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Vicki Haylock - Wellness Coach
As a Wellness Coach I help people to live a healthier and happier life, even if they have serious health challenges like Stage IV cancer. My role is to inspire, empower and support those on a healing journey, by sharing scientifically-proven techniques that work in conjunction with conventional treatment, or when medical treatments have failed.
I am a Certified Radical Remission Workshop Instructor, a Wisdom of the Whole Coach, and a Laughter Yoga Leader. Before this radical change in direction my work life included financial roles in the oil & gas industry; policy and communications with local government; management roles in several service businesses and not-for-profit organisations; and business coaching, business ownership and investing in property, shares and start-ups. I am also the mother of two adult daughters, and I love living in Taranaki, New Zealand with my husband, where every road leads to an adventure.
I was originally diagnosed with Stage II, ER+, HER2- breast cancer in 2017 and underwent a mastectomy, radiation and hormone treatment. I chose not to have chemotherapy.
Then in early 2020 I was diagnosed with Advanced/Stage IV breast cancer (MBC), with metastases in my bones; and a year later lung metastases were also found.
Thankfully early in my diagnosis I read several wonderful stories of recovery from cancer, and once I got over the initial shock of the diagnosis, I came to believe that “cancer is not a death sentence, it’s a wake-up call.”
Now after a mixture of conventional treatment (ovarian suppression and an aromatase inhibitor; and recently oral chemotherapy), repurposed drugs (Jane McLelland’s How to Starve Cancer protocol), and all 10 of the Radical Remission Healing Factors, my metastatic cancer is stable, and I am feeling healthier and happier than I have in years!
I look forward to sharing your journey with you, as you seek clarity around important decisions, make the most of your opportunities, and find the wisdom you might not realise is already within you.
I am a Certified Radical Remission Workshop Instructor, a Wisdom of the Whole Coach, and a Laughter Yoga Leader. Before this radical change in direction my work life included financial roles in the oil & gas industry; policy and communications with local government; management roles in several service businesses and not-for-profit organisations; and business coaching, business ownership and investing in property, shares and start-ups. I am also the mother of two adult daughters, and I love living in Taranaki, New Zealand with my husband, where every road leads to an adventure.
I was originally diagnosed with Stage II, ER+, HER2- breast cancer in 2017 and underwent a mastectomy, radiation and hormone treatment. I chose not to have chemotherapy.
Then in early 2020 I was diagnosed with Advanced/Stage IV breast cancer (MBC), with metastases in my bones; and a year later lung metastases were also found.
Thankfully early in my diagnosis I read several wonderful stories of recovery from cancer, and once I got over the initial shock of the diagnosis, I came to believe that “cancer is not a death sentence, it’s a wake-up call.”
Now after a mixture of conventional treatment (ovarian suppression and an aromatase inhibitor; and recently oral chemotherapy), repurposed drugs (Jane McLelland’s How to Starve Cancer protocol), and all 10 of the Radical Remission Healing Factors, my metastatic cancer is stable, and I am feeling healthier and happier than I have in years!
I look forward to sharing your journey with you, as you seek clarity around important decisions, make the most of your opportunities, and find the wisdom you might not realise is already within you.
Ready to get started, or need more information? Then please book a FREE 15 minute
phone call with me. We’ll chat about what areas of your life you'd like to focus on, and talk about the ways I could help you achieve your goals.
New Plymouth Walking Groups
If you or a loved one has been touched (or clobbered) by cancer and you are looking for a social way to exercise with other people in a similar situation, you might like to join one of our weekly walking groups in New Plymouth.
Interview - That 'C' Word
That 'C' Word is bought to you by the Taranaki Cancer Society. The show is another way to share and discuss cancer, and all things related to it. The good, the bad, the wonderful, the sad.
Vicki's Radically Hopeful Journey of Breast Cancer
Duration: 00:29:36 | Date: 7 February, 2023
Kate talks to Vicki Haylock about her breast cancer journey, how that led her to make massive changes to her lifestyle, and how this journey has led her to help others through coaching and support/walking groups.
Note the Walking Group mentioned in the interview is now on Wednesday afternoons at 1:30 pm. See above.
For details of the next Radical Hope workshop - go to Radical Hope page.
What Others Say
"Vicki has been very helpful as I negotiate yet another new career. My thoughts tend to be rather scattered, and she is keeping me on track as I slowly accomplish task after task. She encourages and supports me as I come up with my own answers and solutions, and also is willing to give suggestions when I ask. Vicki is a caring and effective coach, and I feel grateful as I progress and we celebrate together."
Liz Berman
“I don’t have the words to describe how pivotal meeting Vicki was. It literally changed the course of my surgical journey for the better. Whereas before I felt very uneasy, Vicki’s quiet steadiness and approach was what I needed. And I think what’s important, there was no hidden agenda but a wealth of experience as she is one of us. Is Vicki a good coach? I would say Yes Yes Yes.
Cathy
"Vicki demonstrated a skilled, knowledgeable and compassionate approach to coaching me through my cancer diagnosis shock. This diagnosis, on top of other health issues has complely altered the course of my life in a short time and I have had to review my plans. Vicki's caring and practical approach and her coaching questions and tasks enabled me to find my way through the emotional chaos and create a new pathway to my goals and regroup with confidence and my priorities clear."
Angela
Helen Harvey | Stuff | May 03 2023
When Vicki Haylock was diagnosed with stage four breast cancer she wasn’t ready to die. Her two children were still teenagers, she said.
“For stage four breast cancer in New Zealand the median survival was 16 months. And only 15% of Pakeha woman live for five years, and it's only 5% for Maori. So, you know, death is staring you in the face. I decided I wanted to know what the 15% who are still alive were doing.”
“For stage four breast cancer in New Zealand the median survival was 16 months. And only 15% of Pakeha woman live for five years, and it's only 5% for Maori. So, you know, death is staring you in the face. I decided I wanted to know what the 15% who are still alive were doing.”
“I was surprised because I had no lump. No symptoms. No family history. Both my grandmothers had lived to 89. It was a bolt out of the blue.” The shock was the biggest thing she had to deal with, she said. “I had standard treatment, and thought I could put it all behind me. Cancer was in the past.”
But in 2020, just before Covid hit, she was diagnosed with stage four breast cancer – she had cancer in her bones, and a nodule in her lung. Like her initial diagnosis, it came “out of the blue,” she said. “I had a routine MRI for my breast that was left, and I just got a message to say that they found lesions suspicious for bone metastases. So that was truly frightening. The medical professional will tell you there is no cure for Stage IV cancer, so I did think I was going to die.”
But she didn’t fear death. “What I fear is leaving my children and my family. And missing out on the rest of my life.” Which is what led her on the path to finding out just what she could do to improve her prognosis. So, she did a lot of research and found an integrative GP who looked at the whole person – mind, body, spirit. “So diet and exercise are important. And it's about radically changing every aspect of your life. It's a full-on commitment to staying alive!” Haylock has also focussed on a range of things such as, increasing positive emotions, deepening her spiritual connection, and social support - based on the reseach of Dr Kelly Turner who wrote the NY Times bestseller Radical Remission." “I value science. I don't take or do anything that hasn't been shown in a reputable medical journal or trial to be effective against cancer.”
She’s feeling great, she said. “The lung tumour was 10x9mm in November 2021, and had shrunk to 7x4 mm, 73% smaller, by December 2022, as measured by CT scan. For the bone metastases, in the December scan the radiologist said they are in keeping with healing metastases. So I feel I am on the right track.” Read more here
But in 2020, just before Covid hit, she was diagnosed with stage four breast cancer – she had cancer in her bones, and a nodule in her lung. Like her initial diagnosis, it came “out of the blue,” she said. “I had a routine MRI for my breast that was left, and I just got a message to say that they found lesions suspicious for bone metastases. So that was truly frightening. The medical professional will tell you there is no cure for Stage IV cancer, so I did think I was going to die.”
But she didn’t fear death. “What I fear is leaving my children and my family. And missing out on the rest of my life.” Which is what led her on the path to finding out just what she could do to improve her prognosis. So, she did a lot of research and found an integrative GP who looked at the whole person – mind, body, spirit. “So diet and exercise are important. And it's about radically changing every aspect of your life. It's a full-on commitment to staying alive!” Haylock has also focussed on a range of things such as, increasing positive emotions, deepening her spiritual connection, and social support - based on the reseach of Dr Kelly Turner who wrote the NY Times bestseller Radical Remission." “I value science. I don't take or do anything that hasn't been shown in a reputable medical journal or trial to be effective against cancer.”
She’s feeling great, she said. “The lung tumour was 10x9mm in November 2021, and had shrunk to 7x4 mm, 73% smaller, by December 2022, as measured by CT scan. For the bone metastases, in the December scan the radiologist said they are in keeping with healing metastases. So I feel I am on the right track.” Read more here
Morpho Butterfly
The Blue Morpho is a large, tropical butterfly from South and Central America. To many people the butterfly represents growth, hope and transformation: in order to become a butterfly, the caterpillar must disolve in the chrysalis, and then is reborn with the ability to fly.
In my life, my cancer diagnosis and treatment represents the chrysalis - a period of profound reflection and transformation which eventurally allowed me to become my true self.
