client testimonials

From surviving a brain haemorrhage as a newborn to navigating multiple cancer diagnoses later in life, Maxine Schiltknecht has faced more challenges in her life than most people. Through it all, she has held on to the same determination and the belief that she will...

In 2020, Michael was diagnosed with prostate cancer. After a biopsy, his urologist told him it needed to be removed immediately. “It had to be removed now,” he recalls. Surgery went ahead, and with it came a cautious hope. But within a year, his PSA levels began...

In 2021, Kirsten’s life was turned upside down. At 44, she was raising two teenage sons alongside her husband when she was diagnosed with multifocal invasive ductal carcinoma, triple-negative breast cancer. By the time the diagnosis came, the cancer had already spread...

“I thought I’d already done cancer.” For a long time, that belief gave Audrey a sense of certainty and comfort. She had faced breast cancer once before, moved through surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, and come out the other side believing the hardest, most...

Before cancer, Tristin’s life was defined by the land. Living on a rural property two hours south of Cairns, she managed the station day-to-day while her husband worked away in a FIFO role. When he was home, they ran it together; when he wasn’t, the responsibility...

Cairns music teacher and professional musician, Connie Johnson, never imagined her life would change on the day she launched her fourth book, Musical Fun Begun Young. In the middle of celebrating, she found a small lump in her left breast — a moment that would alter...

By Cassie Blackeby October 8, 2025 At just 27, emergency nurse Phoebe Sceresini discovered a lump in her breast that would change her life forever. What should have been a time of wedding planning and excitement quickly became a fight for her life. “I remember saying...

St Monica’s College student Georgia Barrett is a softly spoken, determined 16 year old with an eye on a future career in nursing or medicine. She has a maturity beyond her years acknowledging that family, positivity and social connections are the most important things...

Cairns artist Hayley Gillespie shares harrowing cancer journey Cairns artist Hayley Gillespie had her spine and heart moved during surgery, lost her voice for three months, suffered tinnitus, lost balance and spent six months...

By Jennifer Spilsbury November 18, 2024A 70th birthday trip to Europe should have been a joyous occasion for Speewah man Willem Van Vliet, instead it marked the beginning of a fight for life.  Willem, now 71, began experiencing changes in his bowel and bladder habits...

By Jennifer Spilsbury November 16, 2024   The healing tentacles of COUCH Wellness Centre are long and powerful, you just have to ask Robert Soderberg.  A prostate cancer diagnosis late last year hit the 69-year-old for six, consuming him and his wife, Cathy, with...