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What if doing nothing was the most powerful step in your healing journey?
Dr. Katie Deming sits down with Ciely Gray, a 74-year-old holistic practitioner, who made a bold decision after her early-stage breast cancer diagnosis, at age 71, she turned down surgery and leaned into the healing wisdom of her own body. Under Dr. Katie’s guidance, she completed a 14-day supervised water-only fast to help continue her long-term recovery.
Key Takeaways
- What it's really like to do a 14-day water-only fast
- How fasting can support post-cancer wellness
- Why letting go of control can be a key to healing
- The emotional layers that surface when we stop “doing”
- How group support deepens personal transformation
Chapters:
07:00 – How She Detected Breast Cancer
12:18 – What Fasting Actually Felt Like
15:00 – Letting Go of Doing
22:00 – Trusting the Body to Heal
32:17 – Scan Results After Fasting
This conversation invites you into the real experience of prolonged fasting, not just physically, but emotionally and spiritually. Ciely shares what it meant to strip everything away, including food, and what she found in the silence that remained. From group connection to personal reflection, this is a deeply human look at what it takes to heal on your own terms.
Beyond the fast itself, Ciely reflects on how cultural pressure to “keep doing” often distracts us from what our bodies truly need…stillness, slowness, and trust. She describes the shift from treating healing as a to-do list to embracing it as a way of being.
She also touches on identity loss that can come after a diagnosis, and how fasting helped her rebuild a connection with herself, separate from any label or outcome. Through the discomfort, she found emotional release, clarity, and an unexpected kind of joy.
Dr. Katie asks the questions many are afraid to ask: What if healing isn’t always about adding more, but taking things away?
Listen and learn how her scan results changed and why trusting the body may be one of the most important things we can learn.
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DISCLAIMER:
The Born to Heal Podcast is intended for informational purposes only and is not a substitute for seeking professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Individual medical histories are unique; therefore, this episode should not be used to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease without consulting your healthcare provider.
