PhD, competing in triathlons every fortnight, surviving on 4–6 antihistamines a day, and terrified to eat a sweet potato.She thought she was doing everything right.She wasn't. And honestly? It's not her fault. No one teaches women this stuff.Bethany is 36, lives on an acreage in Australia, and has been in our programme for just over 13 months. In this episode she shares EVERYTHING and I mean everything.Here's what her life looked like before: 👉Three episodes of anaphylaxis in a single week at age 30👉Eliminated nuts, eggs, dairy, gluten, soy basically anything she could think of 👉Low-carb dieting + excessive exercise (triathlon racing every fortnight — insane)👉Weighing herself daily and letting a 0.2kg increase wreck her entire mood👉Deep, genuine fear of food even normal things like sweet potato 👉4–6 antihistamines every single day just to avoid a reactionAnd here's where she is now:✅ZERO antihistamines for the last 3 months✅Eating 2,000+ calories a day with 260g of carbs✅Deadlifting 115kg for 7 reps (double her body weight, she started at 60kg 👀)✅Going for 120kg by end of the month✅Reintroduced foods she hadn't eaten in over 5 years including dairy ice cream✅No fear of food. No spiralling over the scales. No more self-destruction disguised as discipline.✅And the mindset shifts? Just as powerful as the physical ones.She talked about how she learned that weight is just data, not a verdict on who she is. How she went from bottling up that brutal inner critic to actually saying it out loud and working through it. How she cut her work hours back (something she never would have had the confidence to do before). And how last week for the first time in as long as she can remember she had a full week of just... peace.If you've been grinding yourself into the ground thinking MORE is the answer, this episode is for you.RESOURCES + LINKSMetabolic Reset ChallengeLearn more about our Winatlife Coaching optionsSaturée products use discount code KITTY20 for 20% off your first order.Pro-Metabolic Company use discount code KITTY20 for 20% off your first purchase.Drop Us A Review On The Podcast + Post a screenshot on Instagram stories and Tag @kittyblomfield for your chance to win a tub of Saturée Premium CollagenReview on SpotifyFOLLOWKitty Blomfield @kittyblomfieldCraig McDonald @iamcraigmcdonaldAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

The sun has been demonised for decades. Slip, slop, slap. Cover up. Wear SPF. Avoid UV at all costs.And yet… skin cancers are still rising. People who've never been in the sun are getting them on the bottoms of their feet, on their backs, in places that see zero sunlight. My own family who've avoided the sun their whole lives have all had skin cancers removed. My brother, who never got sun, had stage four sarcoma. And when we got him eating properly, supplementing, changing his lifestyle and yes, getting daily sunlight his body responded brilliantly to chemo. His oncologist said he'd never seen anything like it.So what's actually going on?I brought Zaid Dahhaj onto the podcast this week to take a deep dive. He is a circadian biology educator to talk more about the sun.We get into:— Why melanin is NOT a sign of skin damage (and why calling it that has some seriously problematic roots) — The real reason people are developing cancer in sun-deprived areas of their body— What your morning light actually does to your hormones, neurotransmitters, and anti-cancer defences — Why SPF is blocking the ONE wavelength your body uses to make vitamin D3 — How to sunbathe progressively without burning (think: progressive overload, but for your skin) — What to do at night to maximise repair and melatonin production — Whether vitamin D supplements are actually cutting it— And what to do if you live in the UK, Ireland, or anywhere you're not getting much sunThis is one of those episodes that makes you want to go outside immediately after listening.RESOURCES + LINKSMetabolic Reset ChallengeLearn more about our Winatlife Coaching optionsSaturée products use discount code KITTY20 for 20% off your first order.Pro-Metabolic Company use discount code KITTY20 for 20% off your first purchase.Drop Us A Review On The Podcast + Post a screenshot on Instagram stories and Tag @kittyblomfield for your chance to win a tub of Saturée Premium CollagenReview on SpotifyGet on the waitlist for Ann Marie’s new digital guide, The Hot Truth About Hormone Therapy: A Journalist’s No-BS Guide to the Lay of the Land (in Under 3 Hours)https://go.hotflashinc.com/hottruth-waitlistFOLLOWKitty Blomfield @kittyblomfieldZaid Dahhaj @zaidkdahhajAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

She joined our team as a coach. But first? She had a tumour removed. Lost circulation in her arm. Was diagnosed with autoimmune disease. Bled through her period so badly she thought something was seriously wrong. And spent years being dismissed.Meet Natasha NuStrength's newest coach, nutritionist, and the woman who has genuinely been through it. 🙌In this episode we cover:Why she weighed 55kg at 5'9" for most of her adult lifeThe thyroid issue nobody caught for yearsHow she gained 15kg going pro-metabolic… and what she'd do differently nowWhy "healing pounds" are NOT a requirement (and how she coaches women away from this)The HRT conversation women need to hear: why adding oestrogen alone can make things WORSEWhy progesterone is the missing piece for perimenopause symptomsWhat happened when she started working with Coach Ash: 17cm in 10 weeks and the strongest she's ever beenWhy coaches absolutely need coachesNatasha's story is proof that the body wants to heal it just needs the right support, the right fuel, and someone to actually call you on your BS. 😂If you've been battling thyroid issues, hormonal chaos, or just feel like your body's working against you, this one is for you.RESOURCES + LINKSMetabolic Reset ChallengeLearn more about our Winatlife Coaching optionsSaturée products use discount code KITTY20 for 20% off your first order.Pro-Metabolic Company use discount code KITTY20 for 20% off your first purchase.Drop Us A Review On The Podcast + Post a screenshot on Instagram stories and Tag @kittyblomfield for your chance to win a tub of Saturée Premium CollagenReview on SpotifyGet on the waitlist for Ann Marie’s new digital guide, The Hot Truth About Hormone Therapy: A Journalist’s No-BS Guide to the Lay of the Land (in Under 3 Hours)https://go.hotflashinc.com/hottruth-waitlistFOLLOWKitty Blomfield @kittyblomfieldNatasha @natashabwellnessAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

The hormone therapy conversation is getting LOUDER, but is it getting more honest? 🤔I sat down with my brilliant friend Anne Marie McQueen, founder of Hot Flash Inc and we went there. Like, really went there.We talked about: → The estrogen narrative that's being pushed (and who's profiting from it) → Why hot flashes might not be a hormone problem at all → The foods that were wrecking her body disguised as "healthy" → Why menopause is actually an AWAKENING, not a disease → The fake study that doctors are STILL citing... even after the author said it doesn't existThis one is going to make a lot of people uncomfortable. Good.RESOURCES + LINKSMetabolic Reset ChallengeLearn more about our Winatlife Coaching optionsSaturée products use discount code KITTY20 for 20% off your first order.Pro-Metabolic Company use discount code KITTY20 for 20% off your first purchase.Drop Us A Review On The Podcast + Post a screenshot on Instagram stories and Tag @kittyblomfield for your chance to win a tub of Saturée Premium CollagenReview on SpotifyGet on the waitlist for Ann Marie’s new digital guide, The Hot Truth About Hormone Therapy: A Journalist’s No-BS Guide to the Lay of the Land (in Under 3 Hours)https://go.hotflashinc.com/hottruth-waitlistFOLLOWKitty Blomfield @kittyblomfieldAnn-Marie McQueen @hotflashincAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

A few weeks ago I sat down with Kathleen Stewart and we talked for 3 hours straight. It was so good I split it into three separate 60 minute episodes. This is Part 3 the final one and honestly it might be my favourite.In Part 1 we went deep on Ben's cancer recovery and the full holistic protocol. In Part 2 Kathleen and I got into tracking, training, Ozempic and why most women aren't getting results. If you missed either of those I highly recommend listening to them first.Part 3 is where we go deeper than the food and the training.Because here's the thing. You can get the body. Check every box. Hit every target. And still not feel at peace. I know because I did exactly that. I got the physique and there was still something underneath that hadn't been dealt with. It took me 10 years and a lot of painful emotional work with my coach Greta to finally get there.We talk about the Goldilocks spot, where is the body fat level and lifestyle that actually fits YOUR life, not someone else's. We talk about grief as a tool and why every big life change, even a happy one, deserves to be felt and processed. We talk about the identity patterns we carry from childhood and what it actually looks like to re-parent yourself as an adult.And we share real client results that show what happens when you stop trying to shrink yourself and start building yourself instead. One woman came in with an eating disorder, hadn't trained in years, started at 1800 calories and nine months later was deadlifting 110kg, had lost 19kg of fat and gained 5kg of muscle, and is now eating 2200 calories a day. That's what getting strong actually does.The testimonials that mean the most to me are never just about body fat. They're the ones that say I'm connecting with my husband again. I have more patience with my kids. I feel capable for the first time in years. I'm winning at life.That's the rising tide. And that's what this episode is about.RESOURCES + LINKSMetabolic Reset ChallengeLearn more about our Winatlife Coaching optionsSaturée products use discount code KITTY20 for 20% off your first order.Pro-Metabolic Company use discount code KITTY20 for 20% off your first purchase.Drop Us A Review On The Podcast + Post a screenshot on Instagram stories and Tag @kittyblomfield for your chance to win a tub of Saturée Premium CollagenReview on SpotifyFOLLOWKitty Blomfield @kittyblomfieldKathleen Stewart @reconAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

A few weeks ago I sat down with Kathleen Stewart and we talked for 3 hours straight. It was so good I split it into three separate 60 minute episodes. This is Part 2.In Part 1 we went deep on my brother Ben's cancer recovery, the full holistic protocol, why eating enough was non-negotiable, and the emotional root cause that drove every bad habit. If you missed it, I would highly recommend listening to it first.In Part 2 Kathleen and I get into the stuff that I know so many of you are frustrated about.Why are you doing everything right and still not getting results?We talk about why cardio isn't the answer most women think it is. Why Ozempic isn't a long term solution and what actually happens to your body when you stop. Why tracking your food isn't obsessive, it's actually the thing that eventually sets you completely free. And why the number on the scale probably needs to be higher than you think it does if you actually want the body composition you're chasing.We also get into training properly. Why most women aren't pushing anywhere near hard enough, why lighter weights and more reps isn't the answer, and what progressive overload actually looks like in practice. I share some real client results that show exactly what happens when you stop focusing cardio to lose weight and start getting strong instead.This one is packed. No fluff, no filter.RESOURCES + LINKSMetabolic Reset ChallengeLearn more about our Winatlife Coaching optionsSaturée products use discount code KITTY20 for 20% off your first order.Pro-Metabolic Company use discount code KITTY20 for 20% off your first purchase.Drop Us A Review On The Podcast + Post a screenshot on Instagram stories and Tag @kittyblomfield for your chance to win a tub of Saturée Premium CollagenReview on SpotifyFOLLOWKitty Blomfield @kittyblomfieldKathleen Stewart @reconAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands