Beating The Odds

Joanne Lockwood speaks with Georges Córdoba about his decade-long experience of living with and recovering from stage IV melanoma, including multiple surgeries and the realities of enduring treatment while trying to protect family life and work.

Georges describes the turning point that led him to step away from chemotherapy and pursue a holistic health pathway, and how that shift reshaped his understanding of healing as something that involves lifestyle, mindset, stress, sleep, nutrition and emotional processing. He explains his “four legs of the table” model (physical, emotional, mental, spiritual) and the role that forgiveness, faith and daily habits played in his recovery.

The conversation also explores the pressures people can face from family and clinicians when choosing different approaches, the importance of support for caregivers, and Georges’ later transition into coaching others using his framework to build sustainable wellbeing.