Mind Over Body: How I Shrank My Fibroids Without Medical Treatment

Written By Catalina Guirado- Cheadle
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A Karma Besos Lifestyle case study in systems biology, grief, and restoring safety to the body

Disclaimer: This is my personal experience, shared for informational purposes only. It is not medical advice. Always consult your healthcare professional.

In March 2023, my uterus was completely normal.

I know this because I proactively requested a transvaginal ultrasound after someone close to me was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. I understood how quietly women’s health issues can develop — and I wanted certainty.

The scan showed no fibroids.
No cysts.
Nothing of concern.

At the time, I had no idea how much my body would soon be asked to carry.

When life outpaces the nervous system

In June 2023, my mother died after years living with Alzheimer’s.
In 2024, my best friend Bianca died suddenly and tragically.

Grief like that doesn’t always explode.
Sometimes it goes quiet.

You function.
You cope.
You survive.

By mid-2025, I was under intense stress again — this time in a completely different area of my life — and my body finally spoke.

I began a period that did not stop for 58 days.

An emergency transvaginal ultrasound revealed uterine fibroids — something I had never dealt with before. Blood work taken at the same time showed I was in late perimenopause, alongside a rise in blood-sugar markers suggesting early insulin resistance.

Nothing life-threatening.
But nothing trivial either.

An important clarification: wellness wasn’t new to me

This part matters.

I didn’t suddenly “discover” health or wellness in 2025.

For many years, I’ve lived an anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer Mediterranean-style lifestyle — how I eat day to day, how I move, how I prioritise sunlight, sleep, rhythm, and nervous-system care. Supplements were already part of my baseline.

So this story is not about a miracle cure or a dramatic overhaul.

It’s about precision.

What changed wasn’t my philosophy —
it was my timing, targeting, and nervous-system regulation, during a very specific life stage.

What actually changed (and why it mattered)

Some refinements were guided directly by my doctor, including trying DIM and myo-inositol with D-chiro-inositol to support estrogen metabolism and insulin sensitivity.

At the same time, I took responsibility for deeply understanding my own data. I reviewed my blood work and scans carefully and used AI tools as educational support — not diagnosis — to help identify patterns, ask better questions, and design a coherent lifestyle response rather than reacting from fear.

From that process, a small number of targeted refinements stood out.

Key refinements I added or increased

These weren’t random supplements.

They were chosen to support systems repeatedly shown in research to influence fibroid behaviour: insulin regulation, inflammation, hormone metabolism, immune surveillance, and liver clearance.

Everything else — my diet, lifestyle, and long-standing wellness habits — stayed the same.

The compounding effect: why this worked

Fibroids don’t grow for one reason.
They grow because multiple systems are feeding them.

I focused on four key drivers — metabolic, hormonal, immune, and nervous system regulation — at the same time.

1. The Metabolic “Master Key”

Fibroids are rich in insulin receptors. Elevated insulin acts like fertiliser for fibroid tissue.

By supporting insulin sensitivity with berberine and myo-inositol / D-chiro-inositol, I removed a major growth signal — essentially starving the fibroids of metabolic fuel.

2. Hormone metabolism, not suppression

My estrogen only dropped modestly during this period — about 30 units — which alone would not explain this level of shrinkage.

What did change was how estrogen was processed.

DIM helped shift estrogen metabolism away from pro-growth pathways, while N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) supported liver clearance so those metabolites actually left the body instead of recirculating.

3. Immune-mediated cellular clearance

This was likely a pivotal piece.

I added AHCC (a medicinal mushroom extract), which supports immune surveillance and cellular resilience. In simple terms: once hormonal and metabolic “fuel” was removed, my immune system may have been able to actively clear tissue that no longer belonged.

The DIM + AHCC combination, layered with the other supports, appears to have created a powerful synergistic effect.

4. Nervous system safety — the missing link

Chronic stress keeps the body in survival mode. Elevated cortisol deepens estrogen dominance and suppresses healing.

Through yoga, breathwork, art therapy, subconscious work, and eventually a slower rhythm of life (including time in Italy), my body shifted from fight-or-flight into safety.

Healing doesn’t happen when the nervous system feels under threat.


My daily anchor: the morning anti-inflammatory juice

Rather than detoxing or restricting, I focused on consistency.

Every morning around 9:00am, I had a nutrient-dense juice designed to support inflammation, blood sugar, and collagen health.

My AM juice recipe

  • Filtered water or unsweetened almond milk

  • Organic spinach (large handful)

  • Mixed organic berries (½ cup)

  • Ground flaxseed (1 tbsp)

  • Organic green powder (unsweetened)

  • Collagen powder (unflavoured)

  • Beetroot powder

  • Organic cinnamon

  • Pinch of cayenne pepper

  • Ashwagandha (powder or capsule opened)

This became a ritual — not a fix.
A daily signal of nourishment rather than control.

Castor oil packs: a quiet but powerful ritual

I also used castor oil packs 4–5 nights per week, always with gentle heat. I found these really good pads https://amzn.to/4kbRdc6 that you can reuse on Amazon and they’re very affordable. Make sure you use top grade Castor Oil, preferably in a glass bottle. https://amzn.to/4qQ5Hkh

I alternated placement between:

  • the upper right abdomen (liver area), and

  • the lower abdomen (uterine area)

This wasn’t a detox.
It was a parasympathetic ritual — warmth, stillness, circulation, and rest.

I treated it as a signal-to-safety, not a treatment.

The part that doesn’t show up on scans

Alongside the physical refinements, I worked deeply with the nervous system.

Yoga became grounding and breath-led. I worked intentionally with grief and guilt — particularly around not being able to save my best friend, and the complex emotions surrounding my mother’s final years.

Through Mindvalley, I explored subconscious and nervous-system work, including:

  • Marisa Peer’s RTT and self-hypnosis

  • Jeffrey Allen’s energy and chakra awareness

  • deep meditative states inspired by Monroe-Institute-style frequency work

At the same time, art therapy became essential. Creating again allowed emotion to move without language. This later evolved into what I now call The Art of Zen — using creativity, beauty, and visual meditation as tools for emotional regulation and reconnection.

A trip to Italy sealed this shift.
The slower rhythm, walking, sunlight, beauty, and pleasure without guilt felt like my nervous system remembering who I was before crisis mode.

What mattered wasn’t belief.

My body finally felt safe.

What the medical scans actually showed (2025 → 2026)

When I repeated my scans and blood work in early 2026 — approximately four months later — even my doctor was surprised.

Uterine fibroids

  • Fibroid 1: ~75–80% reduction

  • Fibroid 2: ~85–90% reduction

Ovarian cysts

  • 2025: two simple cysts (3.2 cm and 2.7 cm)

  • 2026: one small cyst (1.8 cm)

Uterus

  • Reduced overall uterine bulk

How rare is this, medically?

Medical literature suggests that:

  • Only ~10–20% of fibroids show meaningful spontaneous regression

  • When regression occurs, it is usually modest (20–30%) and slow (6–12+ months)

  • A 75–90% reduction in ~4 months is considered rare without surgery, embolisation, or hormone suppression

My doctor confirmed that both the degree and speed of regression were outside average expectations.

Medical Context

  • Spontaneous fibroid regression is typically defined as a ~20% reduction over 6–12 months

  • Occurs in approximately 10–20% of women, most often during menopause

  • An 80–90% reduction in four months is considered exceptionally rare in published literature

But here’s the important part:

This wasn’t a fluke.
It was a systems reset.

Most studies isolate one variable at a time — a supplement, a hormone change, a medication. What I did differently was address every known biological driver of fibroid growth simultaneously.

This case appears to reflect a high-responder, multi-system intervention rather than a single-factor change, aligning with emerging research in metabolic, immune, and hormonal signalling.

That’s where the results compound.

A systems-biology explanation (not a claim)

Rather than a single cause, this appears to reflect a multi-system shift during late perimenopause — a time when fibroids are already more vulnerable.

The combination of:

  • improved insulin sensitivity

  • altered estrogen metabolism

  • reduced inflammatory signalling

  • enhanced immune surveillance

  • sustained nervous-system regulation

may help explain why my body responded so dramatically.

This is not presented as proof or prescription — simply as one documented personal outcome within a very specific biological and life context.

The Karma Besos takeaway

This experience didn’t change my beliefs.
It confirmed them.

The Karma Besos Lifestyle is about creating conditions where the body can down-regulate stress and up-regulate repair:

  • rhythm over urgency

  • refinement over restriction

  • intelligence over extremes

  • beauty, creativity, and pleasure without guilt

Healing isn’t about doing everything.

It’s about doing a few things differently — at the right moment — with consistency and self-trust.


🌿 A Gentle Next Step. If this story resonated, you may like to explore my Totally Ageless work and Karma Hour sessions — where we look at stress, health, lifestyle, and nervous-system regulation in a grounded, supportive way.

This isn’t about fixing you.
It’s about creating the conditions where your body can finally exhale.

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This is not medical treatment.
It’s space to reset, clarify, and feel supported.

Shared for informational purposes only. Always consult your healthcare professional for medical advice.




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