Born to Heal: Holistic Healing for Optimal Health
Your Body Knows How to Heal Join Dr. Katie Deming, M.D., a seasoned Radiation Oncologist, Healthcare Leader, and inspiring Tedx speaker, as she bridges the gap between Western Medicine and Holistic Healing.Our bodies intrinsically know how to heal, but we've been conditioned to believe that we need to look outside ourselves for that power.Learn how Dr. Katie's transformative experience as a doctor within the Western medical system made her realize that our healthcare system is broken and keeps people sick. This pivotal moment ultimately inspired her to leave Western Medicine for Integrative Oncology and embark on a...
30-Day Water Fast: Ovarian Cancer, Faith & The Frequency of Healing with Jessica Erwin | EP 156
What would you hear if the noise finally stopped and your body could tell you what it's been trying to say all along?
Host Dr. Katie Deming is joined by Jessica Erwin, who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and sarcoma in 2024. By the time Jessica started a 30-day fast with Dr. Katie, she'd been through chemo and five abdominal surgeries. She expected the fast to be tough. What she found surprised her, and it showed up in places she never thought to look, including her sixth surgery.
Jessica now sees fasting from both...
Insulin Resistance: Warning SIGNS You're Missing with Brittney Zeedik | EP 155
What do cravings, brain fog, and high blood pressure have in common?
Research suggests nearly 9 in 10 American adults fall short of optimal metabolic health. Dr. Katie Deming sits down with Brittney Zeedik to talk about what they see as the root, insulin resistance, and why it shows up as high blood pressure in one person and brain fog in another.
And that advice to keep snacking through the day? It may be working against you.
Brittney is an Insulin Resistance Coach. After losing her father to colon cancer, she came to...
Your Fear Does NOT Need Fixing: How to Let Go and Heal | EP 154
What if every attempt to figure out your fear is feeding it, and the one thing that lets it go is the last thing you'd think to try?
Fear can be quietly expensive. It hums along in the background, takes a little energy here and a little there, and you may not even notice it's running. Dr. Katie Deming didn't notice hers for years. Her friends call her the most fearless person they know. Meanwhile, she'd wake up with a pit in her stomach, like something was wrong. What she uncovered about that fear caught...
Fear, Frequency & Cancer: Why Eating "Right" Isn't Enough | EP 153
Why do two people with the same diagnosis, the same treatment, and the same odds end up with completely different outcomes?
Dr. Katie Deming spent 20 years as a radiation oncologist before moving into integrative oncology. She watched some patients sail through the hardest treatments while others struggled with side effects she couldn't explain.
Today she shares what she now believes sits underneath those differences, and it comes down to one word: frequency.
Dr. Katie brings in the work of psychiatrist David Hawkins, a story about a man whose daily menu would m...
Authenticity and Healing: How I Lost My Voice (And Got It Back) | EP 152
What happens when the person who teaches authenticity loses her own voice? And what did her body do that finally made her stop and listen?
In this return episode, she opens up about what that break was really about and the lesson she didn't expect to learn.
After more than 20 years as a radiation oncologist, Dr. Katie Deming walked away from Western medicine to find what truly helps people heal. So it caught her off guard when a marketing strategy slowly pulled her off course. At first she felt a little stuck. Then s...
Why I'm Pausing My Podcast (And Why Doing Less Could Help You Too) | EP 151
What if the signs nudging you to slow down aren't setbacks, but directions worth following?
Dr. Katie Deming shares an announcement she says goes against nearly every piece of advice she's been given. For months, she's felt pulled toward a decision most experts told her to avoid. She's finally saying yes to it, and the reason why might shift how you think about rest, content, and the quiet messages your own body keeps sending.
Dr. Katie has spent her career watching what happens when people live out of step with who they really...
What Actually Happens When Someone You Love Does a Prolonged Water Fast— and How to Best Support Them | EP 150
Learn about the Healing Power of Prolonged Fasting: HERE
What if the thing you assumed was deprivation is actually one of the oldest healing practices in medicine?
Someone you love is exploring a prolonged water fast, and you want to understand what that really means. Host Dr. Katie Deming walks you through what a supported fast actually is, the way she would explain it to her own family. She describes what happens inside the body when someone stops eating, and why it looks nothing like what most of us learned in school.
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14-Day Water Fast: Fat DOWN, Muscle UP ft. Dr. Christy Kesslering | EP 149
Learn about the Healing Power of Prolonged Fasting: HERE
What if everything you’ve been told about muscle loss and prolonged water fasting isn’t the full story?
Dr. Katie Deming welcomes back Dr. Christy Kesslering, a fellow radiation oncologist who left conventional medicine to focus on metabolic health. Christy didn’t just complete a supervised 14-day water fast. She tracked what happened before, during, and after it.
She collected DEXA scans, body-composition measurements, toxin testing, insulin levels, cholesterol markers, and inflammation data. She wanted to understand what her own clients experie...
Water Fasting After Cancer Reset Her Body (Early Menopause Reversed) EP 148
Learn about the Healing Power of Prolonged Fasting: HERE
What happens on the day your cancer treatment ends and instead of feeling free, you feel like you're standing at the edge of a cliff instead?
Host Dr. Katie Deming sits down with Tara Elmore, the founder of Complex Creatures, who was diagnosed with breast cancer at 37.
Tara understands the strange silence that follows the very last treatment, because she lived it. The roadmap disappears, the check-ins slow down, and people see your hair growing back and assume that you're fine.
What Water Fasting Does for Cancer That GLP-1s Don’t | Semaglutide, Tirzepatide & Retatrutide | EP 147
Before EP Description: Learn about the Healing Power of Prolonged Fasting: HERE
What if losing weight on a GLP-1 drug and losing weight through fasting produce the same number on the scale, but nearly opposite effects inside your cells?
Host Dr. Katie Deming believes some of the most popular weight loss drugs on the market may be quietly blocking one of your body's most essential repair processes. Not because they're failing to work, but because they work in a way that keeps your body in a state it was never...
20 Years in Oncology Never Taught Me THIS | Fasting, Fear, & the Path to True Healing | EP 146
Learn about the Healing Power of Prolonged Fasting: HERE
What if the moment that shattered the life you carefully built became the moment that showed you what healing really is?
This episode is a little different. Instead of sitting in the host seat, I'm the one answering the questions. My dear friend and colleague, Dr. Nasha Winters invited me onto her podcast, Tend the Terrain, for a conversation that went somewhere I didn't expect.
It got honest. It got deeply personal. And it went straight to the heart of why I...
Short Fasts vs. Prolonged Water Fasting for Cancer | Autophagy, Tumor Shrinkage & Emotional Healing | EP 145
Learn about the Healing Power of Prolonged Fasting: HERE
What if the secret to deep healing isn’t doing more, but going further?
Most people assume that repeating short fasts is just as powerful as completing one long fast. Stack enough three-day fasts together and you’ll eventually get the same result, right?
It’s a reasonable assumption, but it may be costing you the deeper healing you’re working so hard to reach.
Dr. Katie breaks down something many people have never been taught: short fasts and prolonged fasts ar...
Mistletoe: The Cancer Therapy OUT OF REACH in America | ft. Dr. Nasha Winters | EP 144
Learn about the Healing Power of Prolonged Fasting: HERE
What if one of the most studied alternative cancer therapies in the world was used across Europe and South America, yet still out of reach in the United States?
Dr. Katie Deming sits down with Dr. Nasha Winters, a globally recognized authority in integrative oncology and co-author of Mistletoe and the Emerging Future of Integrative Oncology. Dr. Winters has trained hundreds of physicians in mistletoe therapy and has also used it herself.
Together, they unpack a plant most people only k...
His Cancer Scare Led to a 14-Day Water Fast (Unexpected Results) | EP 143
Learn about the Healing Power of Prolonged Fasting: HERE
What if the prostate treatment your doctor recommended wasn't your only choice?
Joel Pruttis came to Dr. Katie Deming with a rising PSA, a lesion seen on his prostate MRI, and a urologist telling him he probably had cancer. But something about it didn't sit right, so he paused, did his research, and made a choice many people in his position may never hear about.
Dr. Katie and Joel talk through what it's like to face a scary diagnosis, feel pushed toward...
Truth About Dairy & Cancer: What You Need To Know | EP 142
Learn about the Healing Power of Prolonged Fasting: HERE
What if the one food you’ve been told to avoid isn’t always the problem, and when prepared the right way, could actually support your healing?
In this episode, Dr. Katie Deming brings back Monica Corrado, a traditional foods educator, author, and ancestral nutrition expert to dig into what’s actually true about dairy, cancer, and the gut.
They break down the difference between the dairy you’ll find on grocery store shelves and the kind traditional cultures prepared for cent...
10-Day Fast Broke Her OPEN (The Truth Finally Came Out) | EP 141
Learn about the Healing Power of Prolonged Fasting: HERE
What would happen if you got quiet enough to finally hear the truth you've been carrying your whole life?
Lauren Monusco arrived at her 10-day water fast on the edge of a nervous breakdown.
Dr. Katie Deming and Lauren take you inside the real emotional journey of a prolonged fast, and it's probably not what you'd expect. She knew something was deeply misaligned, but she couldn't see what it was until she finally stopped long enough to look.
S...
His Cancer Markers Kept RISING After Surgery (Until He Did This) | EP 140
Learn about the Healing Power of Prolonged Fasting: HERE
What if the next step after cancer surgery wasn't more treatment, but something different entirely?
Dr. Katie Deming welcomes Merlin Hagan. After his prostate was removed, Merlin's doctors checked his PSA, a blood marker used to monitor prostate cancer activity. It should have dropped to undetectable levels.
But it didn't. His PSA kept climbing, and doctors recommended radiation and hormone therapy next. Merlin wasn't ready for that, so he went looking for another option.
PSA Prostate-Specific Antigen<...
Sugar Cravings Are NOT About Food (Why Willpower Always Fails) ft. Matty Lansdown, Nutritionist | EP 139
Learn about the Healing Power of Prolonged Fasting: HERE
What if your sugar cravings have nothing to do with willpower, and everything to do with what your brain has been quietly taught to need?
Dr. Katie Deming sits down with Matty Lansdown, scientist, nutritionist, and emotional eating specialist, to explore why so many people feel completely out of control around sugar.
Matty has spent nearly a decade working with people who've tried every diet, every rule, every "fresh start Monday," and still can't seem to break free. If you've...
She Fasted 27 Days and Found Something Unexpected | Cancer Healing ft. Karen Hannon | EP 138
Learn about the Healing Power of Prolonged Fasting: HERE
What does a 27-day water fast have to do with learning to be alone with yourself?
Karen Hannon joined Dr. Katie Deming's water fasting program after a cancer diagnosis, deep research, and a drive to do everything possible to heal. What she didn't expect was that the most important work had nothing to do with any of that.
Karen opens up about her 27-day water fast and what actually shifted when she finally put down every distraction and got quiet...
Fasting Before Chemo: What Every Cancer Patient Needs to Know | EP 137
What if going without food before chemotherapy could help protect your healthy cells while leaving your cancer cells more exposed?
The research behind this has been building for over a decade in peer-reviewed journals and major institutions, yet many patients never hear about it as part of their treatment plan.
Dr. Katie Deming breaks down why the standard advice to keep eating through treatment may be missing an important piece. She explains the biology in plain language, so you can understand what is actually happening in your body during chemotherapy.
You...
She Didn't Want Her Water Fast to End [Here's Why] | ft. Faith Laux - Bonus
What if going without food for two weeks felt less like deprivation and more like coming home?
Guest Faith Laux pictured herself scooting down the stairs on her hands and knees, too exhausted to function.
What she actually felt around day six is something she struggled to put into words, and you have to hear her describe it herself to understand why. Faith shares the fear going in, the rollercoaster of the first few days, and the unexpected moment when everything shifted.
Host Dr. Katie Deming explains exactly why days four th...
The Ancient Cancer Tool Medicine Buried | ft. Dr. Nasha Winters - Bonus
What if the most powerful cancer practice has been around for thousands of years and medicine quietly buried it?
An unexpected medical crisis forced her to stop eating entirely. For two and a half months, with no support from her doctors, her body did something they said wasn't possible.
In this clip, Dr. Nasha Winters and Dr. Katie Deming challenges why the medical establishment pushed high-carb nutrition on cancer patients, what that's actually doing to people, and what happens when you stop feeding the disease and start trusting the body.
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What Cancer Actually Is (And Why Mainstream Medicine Got It Wrong) | ft. Dr. Thomas Seyfried - Bonus
What if the cancer treatments you trust are built on the wrong foundation?
Dr. Thomas Seyfried has spent decades building the scientific case that cancer isn't a genetic disease. It's a metabolic one. And that distinction changes everything.
He breaks down exactly why cancer cells can't survive without glucose and glutamine, why conventional oncology has largely ignored this, and why managing cancer without toxic side effects isn't just possible. It's already happening.
Dr. Seyfried also explains why eating meat won't raise your glutamine levels the way most people fear, how nutritional k...
Stop Avoiding These Foods If You Want to Heal | Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride, Neurologist & Nutritionist | EP 136
What if your cravings aren't a problem to fix, but a signal you've been ignoring?
Dr. Katie Deming sits down with Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride, a researcher whose work connecting nutrition, gut health, and chronic illness has reached people around the world.
Together, they dig into why some of the most widely accepted dietary advice may be working against healing, not for it. Specifically, they explore what happens when the body is deprived of the nutrients it actually needs to repair and rebuild at the cellular level.
Dr. Katie shares what she's...
Your "Healthy" Plant-Based Diet is Making You Sicker | Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride, Neurologist & Nutritionist | EP 135
What if the most common nutrition advice given to people facing chronic illness, eat more plants, is actually working against healing?
Host Dr. Katie Deming sits down with Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride, neurologist, nutritionist, and creator of the GAPS Protocol, to question whether the human gut is truly designed to rely on plant-based nutrition during healing.
They explore what traditional cultures prioritized for recovery, why some foods may be harder for the body to process than we think, and how modern dietary guidelines may be shaped by forces beyond patient health.
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30-Day Fast With Cancer: Can You Keep Your Muscle? | EP 134
What if everything you've been told about fasting and muscle loss is wrong?
Dr. Katie is joined by a recent fasting client Paul Suchoski. Paul was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and told by every doctor he consulted not to fast. He did it anyway, completed 30 days of supervised water fasting with Dr. Katie Deming, and his body composition scans showed something nobody expected.
Chapters:
00:04:02 - Why He Rejected Chemo
00:05:06 - Choosing a 30 Day Fast
00:06:33 - Unexpected Energy
00:09:12 - Stress Driving Blood Sugar
00:12:00 - Blood Pressure D...
Why the Tumor Isn’t the Real Problem in Breast Cancer | Dr. Michael Karfeldt, Board-Certified Naturopath | EP 133
What if the tumor isn't the real problem, but just the loudest symptom of something deeper going on in your body?
Dr. Katie Deming sits down with Dr. Michael Karfeldt, co-author of Breast Cancer Breakthrough, to explore why the tumor is often the last part of the problem, not the first. What they uncover in this conversation might surprise you, especially if you think you're already doing everything right.
They get into the hidden factors most doctors never check for, things lurking in your mouth, your home, and even your family history that...
Prolong Fasting Fails Without This ONE Step [Inside the Deming Fast] ft. Holistic Nutritionist and Teaching Chef, Monica Corrado | EP 132
What if the "healthy" foods you're eating every day are actually starving you?
Dr. Katie Deming sits down with holistic nutritionist and teaching chef Monica Corrado to explore the nutrition philosophy behind the Deming Fast.
This kicks off a brand new series called Inside the Deming Fast, and this first conversation zeroes in on something most fasting programs completely overlook: what happens after the fast ends. The refeeding phase isn't just a transition back to normal eating. It's the most powerful rebuilding opportunity your body may ever get.
Chapters:
3 Ways ‘Doctor Shaming’ Blocks Your Body From Healing (And How to Prevent It) | EP 131
Have you ever walked out of a doctor's office feeling judged instead of cared for?
If you've ever chosen a healing path that didn't match what your doctor recommended, you may know exactly what doctor shaming looks like. Host Dr. Katie Deming names what so many patients feel but rarely talk about, and explains why it happens in the first place.
Sometimes it's blunt, like a doctor implying you're a bad parent for skipping a certain treatment. Other times it’s subtle, a colder tone, a sudden disconnection, or even conditional care when yo...
How to Choose Your Cancer Treatment From a Place of Alignment, Not Fear | EP 130
What if the biggest obstacle to your healing isn't your diagnosis... but the fact that you were never taught you had a choice?
From the time we're young, we're conditioned to follow the rules, trust the experts, and do what we're told. And when it comes to your health, that conditioning kicks into overdrive.
Dr. Katie Deming opens up about why so many people hand over their power the moment they walk into a doctor's office, and what it actually costs them. As a radiation oncologist who walked away from the system, she's s...
The Golden Ratio: The Healing Sound Pattern Behind Nature, Breath, and Stillness with Music Producer, Banah Winn | EP 129
What if the mathematics of nature itself could recalibrate your nervous system and unlock your body's deepest healing potential?
Dr. Katie sits down with Banah Winn, creator of the Golden Ratio Frequency, to explore how sound based on the same pattern found in DNA, breath, and spiral galaxies can create profound shifts in your body and mind.
Banah shares his journey from meditation and energy healing in Sedona's vortexes to discovering a frequency formula that's helped millions find coherence in a chaotic world.
Chapters:
04:02 - Healing inherited trauma i...
You're Not in Ketosis Until You Track This One Number with Dorian Greenow, Founder of Keto Mojo | EP 128
What's the difference between eating a ketogenic diet and actually being in ketosis?
You're adding avocado to every meal and swapping bread for lettuce wraps. You feel like you're doing everything right. But without actually testing your blood, you could be miles away from the metabolic state that triggers real healing in your body.
Host Dr. Katie Deming sits down with Dorian Greenow, founder of Keto Mojo, to explain why numbers matter more than guesswork.
Dorian shares his personal journey from being 47 pounds heavier and on antidepressants to transforming his health...
Sugar Spiral: How I Used a 3-Day Fast to Get Back on Track | EP 127
Have you ever ever felt like one "small indulgence" spiraled into weeks of poor food choices?
Dr. Katie Deming shares her own recent experience with sugar cravings over the holidays and how she used a three-day fast to reset her body and mind. She opens up about her history with sugar addiction and why, for some people, sugar isn't just food but a switch that changes everything from cravings to decision-making to self-trust.
Chapters:
05:00 - When sugar quietly takes control
06:25 - This wasn’t lack of discipline
08:00 - Why...
How to Stay Calm in Chaos Without Shutting Down Your Emotions for Healing | EP 126
What if the chaos you're experiencing right now isn't random, but part of a pattern you could learn to navigate with more peace and clarity?
You're not imagining it. The world feels more unstable than it used to. Whether you're healing from illness, watching relationships shift, or simply trying to make sense of everything happening around you, there's a reason you feel unsteady.
Dr. Katie Deming shares why this particular time is so intense and what's actually happening beneath the surface of all this upheaval. But more importantly, she offers you something practical t...
The Critical Step Between Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Most Patients Skip with Psycho-Oncologist Dr. Manuela Kogon | EP 125
What if the biggest obstacle to making good decisions about your health isn't a lack of information, but a nervous system in overdrive?
When you're hit with a cancer diagnosis, your body goes into shock. Your mind starts racing with worst-case scenarios, and suddenly you're expected to make life-altering decisions about treatment while your system is anything but calm.
Host Dr. Katie Deming sits down with Dr. Manuela Kogon, an integrative internist specializing in psycho-oncology, to explore why understanding your activated nervous system might be more important than any medical test when you're n...
These Are the 5 Healing Apps I Recommend Again and Again | EP 124
What if your smartphone phone could become your most powerful healing tool in 2026?
Dr. Katie shares six healing apps she uses personally and recommends to her clients. Dr. Katie Deming firmly believes that illness is tied to emotions. These apps are designed to help you uncover the emotional roots of physical symptoms, reprogram your subconscious mind, and support you through fasting and healing journeys.
From an app that connects physical pain to unresolved emotions to meditation tracks that have helped clients induce labor and reconnect with lost loved ones, these tools bring powerful he...
Surrendering to Synchronicities: How I Stopped Forcing Outcomes and Found a New Healing Path | EP 123
What if the universe has been leaving you breadcrumbs all along, and you've been too busy planning to notice them?
Host, Dr. Katie Deming shares how she completely transformed her approach to life after her shared death experience and leaving Western medicine. Instead of forcing goals and pushing through obstacles, she now follows signs and synchronicities that appear in her daily life.
She explains the difference between these two concepts and why paying attention to them opens up possibilities you could never plan for yourself. Through personal stories that range from broken laptops t...
5 Healing Tools I Use and Gift to Those Facing Cancer, Chronic Illness or Prioritizing Prevention | EP 122
When someone you love faces a serious health challenge, what gift could you possibly give them that actually supports their body's ability to heal?
Dr. Katie Deming breaks down her go-to gifts for healing for 2025 and beyond. These aren't your typical wellness recommendations. She's sharing the specific tools she uses in her own healing practice and gives to loved ones facing health challenges.
Discover five accessible items that target the foundation of healing, from calming your nervous system in seconds to optimizing the water you drink every day. These are the things Dr. K...
My Second Year in Practice: 5 Learnings on Healing Cancer, Fasting & Your Mitochondria | EP 121
What if you're looking for healing in all the wrong places?
After two years of guiding clients through integrative cancer care, Dr. Katie reflects on the most important lessons that completely transformed her practice.
She shares why the natural healing space feels so overwhelming and confusing, even for someone with decades of medical training. If you've ever felt paralyzed by conflicting advice or stuck choosing between conventional and natural approaches, you'll understand why this clarity matters.
Dr. Katie opens up about a major pivot in her work and reveals how mitophagy a...
From World Class Athlete to Stage 4 Cancer: The 30 Day Fast That Reset Her Healing with Jenny Davis | Ep 120
What if the very thing you think is impossible for your body is actually just one metabolic reset away?
Dr. Katie Deming sits down with Jenny Davis, world-class judo athlete and elite track cyclist now navigating a stage 4 diagnosis. Jenny was doing everything right. She'd spent over a year mastering the metabolic approach with the discipline and precision of an elite athlete.
Yet despite her discipline and conditioning, she struggled to get into ketosis. Then she completed a 30-day water fast with Dr. Katie, and something remarkable shifted.
Within 20 hours of f...
