Cancer Cured Me – Wellness, wisdom and wonder with La Simms

What if we are beginning the conversation about breast health far too late?

In this powerful episode, I’m joined by Dr Nyjon Eccles, founder and clinical lead of The Natural Doctor, a Harley Street practice specialising in precision longevity medicine.

With more than 25 years of clinical experience, Dr Eccles works at the intersection of functional medicine, hormonal health, metabolic health and preventative oncology. Our conversation challenges some of the assumptions many of us have been given about breast screening, cancer risk and HRT and explores what a more preventative and personalised approach to women’s health could look like.

We talk about:

• The important difference between breast thermography and mammography

• Why breast density matters, particularly for younger women

• Whether women should begin monitoring their breast health before the age of 50

• What an abnormal thermogram may reveal before structural changes are detected

• The relationship between nutritional deficiencies and breast health

• The difference between synthetic, bioidentical and body-identical HRT

• What women could ask their GP when discussing hormone replacement therapy

• Why “normal” test results may not always mean optimal health

• Functional medicine, longevity and finding the possible root causes of illness

And stay until the end, because I ask Dr Eccles one final question:

If he could place one piece of health advice on the wall of every GP surgery in the country, what would it be?

His answer is remarkably simple and it may completely change the question you ask at your next appointment.

Find Dr Nyjon Eccles:

The Natural Doctor: https://thenaturaldoctor.org

Substack: Precision Longevity

This episode is for information and education only. It does not replace individual medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Always discuss changes to medication, HRT or supplements with an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.

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September can feel like a second New Year. The children go back to school, summer comes to an end and suddenly there is pressure to achieve everything we planned before Christmas.

In this gentle welcome back episode, I’m talking about why we don’t need to launch ourselves into September at full speed and how that pressure can affect the nervous system. I also share some simple ways to support yourself through the change of season, from sleep, hydration and morning daylight to getting outside and returning to the breathwork practices from my Summer of Beautiful Breath series.

Whether you are getting back into a routine, supporting anxious children or adjusting to someone leaving for university, this is your reminder to be kind to yourself and move into September at a pace that feels right for you.

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When stress takes over and everything suddenly feels too much, it can be incredibly difficult to think your way back to calm. That is why I love the physiological sigh. It works directly with the body and it is one of the quickest and simplest breathing practices you can use in a stressful moment.

In week five of my Summer of Beautiful Breath series, I’m sharing this powerful breathing technique, popularised by neuroscientist Dr Andrew Huberman and studied by researchers at Stanford Medicine.

When the same breathing pattern is repeated for around five minutes, it is known as cyclic sighing.

In a Stanford Medicine study, participants practised five minutes of structured breathing every day for one month. The exhale-focused cyclic sighing group showed particularly promising improvements in mood and reductions in resting breathing rate.

In this short episode, I explain:

• What the physiological sigh is

• How to practise it safely

• Why the second inhale matters

• How a longer exhale can help calm the body

• The difference between a physiological sigh and cyclic sighing

• How repetition can make this tool easier to remember when you are under stress

• A guided practice you can do with me

This is such a useful technique to keep in your nervous system toolkit because you do not need any equipment, preparation or special environment. You simply need to remember: in, in, out.

Please only practise when it is safe to do so and never while driving. Stop if you feel dizzy, light-headed or uncomfortable.

If this episode helps you, please follow Cancer Cured Me and share it with someone who needs a simple way to find a little more calm this week.

Research mentioned: Stanford Medicine’s cyclic sighing study

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A52 Breathing Method: Build Stress Resilience with 5-5-2 Breathwork

Summer of Beautiful Breath Part 4: A gentle breathing practice to support nervous system regulation, heart rate variability and resilience to stress.

Can a two-second pause help your body become more resilient to stress?

In Part 4 of the Summer of Beautiful Breath, we build on last week’s coherent breathing practice with the A52 breathing method.

The A stands for autonomic and 5-5-2 describes the breathing rhythm:

Breathe in gently for five seconds.

Breathe out for five seconds.

Pause for two seconds after the exhale.

That short pause creates a mild and manageable feeling of air hunger. By learning to stay calm with that sensation rather than immediately gasping for air, we can begin to build greater tolerance for physical discomfort and support a more regulated response to stress.

If the pause doesn’t feel comfortable today, there is no need to force it. Simply return to the gentle coherent breathing rhythm of five seconds in and five seconds out from last week’s episode. Building capacity happens gradually.

• What the A52 breathing method is
• How to practise the 5-5-2 breathing rhythm
• Why we pause briefly after the exhale
• Understanding carbon dioxide tolerance and air hunger
• How slow breathing can support heart rate variability
• Using breathwork to build resilience to everyday stress
• Why nasal breathing may help us breathe more calmly and efficiently
• A guided A52 breathing practice for beginners

Save this episode so you can return to the practice regularly. Even a few minutes of slow, intentional breathing can give your nervous system a valuable opportunity to practise meeting mild discomfort without moving immediately into panic.

Next week I will share another beautifully simple breathing tool designed to help you interrupt moments of panic and return to a greater sense of calm.

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A gentle safety note: Practise somewhere safe and never while driving or in water. Stop and return to your natural breathing if you feel dizzy, breathless or uncomfortable. If you are pregnant or have a respiratory or cardiovascular condition, speak to an appropriate healthcare professional before introducing breath holds.

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What if one of the simplest ways to help your body feel calmer was simply to slow down your breathing?

Welcome to Part 3 of my Summer of Beautiful Breath series. This week, we’re exploring coherent breathing, a beautifully simple breathing practice where we breathe in and out for the same length of time.

We’ll practise breathing in for five counts and out for five counts, bringing the breath down to around six breaths per minute.

In this short guided practice, I explain why slowing the breath can support the relationship between our breathing, heart and nervous system and why coherent breathing is often used to help with stress, anxiety, heart rate variability (HRV) and resilience.

I’ll also guide you through a couple of minutes of coherent breathing so you can experience it for yourself.

In this episode:

• What coherent breathing actually is

• Why we’re aiming for around six breaths per minute

• The connection between breathing and heart rate variability (HRV)

• Why HRV can be a useful marker of resilience and our response to stress

• How our everyday breathing can become faster without us even noticing

• A simple guided 5-count inhale and 5-count exhale practice

• How to adapt the count to four or six if five doesn’t feel comfortable

• Why nasal and diaphragmatic breathing still matter

• How to build this into a simple daily breathwork practice

You don’t need a wearable, an app or any complicated breathwork technique. Just a few quiet minutes and your breath.

Try practising this once a day over the next week and notice what changes. Not just in the numbers, if you track HRV, but in how you actually feel.

And remember what we’ve been building throughout this series: notice your breath, bring it lower into the body, breathe through your nose where comfortable and gradually begin to slow it down.

Small practices. Repeated often. That’s where the magic can happen.

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