It looks like I have been assigned another mountain to climb. Cancer is back BUT different and easier this time around. It has been almost 4 years since I was given a death sentence after a stage IV incurable metastatic lung cancer diagnosis.

Living is not the same as surviving. Living means choosing to live an extraordinary life. Making that decision means focusing on the outcome you want for yourself, removing negativity from your life, and being open to trying anything that will help you heal.

I learned a hard truth when I was diagnosed with “incurable” stage four cancer. The people around you will shape your journey in one of two ways: they will either support you and bolster your positive mindset or increase your stress and hinder your ability to heal.

It would have been easy to blame cancer for my misery, but if I’m honest, I was miserable before I was diagnosed with cancer.

Doctors told me I had only six months to live, but I refused to give in. I changed my lifestyle and fought the disease with everything I had.

A huge disconnect exists between Western treatments and holistic therapies when it comes to preventing and treating cancer.

If you want to be healthy, don’t just focus on your body. Revisit the core questions that will reshape your life. What kind of life are you fighting for? How do you want to transform yourself? Where is the incredible life that you are supposed to have?

Despite what my doctors told me, I felt it in my bones that the cancer invading my body would be a short-term problem. I felt so determined to live, I didn't even cry when I heard the diagnosis.

Listen in as Nikki Van Noy of Author Hour and Veronica discuss V’s new book, The Grace of Cancer, and what it means to heal and truly live.