If you found your way here through a travel guide, a protocol breakdown, or a 2am rabbit hole about red light therapy, welcome.
This blog is for people who want more from their health than “everything looks normal” and more from their life than checking boxes.
Maybe you care about your health more than most people around you, but you don’t have time to live inside PubMed. You’re tired of being told everything is fine when you know your body could feel better than this. And you believe, like I do, that the whole point of taking care of yourself is to go live: to travel, to say yes, to feel good in your own skin while doing it.
If any of that sounds familiar, you’re in the right place.
My Story
At 23, during a family trip to Vienna, I found a lump in my breast, at a sushi buffet, of all places. A few weeks later I was diagnosed with breast cancer.
I had already lost my dad to cancer, so I knew exactly what that word could mean. But I wasn’t willing to be a passenger in my own healing. I went through conventional treatment, and alongside it I went deep: hundreds of hours of research, integrative practitioners, labs most doctors never order, nutrition, supplements, mindset work, and the protocols that are still part of my life today, from hyperbaric oxygen to red light therapy. I didn’t just want to survive. I wanted to understand why my body got here, what it needed to heal, and how to rebuild stronger than before.
That experience changed how I see everything. Health stopped being something I’d deal with “later” and became the foundation for the life I actually want. And it left me with a conviction I can’t shake: you deserve to know what’s possible for your health beyond what fits into a fifteen-minute appointment.
Today I’m cancer-free, and I write about what I’ve learned along the way.
What I do Here
Simply put: I translate. I read the studies, test things on my own body, track the results, and turn it all into something you can actually understand and use. You don’t need to decode research papers or fall down the rabbit holes. I already did, and I’ll tell you what I found, what I tried, and what the data showed.
What I Believe
You shouldn’t need a science degree to be healthy: The information is out there, it’s just buried under jargon, paywalls, and that one influencer who’s suddenly an expert on cortisol. I read the actual research and tell you what it says in normal human words.
What worked for me might do nothing for you: Health is annoyingly personal like that. Which is exactly why I’m way more interested in the why behind things than in handing out generic advice that works for everyone and therefore no one.
If I can’t measure it, I don’t trust it: Everything I try has to show up somewhere: my labs, my sleep, my glucose, how I actually feel. If it doesn’t, it’s out, no matter how viral it is on TikTok.
Your body wants to heal: Give it the right conditions and it will work with you, not against you. Support the terrain, not just the symptoms.
Your mind is not woo woo: Stress measurably messes with your immune system, your hormones, even your blood sugar. I’ve watched my glucose spike from watching one stressful action movie, no food involved. The inner work mattered as much as the supplements, if not more.
Conventional medicine is great at what it’s great at: Antibiotics? Yes. Car accident? Absolutely, take me to the hospital. But if you have a chronic condition, you deserve more than a prescription and a “see you in six months.” Nutrition, stress, sleep, your environment: that’s where so much of the magic happens, and it’s the part most appointments never get to.
None of this matters if you don’t go live: The protocols aren’t the point. The six-hour volcano hike, the spontaneous trip, the long dinner that runs past midnight: that’s the point.
What You’ll Find Here
Healing & prevention: the protocols, labs, and lifestyle changes from my own healing journey, shared openly so you don’t have to start from zero.
Biohacking & longevity: red light therapy, HBOT, hormones, metabolic health, wearables, and what the research (and my own data) actually says.
Non-toxic living & beauty: cleaner swaps for your home and routine that don’t require giving up things you love.
Travel: detailed guides and itineraries from my trips, because exploring the world is my favorite proof that the healing worked.
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One honest note: I’m not a doctor, and nothing here is medical advice. I share what I did, what I researched, and what worked for me, and I always encourage you to work with your own practitioners.
Start Here
New around here? These are good first reads:
- How I Kept My Nails Healthy During Chemotherapy
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