About JoyHamesha

At Joyhamesha, we believe we can be joyful - ALWAYS! Yes, the troughs and valleys of life will keep revisiting. There will be pain and confusion. There will be tears, sweat and grime. But if we want, we can always feel the JOY - the joy of loving, the joy of giving, the joy of receiving, the joy of learning, the joy of living, the joy of just breathing! And for this we have to make conscious and consistent efforts all our life.

My Story

On 1st January, 2016, I was told that I had Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. My dad asked the doctor - Why? What did she do wrong? The doctor replied - We don't know. But fortunately we know what to do now.

And so started my journey with chemotherapy on 3rd January: my birthday. I went through the first chemotherapy as a zombie, with little awareness of what was happening. My body was weak and debilitated. But the first chemotherapy was effective and I started feeling better.

Many of my friends introduced me to the concept of the mind-body connect through different healing modalities and books like You Can Heal Your Life by Louise Hay and The Journey by Brandon Bays. It was a fascinating revelation.

In 2017, when I discovered that I had cancer in the uterus, my eyes swelled up with tears. But then I told myself that there was still some toxicity in my system that had to be removed. I was being given a second chance at healing my body. I want to take this opportunity to thank my doctors - Dr Balkrishna Padate (Haemotologist), Dr Suresh Advani (Oncologist) and Dr Prashant Nyati (Gynaecological Oncosurgeon). During my radical surgery they send my lymph nodes for testing. The cancer had not spread. So they had removed my entire reproductive organs and the cancer had not spread to other organs. So when they suggested I do radiation, my instinct told me not to do it. But my journey to understand the mind-body continued. And then I met Vijay Bhat who had designed a coaching protocol for Cancer Thrivers.

We are thrivers because we do not fight cancer or become victims. We use the illness as a springboard for personal development. So, I was coached and mentored by Vijay. And when I decided to start my own enterprise he graciously allowed me to use his protocol. I modified the language of this protocol so that it could be administered not only to coach cancer patients but to coach anybody who is willing to make the required changes for holistic wellbeing. I conduct retreats for cancer Patients and also on Self Love using elements of the Heal Your Life philosophy, PNI and NLP.

- Anamika C, Founder and Coach