"I've Got More Planned For You" | Tamsyn Gerrits on Cancer, Healing & Finding Hope

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What happens when the life you carefully built is interrupted by a diagnosis you never saw coming?

Tamsyn Gerrits is a former Miss South Africa Top 5 finalist, creative strategist, marketer, mom, entrepreneur, and ovarian cancer survivor. After making the Miss South Africa Top 5 in 2022, Tamsyn built a life across business, motherhood, creativity, and personal growth — until a sudden health crisis changed everything.

In this deeply honest conversation, Tamsyn opens up about her cancer journey, identity, motherhood, faith, resilience, beauty, and what it means to rebuild your life from the inside out.

She explains:
◼ The moment she realised something was seriously wrong
◼ What her ovarian cancer diagnosis taught her about control
◼ How illness changes your identity, body, and sense of self
◼ The emotional reality of chemotherapy and hair loss
◼ What motherhood looked like in the middle of treatment
◼ How faith, family, and purpose helped her keep going
◼ Why true beauty is formed in the hardest seasons

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19 Jun English South Africa Alternative Health · Christianity

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