My mom died of ovarian cancer in May 2023. Like many, she’d seen the headlines linking talcum powder to cancer. When she brought it up, I raised an eyebrow. Not because it wasn’t a factor. But because that’s one tree in a toxic forest. This is the part most people miss—and it’s why I teach terrain over toxin.

She grew up in southern Ontario. Picked fruit in the summer while pesticides were sprayed from overhead. Played with mercury in chemistry class. Pumped leaded gas. Used baby powder daily for decades. Got every vaccine offered—including the early polio shot later found to contain SV40, a monkey virus now linked to cancer in humans. [For more on the legal claims against Johnson & Johnson, visit the official class action lawsuit hub, which tracks major cases and settlements related to ovarian and cervical cancer allegations.]

She used plastic. Ate industrial meat. Wore sunscreen. Lived through decades of agricultural runoff and household chemical exposure.

And like many women, she was placed on hormone replacement therapy and kept on it long after any guideline would recommend.

The truth is: there was a chemical storm brewing.
The baby powder lit the match—but the whole terrain was tinder.

The Signal Isn’t Always the Problem

We’ve been trained to confuse detectable with dangerous.

If we can measure it, we want to eradicate it.
If we can name it, we want to blame it.

That’s true of toxins, viruses, parasites, and even thoughts.

And it’s definitely true of symptoms.

But symptoms aren’t just interruptions. They’re signals. Signals from a system trying to adapt to conditions it never evolved for. Signals from your terrain—asking for restoration, not just suppression.

Instead of listening, we go after the thing we can test, the thing we can post about, the thing we can sue over.

We look for the obvious culprit—then go to war with it.
Meanwhile, the deeper terrain remains unaddressed. Unmet. Unheard.

Terrain Over Toxin: What If That Matters More Than the Trigger?

If a virus hits a depleted system, it causes chaos.
If the same virus hits a resilient system, it barely registers.

Same pathogen. Different result.

If a woman lives through eight decades of endocrine disruption, immune confusion, and nervous system dysregulation—and then uses baby powder laced with asbestos?

The powder might be the match.
But the whole forest was ready to burn.

We don’t want to believe that because it’s messier.

It’s easier to believe in one villain than to face a polluted ecosystem.
Easier to fight the enemy “out there” than tend to what’s “in here.”

The Work Isn’t to Blame. It’s to Build.

I don’t want women walking around terrified of every food, every product, every exposure.

But I do want us to stop pretending that regulation, clarity, and vitality can be outsourced.

You can’t delegate your terrain.

The body you live in is worth tending—not because danger is everywhere, but because discernment is your birthright.

This isn’t about fear.
It’s about capacity.

Let’s rebuild that. Let’s stop chasing every red alert. Let’s start restoring the ability to interpret what’s true.

That’s terrain over toxin.
That’s how power is reclaimed.

You don’t need to live in fear. You need to live in connection—with your system, your clarity, your power.

I’m not here to tell you what to avoid. I’m here to remind you: your body is wiser than you’ve been taught. And it’s never too late to listen.

That’s the work.
That’s the reclamation.

Not sure where your signal’s getting scrambled?
Start with a Vital Signal Check—your first step in restoring clarity, capacity, and sovereignty from the inside out.