The Wild Cure Way: Radical Remission on the Willamette River with Dean Hall - Cancer Survivor Who Swam The Willamette River

Renee Belz & Lauren Sambataro

In this inspiring episode, we sit down with Dean Hall, a two-time cancer survivor and powerful advocate for holistic healing. Dean shares his remarkable journey back to health after facing life-threatening illnesses and explains why he considers himself a "bio-haver" rather than a biohacker. He opens up about the link between environmental toxins and disease, shedding light on the factors that may have contributed to his diagnoses. He also discusses the healing power of nature and cold therapy, two practices that played essential roles in his recovery. From hiking scenic trails to embracing cold water immersion, he reveals how reconnecting with the environment helped him find peace, resilience, and strength. This conversation dives into his unique perspective on health and wellness, offering listeners actionable insights and a reminder of the body's incredible capacity to heal.

Dean is a licensed therapist and success coach with over 30 years of experience, a best-selling author and highly sought-after speaker, a two-time cancer survivor, and a two-time world record-setting extreme distance swimmer. He is the first person in history to swim the entire 187-mile length of Oregon’s longest river, the Willamette River, (which he did as an active cancer patient) in 2014, and Ireland’s longest river, the River Shannon (180 miles), in 2017.

Dean’s unexpected radical remission from his cancers as a result of his immersive adventures in nature inspired him to create his organization, The Wild Cure Way. His mission is to encourage everyone to get out of concrete jungles, manmade boxes and away from digital devices and explore and embrace wild waters, deep forests and open oceans as the most powerful and means of authentic, deep healing for mind, body and spirit.

SHOW NOTES:

0:52 Welcome to the show!

3:31 Dean Hall’s Bio

4:40 Welcome him to the podcast!

6:32 The Willamette River

7:20 Why he’s a “Bio-haver”

8:45 The advice he would give his 20 year-old self

11:02 Pesticides, Herbicides and Chronic Disease

13:48 The beginning of his and her symptoms

17:27 His first diagnosis

22:02 Nutrition & lifestyle changes for the Cancering process

27:35 Leukemia & lymph swelling

29:24 Victor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning

32:29 *BIOPTIMIZERS GIVEAWAY*

34:55 How the brain answers your deepest questions

37:02 Dean’s childhood journal & dreams

38:12 His first exposure to cold therapy

44:43 “Young Woman & the Sea” & “Wild Summon” movies

46:27 The “Desert of Big Dreams” & Perseverance

52:01 Supporting the Lymphatics

54:16 Why cold water for cancer?

1:02:02 The reason he started meditating

1:11:43 His final piece of advice

1:17:58 Where to find him

RESOURCES:

Website: The Wild Cure Way

Book: The Wild Cure

IG: @deanhallofficial

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