Kaitlyn Menere's story is one of loss, avoidance, and the slow, hard won discovery that the body keeps score of everything we refuse to feel. Growing up in Melbourne with a classic Aussie upbringing, Kaitlyn's world looked completely ordinary until the day she was nineteen and her mum was diagnosed with breast cancer. What followed was chemo, radiation and a double mastectomy. And then, at twenty, the day her mum went in for one final operation and simply didn't wake up. They were planning her twenty-first birthday party when it happened. In this conversation, Kaitlyn opens up about the eight years that followed, the party scene that swallowed her whole, the drugs and alcohol that made it easier not to feel, and the Crohn's disease diagnosis at twenty-seven that finally forced her to stop running. She walks us through six operations, injections she had to refrigerate and self-administer, and the moment a doctor told her the next step was a colostomy bag, then later told her she'd be back when she chose to heal herself naturally instead. She didn't go back. We also dive deep into the holistic healing journey that followed, a book that cracked her world open, a sacred cacao breathwork ceremony that finally unlocked the grief she'd buried for years, the carnivore diet, cold ocean swims, and the full remission she now lives in, completely symptom free, without medication. This episode isn't just about Crohn's disease. It's about what happens when a body runs out of ways to ask for help and finally gets your attention. We explore losing a parent at twenty and the grief that had nowhere to go, eight years of the Melbourne party scene as a survival mechanism, a Crohn's diagnosis that started with symptoms she ignored for years, multiple operations and a medical system that never once asked about her lifestyle, the book that planted the seed, a breathwork breakthrough that broke her open, five years sober and how it started as just one weekend, the carnivore diet and what three years of it did for her body, going off medication and what the doctor said when she came back in remission, the contraceptive pill and what it does to women's bodies over time, and nervous system regulation as the foundation of all true healing. Today, Kaitlyn Menere is a holistic psychotherapist based in Melbourne working with women on their nervous systems, anxiety, lifestyle and the root causes of disease. She reached out to us herself, slid into the DMs, and we are so glad she did. Get your C60 here 👇🏼🌐 https://www.organicreflection.com 🎙 In this episode, we explore: Losing her mum on the operating table at twenty, mid birthday party planningEight years of drugs, alcohol and the Melbourne party scene as grief avoidanceA Crohn's diagnosis at twenty-seven and the symptoms she ignored for yearsSix operations, self-administered injections and the threat of a colostomy bagA medical system that never once asked about diet, lifestyle or stressHow To Do The Work and the book that changed everythingCold ocean swims, meditation and the seed being plantedA sacred cacao breathwork ceremony that unlocked eight years of buried griefFive years sober, how it started as one weekendThe carnivore diet and three years of following itGoing off medication, full remission, and what the doctor saidThe contraceptive pill, women's bodies and what we're not being toldThe four phases of the menstrual cycle and why women need to know themNervous system regulation as the foundation of healingWhy not giving a f**k is actually one of the most healing things you can do 🌍 Join the community beyond the mic📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/organicreflection https://www.instagram.com/organicreflectionpodcast📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/organicreflection🐦 X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/OrganicReflect🎥 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@organicreflection
