NS More than 30 years after lighting up the silver screen in Grease, Olivia Newton-John hasn't lost any of the brightness that made her a global sweetheart, as Noosa Style discovers.
olivia newton-john WORDS: VIOLET WILDER
Considering all she's been through since her ‘Sandra Dee’ days, Olivia Newton-John is a true inspiration to us all.
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hrough an acting and music career- that ebbed and flowed between prolific and imperfect, she has ridden the waves, forever stayed true to her Aussie roots, and worked a way through life’s challenges, of which there have been many. Her latest success is undoubtedly the way she has once again, kept at arm’s length the spectre of cancer. Diagnosed with metastasis breast cancer in the early Nineties, the singer, songwriter, actress, philanthropist, and international superstar, has worked her way through considerable physical and mental doubt - and, as she says, is now in the best shape of her life.
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“Activity for me helps reduce stress,” she begins, “and for me this has been a big part of finding normality. Playing sports, going for a walk, keeping moving. If I'm feeling stressed I'll put on my running shoes and go either to the gym, or go for a walk to appreciate the beauty in nature. It’s not radical, it’s simple – but it makes me feel good. “I don't think there is any secret to being happy - I think it's a decision. I think I have a naturally pretty positive outlook and tend to believe the best in people and things.” Referencing what has become an almost perpetual battle against cancer, she says: “The first time I beat cancer I went through a divorce shortly afterwards, and that’s about the only time I would say a divorce felt so easy,” she laughs. “The biggest battle of my life had already been won.”
