Kathy Bero’s remarkable recovery from stage 4 inflammatory breast cancer and a high-grade tumor in her head and neck, took her advocacy work into a whole new arena. She is a best-selling author, speaker, consultant, Jikiden Reiki practitioner, Reiki master teacher, and integrative health and cancer coach, working to change the way we look at chronic disease. She founded Heal Just For Today, which provides simple, attainable, and sustainable tools designed to help you become a powerful self-advocate. Some call it holistic healing. Some call it alternative healing. Kathy calls it intentional healing that only requires your attention just for today.

In 2005, Kathy Bero was diagnosed with stage IV inflammatory breast cancer, and in 2006, she was diagnosed with a high-grade mucoepidermoid carcinoma in her head and neck. With children aged two and seven, three dogs and a barn full of animals, she white knuckled her way through toxic treatments, severe side-effects and an array of surgeries all of which led to a body full of failing organs. Instead of succumbing, Bero learned to step away from conventional protocols to become a powerful self-advocate with a dedicated trust in her innate healing abilities. With a life expectancy of just 21 months, Kathy's healing demonstrates how stepping outside of the protocol box and doing our inner work just for today can change a disastrous outcome into an unexpected victory.

Her genuine optimism and passion for life is contagious, and her insight into how she created her own integrative healing protocol is inspiring. Cancer free since 2008, Bero's case has piqued the interest of Harvard University's NEER study, looking to understand individuals with unexpected success battling cancer. As the ninth participant accepted into the study, she is hoping their work will lead to big changes in conventional medical protocols. Bero's steadfast belief is that true health care reform starts with clean, high-quality food paired with energy healing modalities that deepen our spiritual connection. Her approach was simple, attainable, and obviously sustainable, embracing the idea of that which you give attention to grows.

Bero’s best-selling and award-winning book E.A.T. An unconventional decade in the life of a cancer patient is a memoir written from the 18 journals she kept during her battle with two rare and aggressive cancers. Despite taking advantage of everything her hospital had offered, Bero’s body was failing, leaving her no choice but to become a seeker of alternate healing modalities. She embraced mindfulness, meditation, used Reiki, and learned how to use food as medicine.

Prior to her cancer diagnosis, Bero’s work ranged widely to include leadership roles in environmental advocacy, facilitation, and consultation along with leadership development in the U.S and abroad. Bero has been recognized nationally for her significant contributions in environmental advocacy and education, and executive produced the two-time Emmy award winning documentary WORTH FIGHTING FOR.

“Bero kept journals, documenting with exquisite detail the effects of the toxic chemicals, burns from radiation, issues with her family, and more. The following year, she was diagnosed with another aggressive cancer in her head and neck that required immediate, risky surgery. Bero remains relatable in these pages as she tells of alternately lashing out in frustration, being bowled over by love for her family, advocating for herself, or sleeping in drug-induced relief. She also became a spiritual seeker, studying alternative ways to both alleviate damage to her body from these therapies and help prevent a cancer recurrence. She embraced mindfulness meditation, received reiki therapy in an attempt to pull toxic energy out of her body, and learned which foods are said to help fight cancer. This personal evolution gets her through the ordeal, she says, noting “the overwhelming sense of joy and peace I had from knowing that I was doing everything I could to stay disease free.””
– Kirkus Reviews