Melanie Childers – Show Notes

Both an activist and also helps other activists and women running for office.

Got cancer at the age of 34.  That began her activist career.  Started being very vocal and outspoken about how cancer will change your life.  Started a breast cancer podcast and started an online breast cancer magazine.

Facing your own mortality, you realise all these other little things don't matter very much.  If you have something you need to say you need to say it.  There is no time to sit in the corner being sad or afraid.

Cancer is like a bomb going off in your life.  When the dust settles everything becomes very clear.

Coming to an understanding of the way we talk to ourselves and how we let that hold us back and how we can shift out of that so we are taking action anyway is so important.

Your thoughts are not always what is true.  She can decide how you want to feel. 

Courage journal – write down every time you've been courageous, everything you're good at, every time you've done well. 

How to create your confidence manifesto. 

Our brain wants to focus on the achievement.  But what matters if that you did it and that you got up and tried anyway. 

It takes one election to change everything so every vote matters.  You have to speak up about the things you care about.  You need to be a part of change for the better. 

We are being forced to look at the way we hurt each other even if we didn't mean it.

Resilience tools – deep breaths to centre and ground herself.  Yoga.  Cycling.  Feel her feelings and sit with them and don't attach any thoughts to them.  When we resist it hangs around.  When we acknowledge it we can often let it go quickly.  Always try to take small action steps to move forward when she is feeling overwhelmed.