Can Healing Your Emotions Help Heal Cancer? The Answer May Surprise You
Could childhood trauma, suppressed emotions, or a lack of purpose be quietly impacting your body’s ability to heal from cancer?
In a deeply enlightening episode of the Believe Big Podcast, host Ivelisse Page welcomes Megan Van Zyl, founder of Cancer Peace University, to unpack the overlooked yet powerful role of emotional, physical, and spiritual healing in cancer recovery.
Megan’s work is rooted in science, soul, and storytelling. Her approach integrates immune system dysfunction, mitochondrial health, trauma release, and biblical faith—helping patients not just survive but transform.
Healing Starts with Purpose
Megan shares that her personal health journey began with a wake-up call at just 22 years old: chronic fatigue despite being young and seemingly healthy. Her breakthrough came when she aligned her health with her purpose—igniting the passion that would fuel both her own vitality and her mission to help others.
“For cancer patients, it’s often the will to live and unfinished purpose that drives healing.”
The Immune System, Mitochondria, and Cancer
Megan explains how cancer is almost always tied to immune system dysfunction—especially anergy, or a lack of immune response. This state often stems from unresolved infections, chronic inflammation, or toxic exposures such as parasites, pesticides, and heavy metals.
In tandem, mitochondrial dysfunction (the cell’s energy production failure) can also drive cancer progression. Megan highlights the link between thyroid health, iodine deficiency, and the mitochondria’s ability to function properly—emphasizing the importance of supporting cellular oxygenation and fat balance.
Detox Pathways & the MTHFR Puzzle
Detoxification is another crucial piece. Many cancer patients, Megan says, are slow methylators or have impaired liver and lymphatic drainage. This can lead to poor toxin clearance and heightened sensitivity to treatments. She recommends gentle detox supports like rebounding, coffee enemas, and modified citrus pectin—which helps prevent cancer cell clumping post-biopsy or surgery.
The Emotional Roots of Disease
Where Megan’s work becomes truly transformational is in exploring the emotional and subconscious roots of cancer.
Drawing on psychoneuroimmunology, she explains how early traumas—especially those from birth to age 7—can create deep belief systems that suppress immune response and disrupt the body’s energetic flow.
“We don’t realize it, but our childhood beliefs shape how we experience adult trauma—and how we heal.”
She recounts the story of a man with cancer who believed it was caused by his friend’s suicide. But upon deeper work, he realized the guilt stemmed from his mother blaming him for his parents’ divorce. Once he confronted and redesigned that childhood memory, he experienced a profound healing shift.
Become Your Own Brain Surgeon
So how do you begin shifting these subconscious patterns?
Megan recommends starting with free association journaling—dumping your unfiltered thoughts on paper until you connect to the underlying emotion. From there, she encourages mapping your timeline of trauma, both childhood and adult, to begin reprocessing painful events with compassion and clarity.
This inner work isn’t a replacement for physical care—it’s a complement that may unlock spontaneous healing.
“Japanese research shows spontaneous remission from cancer often happens within 24 hours of a profound internal transformation.”
Faith as the Foundation
Megan’s approach is grounded in Christian faith—but accessible to all. Whether walking clients through healing or helping them prepare for death, she offers hope beyond the physical.
She describes the concept of a “transcendent death”—when someone passes with peace, forgiveness, and spiritual clarity. For some, this is the ultimate healing. For others, emotional breakthroughs lead to complete remission, as in the case of one woman whose scan came back clear after resolving the trauma of her son’s overdose.
“Healing isn’t just about the body—it’s about your soul, your story, and your surrender.”
Whether you’re a cancer patient, caregiver, or health practitioner, this episode offers a refreshing and radically hopeful message: healing is possible—when we look deeper.
Listen to the full episode of the Believe Big Podcast and start your own journey of emotional, physical, and spiritual alignment.
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Learn more about Megan Van Zyl and Cancer Peace University:
https://cancerpeaceuniversity.com/founder-ceo/
Suggested Resource Links:
- Cancer Peace University
- BOOK: Patient, Heal Thyself by Jordan Rubin
- SPECIAL Event: Spontaneous Remission Workshop, May 15, 2025, at 5:00 pm (central time) – $29 ($97 value).
- The Warburg Effect
- BOOK: What is Cancer? Overcoming Fear of Cancer by Understanding Its Root Causes by Megan Van Zyl
- BOOK: Braving the Storm: Find Hope During a Cancer Diagnosis by Megan Van Zyl
- BOOK: Fuel Your Body, Not Your Cancer – Anti Cancer Cookbook by Megan Van Zyl
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