Ivelisse is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of Believe Big and The Believe Big Institute of Health. Diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer in 2008, she overcame the 8% two-year survivorship rate without the use chemotherapy and remains cancer free today. 

After overcoming cancer, Ivelisse was compelled to reach out to patients facing similar challenges with hope, help, and healing. Ivelisse and her husband, Jimmy, established Believe Big in 2011 to help families bridge the gap between conventional and complementary medicine for treating cancer.

They initiated and are currently supporting the ongoing phases of the first mistletoe clinical trial in the U.S. in collaboration with The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. 

Ivelisse is a speaker, patient advocate, and the host of the Believe Big Podcast. A show that takes a deep dive into healing with health experts, integrative practitioners, biblical faith leaders, and cancer thrivers from around the globe. 

Ivelisse believes God spared her life so she could bring hope to those feeling hopeless in their cancer diagnosis. To share with them that God can do what may seem impossible. But if you ask Ivelisse what her greatest fulfillment in life has been; she quickly states the gift of raising her four kids with her college sweetheart and husband of almost 30 years.

During our conversation, Ivelisse shares the symptom she experienced that led her to get an exam, why she has always been so diligent about her health, her recent diagnosis and why she feels at peace about it, how mistletoe became part of her healing plan, what led her and her husband to start Believe Big, the next big vision they’re working on and more!

For more information, go to believebig.org

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