Hi,I'm Elina
I know what it feels like to hear the words "you have breast cancer."
The fear, the overwhelm, the desperate need to find answers. I've been there.
At 40, I was diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer. Genetic tests showed a high likelihood of recurrence and metastasis within 17 months, and my doctors urged chemotherapy. I declined, and as an international journalist at the time, I approached my diagnosis as the most important investigative assignment of my life. I dove deep into modern medicine, nutrition, ancient healing traditions, spirituality, and emotional work. I left no stone unturned. Two years later, my oncologist pronounced me cured. Sixteen years later, I remain cancer-free.
That journey became my life's work, dedicated to helping you heal after a cancer diagnosis.
I'm a mother, entrepreneur, inventor, therapeutic chef, author, cancer conqueror, and cancer healing strategist. I’m also the creator of the Healing Journey Method, The Fuhrman Cancer Protocol and the Soupelina Soup Cleanse. I believe cancer is not a random event but a signal of deeper imbalance. True healing happens when we address the physical, emotional, and spiritual roots of why we became ill in the first place.
My work bridges science and spirituality, food as medicine, sacred rituals, and evidence-based healing drawn from world-renowned oncologists, naturopaths, functional medicine practitioners, and spiritual teachers across the globe. My work has been featured in The New York Times, Vogue, Goop, and Good Morning America. But what matters most to me are the women I've helped reclaim their health and their lives.
Whether you are newly diagnosed, in treatment, or searching for another way forward, you don't have to navigate this alone.
Let me show you how.
My Intention
My intention is to offer you a whole new concept of healthcare, a relationship-centered, holistic approach rooted in ancient healing wisdom and supported by the latest scientific research.
Think of it as a truly spiritual soup, a nourishing blend of everything that heals, motivated by my own healing from cancer, and guided by a deep desire and a promise I made to God and the Universe, to facilitate breakthroughs and life-changing transformations in others.
Through my own remarkable healing journey, I realized that physical illness stems from an overload of emotional, psychological, environmental and spiritual crises. That realization became the foundation of my protocol and everything I do. Over 15 years of learning, research, and deep personal work, I connected with my own healing abilities, integrating nutrition, holistic medicine, and spiritual practice into one cohesive path.
While the protocol I created healed my body, soul-opening miracles have occurred to me and through me during my spiritual journey.
I'm here to share my magic with you.
My Approach
What makes my approach unique is that I don't just hand you a prescription and a protocol. I walk beside you.
Week by week, we talk through it all. I read your body, your energy, and your spirit, and I evolve your healing plan in real time. I detox your kitchen and home, rewrite your program weekly, collaborate with your doctors, inspire you, motivate you, hold you accountable, and track your progress.
I take care of you.
Everything we work on together is rooted in ancient wisdom and modern science, drawing from Ayurveda, Chinese Medicine, Naturopathy, Quantum Healing, and Frequency and Energy Healing. Every healing journey is different, and every program is created around your specific needs, your body, and where you are right now.
Together, we go deep. Healing at a cellular level, releasing what no longer serves you, and catalyzing the kind of transformation that goes far beyond physical health.
And I will be with you, every step of the way.
Roots
Soupelina began as a soup cleanse program in Los Angeles, working with celebrities, award-winning performing artists and anyone ready to detox their body and reclaim their health. Over 15 years and more than 40,000 soup cleanses later, something became clear. The key to success was not simply offering the soup cleanses, it was giving people the exact tools I personally used during my own healing from cancer, so they could take back control of their own health.
In my book, Soupelina's Soup Cleanse (DaCapo Lifelong, 2016), I shared the philosophy, the recipes, and the healing wisdom I had accumulated through my own cancer journey. It was my way of putting those tools directly into people's hands. The book went into two printings, landed on Amazon and Book Soup bestseller lists, and was translated into four languages, bringing this healing approach to people around the world who needed it most.
And yes, even the bestseller list had “soup” in it. The universe has a sense of humor.
I was humbled by the response. It confirmed what I had always believed: people everywhere are hungry for another way. They just need someone to show them the path. And that path needs the right tools. Because people who are willing to help themselves, and who have the right tools to do so, are always successful in their healing journey.
That belief is the beating heart of everything Soupelina stands for today.
