In her own words, Saskia Lightstar was an airhead party girl who lived a superficial life. Today, she is a wellbeing coach and spiritual teacher – or what she calls ‘a happiness ninja’. But for 47-year-old Saskia, her happy and successful life came after her crushing cancer diagnosis. Saskia was diagnosed while she was living in South Africa, aged 39. She had a routine mammogram which found a lump but was told it was benign. “When I went to get it removed, the surgeon said: ‘I have no problem with the benign tumour, I’m just worried about the cancerous one next to it’.