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Discover how to transform the most challenging chapter of your life with Jim Mann's inspiring podcast. As a stage 4 cancer survivor, and a HealingStrong Group Leader, Jim interviews famous musical artists like Tasha Layton, Ellie Holcomb, Katy Nichole, and Tim Timmons, as well as health influencers who beat incurable diseases like depression and addiction. Through humor and a renewed sense of purpose, guests courageously share their stories of overcoming the toughest times and learning to trust God. Tune in to Jim's powerful podcast to find hope and inspiration.
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Sheila Hampton-Robb shares a deeply moving story shaped by profound loss and unexpected healing. After losing her father to lymphocytic leukemia, her mother to multiple myeloma, and her oldest sister to glioblastoma, Sheila began to fear her own health when she developed concerning symptoms: breast pain, lung pain, GI issues, and an autoimmune skin condition. Around the same time, her youngest daughter, Ella, born with a rare brain malformation and intractable daily seizures, was near death a...
When Edie Miller received her breast cancer diagnosis in July 2021, she was shocked, but not unprepared. Years of researching holistic health while helping her aging parents get off medications, combined with watching multiple family members navigate cancer treatment, had already shaped her philosophy: find the root cause, empower the body, and don't expect your oncologist to know what they haven't studied. Diagnosed with stage one, grade one, slow-growing breast cancer, Edie chose a lumpecto...
Ivelisse Page, executive director and co-founder of Believe Big, returns to share what's happened since her last appearance in 2022. After reaching a breaking point of burnout in ministry, she took an unexpected sabbatical guided by a spiritual director through Soul Shepherding, learning to rest, set boundaries, and reconnect with God through childlike faith. But just as she was healing, she received a new diagnosis: stage 1A endometrial cancer, completely separate from her prior colon cancer...
Christian artist and songwriter Tim Timmons was given five years to live over two decades ago. Today, he's still waking up and marking each morning with an X on his wrist to prove it. In this conversation with host Jim Mann, Tim shares how a diagnosis of incurable cancer didn't become his story, but rather the soil in which a richer, more present faith grew. From the unexpected origins of the hit song "Even If," to his philosophy of breathing prayers and joining Jesus in the everyday, Tim off...
In this episode, Jim sits down with Al Sanchez, an engineer-turned-health advocate who represents Poly MVA, a nutraceutical designed to support cellular energy production. Al shares how losing his mother and sister to illness set him and his father on a lifelong journey exploring alternative and integrative health therapies. Al breaks down complex concepts like mitochondria and metabolism in plain language, explaining why cellular energy is at the root of everything from immune function to br...
What happens when a breakthrough cancer discovery threatens the pharmaceutical industry? In this episode, we sit down with Sylvie Beljanski, daughter of renowned French molecular biologist Dr. Mirko Beljanski, whose pioneering research at the Pasteur Institute in the 1980s identified plant extracts capable of targeting and destroying cancer cells, without harming healthy ones. She shares the remarkable science behind her father's work on destabilized DNA, the shocking government r...
Nate Sheets never planned to revolutionize the honey industry; he just bought a beehive as a newlywed hobby. But what started as weekend beekeeping in his parents' backyard became Nature Nate's, America's largest honey company. In this inspiring conversation, Nate shares how a $10,000 purchase on payment terms, combined with 17 years of customer conversations (his phone number was on every bottle!), led him to create the raw and unfiltered honey sector that transformed a stagnant $300 m...
Jim & Ally start us off in episode 1 by reflecting on the past two seasons, our guests and their stories, our 10 Year Anniversary Celebration (listen for details), discuss Ally’s experience in radio, tv, and her own struggle during a trial that involved one of her children. Her full story is from season 1 episode 3 and hear how her story and experiences have led her to co-host with Jim Mann for the I Am HealingStrong podcast. HealingStrong's mission is to educate, equip and empower our gr...
Linda Murphy’s cancer diagnosis twenty years ago served as the catalyst for her passion in researching natural alternative therapies. Since becoming a registered holistic nutritionist in 2007, Linda has devoted her life to helping people create healthy lifestyles through optimizing their nutrition, and incorporating supplementation as well as exercise into their daily routines. Through her strong faith and focus on our connection with God, she empowers people to take charge of their own healt...
One of the newest and fastest growing recording artists on the Christian music scene today, Katy Nichole has reached over 150 million people with her debut single “In Jesus Name,” that first went viral on TikTok. In this episode, Katy shares her childhood struggle with congenital scoliosis. Following a surgery in 2014, Katy experienced excruciating pain for three years that would lead to her severe anxiety and depression. In the midst of her darkness, Katy almost took her life, until she felt...
In 2019, Cheryl Collins discovered she had a large ovarian cyst that was sitting on a nerve causing a lot of pain. What was supposed to have been a 45 minute surgery turned into a 6 hour hysterectomy. Yet through it all, she had hope in the midst of her suffering and is now able to offer hope to others through her writing of the HEAL Bible devotionals. Link to studies: https://healingstrong.org/refresh HealingStrong's mission is to educate, equip and empower our group leaders an...
Clay Adkins worked in law enforcement for 28 years. In 2013, he was diagnosed with renal cell carcinoma. He had a partial nephrectomy of his right kidney and a total nephrectomy of his left kidney. At one point, Clay was told he didn’t have long to live. He soon changed his diet, and surrounded himself with encouraging friends. Above all, he grew deeper in his knowledge of the power, grace and faithfulness of the living God. In so doing, he also discovered that God truly is the great ph...
Growing up in a small town in South Carolina, singer-songwriter Tasha Layton was grounded in her faith, and passionate about music and worship. However, after experiencing a painful split from her childhood church, Tasha had doubts about her faith in Christ and began exploring other religions - a journey that ultimately led her back to Jesus, the only one who can give us a peace that passes all understanding. Tasha has had several songs featured on the top Christian billboard charts, her most...
In today’s episode, hear how Suzy Griswold, founder of HealingStrong, overcame thyroid cancer and how it motivated her to start the non-profit, HealingStrong. In 2009, Suzy was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. Three months after surgery and radiation treatment, Suzy learned that the cancer had spread to her lymph nodes. It was then that she decided to pursue an alternative healing modality known as the Gerson Therapy. Having successfully entered cancer remission eighteen months late...
Tim Timmons is a talented American musician who uses his gift to lead contemporary worship and share the love of Christ with others. Twenty one years ago, Tim was given five years to live after being diagnosed with inoperable liver cancer. Yet, today he still lives. Through his cancer journey, Tim discovered that God had other plans for him and was at work in his life. In this episode, Tim shares how he views his cancer diagnosis as a gift, having changed his perspective about life, and just ...
Co-host of HealingStrong, podcaster, and radio personality Jim Mann shares with us how he overcame Stage IV skin cancer, a personal journey that started with a poor prognosis to living a life that is now cancer-free. Through it all, Jim has come to realize that God had a bigger purpose for him, and used Jim's cancer diagnosis for good, allowing Jim to help others who struggle with cancer and to share God's love. HealingStrong's mission is to educate, equip and empower our group leaders ...
In this episode, American Journalist, former News Reporter, and HealingStrong podcast co-host Allyson Powell shares her journey in letting the Lord lead after experiencing a difficult loss. Ally and her husband Landon (who currently played Major League Baseball at the time) gave birth to twins, Ellie and Izzy 8 years ago. Izzy was born with a potentially fatal genetic disease called HLH, which required chemotherapy treatment and a bone marrow transplant. Izzy did not survive, and joined her c...
Join Jim Mann and Ally Powell as they bring you inspirational, real-life stories from people who have overcome major obstacles in their lives and found a renewed sense of purpose and hope in learning to trust God in difficult times. HealingStrong's mission is to educate, equip and empower our group leaders and group participants through their journey with cancer or other chronic illnesses, and know there is HOPE. We bring this hope through educational materials, webinars, guest speake...
Ryan Sternagel of The Stern Method joins Jim to share the remarkable story of his son Ryder, diagnosed with stage four neuroblastoma just eleven days before his first birthday. Ryan and his wife Teddy refused to follow the conventional path blindly — pushing back on an escalating chemo protocol, relocating from Seattle to Utah for both personal liberty and natural health resources, and building a non-toxic home in the woods where they now raise three kids, grow food, and keep horses, donkeys,...
This episode continues our conversation with Olympic gold medalist Scott Hamilton, who overcame childhood health challenges to achieving success in figure skating displays the value of resilience and perseverance. Scott shares his unique story as an adopted child, along with a humorous recollection of an early ice-skating mishap that nearly stopped his career before it even began. Scott is an Olympic Champion, cancer survivor, television broadcaster, motivational speaker, author, husband/f...
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