633: How Chris Wark Beat Stage 3 Cancer Without Chemo and Healed Naturally
Achieve Your Goals with Hal Elrod
Hal Elrod
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 15 April 2026
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
If your doctor said chemotherapy is your only option, would you automatically say yes?
If you or someone you love is facing a cancer diagnosis, or you simply want to do everything you can to prevent it, this conversation may completely change the way you think about healing, health, and the questions you should be asking right now.
Today, I'm joined by my good friend, Chris Wark. Chris was diagnosed with stage three colon cancer at just 26 years old, shortly after getting married. After surgery, his doctors told him chemotherapy was required, but Chris chose a different path. He radically changed his diet, leaned into his faith, and over the last two decades has remained cancer-free. He later turned that experience into Chris Beat Cancer, a platform that has helped millions of people find hope, guidance, and practical support.
In our conversation, we talked about what it really means to take ownership of your health, especially when the stakes couldn't be higher. We explore the mindset shift from being a passive patient to becoming an active participant in your healing, along with the role faith, nutrition, and lifestyle can play when you're facing one of the most difficult moments of your life.
We also dive into the questions many people never think to ask their oncologist, why Chris believes healing begins with believing it's possible, and how forgiveness, gratitude, and reducing stress can impact your health in powerful ways.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Why Chris Wark Was A Pivotal Resource For Me
- Life Isn't Fair: Chris Wark's Stage 3 Cancer Diagnosis
- Trusting God & Finding Meaning in Hardship
- A Prayer Is Answered: A Path to Reject Chemo
- Healing Is Possible: The "Beat Cancer Mindset"
- How to Have Better Conversations With Your Doctor
- Questions Everyone with Cancer Should Be Asking
- Diet Tips & Daily Habits That Reduce Cancer Risks
- The Second Leading Cause of Cancer Is Surprising
- How to Connect & Learn From Chris
- Anger Is Toxic But Forgiveness Heals Pain
- Practicing Gratitude Is The Ultimate Stress Reliever
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Achieve Your Goals podcast, the show that empowers you to wake up to your full potential and achieve your biggest goals and dreams. |
| 0:09.6 | I am your host, Hal Elrod, and I invite you to join us each week as we share actionable strategies to take your life to the next level, |
| 0:16.5 | as well as interview world-class experts and entrepreneurs who have achieved extraordinary goals themselves, |
| 0:22.6 | and we ask them to give you a peek behind the curtain and teach you exactly what you need to do to do the same. |
| 0:27.9 | Ready? Here we go. |
| 0:31.4 | What would you do if a doctor told you that you had cancer and that chemotherapy was your only option, |
| 0:37.2 | although it could kill you. |
| 0:38.3 | Would you just say, yes? |
| 0:40.2 | My guest today, Chris Wark, was 26 years old, newly married and just getting his footing in life |
| 0:45.1 | when he was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer. |
| 0:49.0 | And when his doctors pushed chemo, he did something that scared everyone around him. |
| 0:53.6 | He said no. Instead, he radically transformed |
| 0:56.0 | his diet, his mindset, and his relationship with God. And over 20 years later, he is still here |
| 1:02.1 | cancer-free and he's helped millions of people do the same, including me. Now, I need to be honest |
| 1:08.0 | with you. I'm not unbiased when it comes to Chris. When I was diagnosed with a rare aggressive form of cancer with a 20 to 30% survival rate, |
| 1:15.3 | Chris's website, Chris beatcancer.com, was the single most important resource I turn to. |
| 1:21.4 | I genuinely believe it's part of the reason that I am still here with you today. |
| 1:25.8 | And in this conversation, we get into what cancer, |
| 1:28.8 | the industry doesn't want you asking your doctor, the diet and lifestyle changes that could |
| 1:33.8 | prevent cancer in the first place. And the one emotional practice, Chris believes, is as powerful |
| 1:39.4 | as any medicine. And I share exactly what I did to beat cancer against those odds. So make sure you |
| 1:45.7 | stay until the end. Whether you or someone you love is facing cancer right now or you simply don't |
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