Cancer Cured Me

In this solo episode of Cancer Cured Me, I’m talking about manifestation, comfort zones and what can happen when you finally decide to stop playing small.

After setting an intention under the full moon, I was invited to give a paid wellbeing talk on nervous system regulation, breathwork and wellness - exactly nine years to the day since my cancer diagnosis.

I’m also sharing the very funny story of my husband Jase doing a stand-up comedy course at The Comedy Store and somehow making me, my wellness business and all my breathwork ways the centre of his set.

This episode is a reminder not to wait for a crisis, a cancer diagnosis or a huge life shake-up before you do the thing you’ve always wanted to do.

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This is a very short solo episode to celebrate episode 80 of Cancer Cured Me - and I had to share this story because honestly, you could not make it up.

I recorded this on 9th June 2026.

That date is my husband’s birthday.

It is also exactly nine years to the day since I was diagnosed with cancer.

And just over a week before this anniversary, I received a message from the school where I used to work when I got that diagnosis.

They invited me back to speak to their women’s empowerment group about wellness, breathwork and nervous system regulation.

A paid speech.

On the exact same date.

In the exact same place.

Nine years later.

I mean… come on.

In this episode, I share the full-circle story of going back to the place where my life changed completely, but this time as a cancer survivor, a wellness speaker and a very different version of myself.

It’s a little story about synchronicity, healing, purpose and those moments in life that make you stop and think, “Okay, something bigger is definitely going on here.”

Thank you for being here for 80 episodes. I’m so grateful.

• Why this 80th episode felt like the perfect moment to share this story
• The significance of 9th June in my life
• The joke my husband always makes about my cancer diagnosis being the worst birthday present
• Being invited back to the school where I was working when I was diagnosed
• Why the timing of the talk felt so powerful
• Speaking about wellness, breathwork and nervous system regulation to a room full of women
• What it means to come full circle after a life-changing diagnosis
• Why I feel more ready than ever to do this work

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This is an encore episode of Cancer Cured Me with the incredible Lisa Johnson - global business strategist, public speaker, Sunday Times bestselling author and host of a number one podcast.

Lisa has built a hugely successful multi-million pound business, but her self-belief did not begin there. In this powerful conversation, she shares how she grew up in poverty, was chronically bullied throughout her childhood for being poor and spent years believing the cruel things other people had said about her.

What makes Lisa’s story so moving is not just the success she has created, but the inner work it took to get there. She talks openly about bullying, low self-esteem, domestic violence, money mindset, entrepreneurship, online trolling and the moment she decided to ask herself: “What if they’re wrong?”

This episode is a beautiful reminder that self-belief is not always something we magically wake up with. Sometimes it is something we rebuild, piece by piece, through action, evidence, purpose and learning to know who we are - even when the world has tried to tell us otherwise.

Lisa also shares the practices that helped her build what she calls a rock-solid core of self-belief, including the importance of understanding your money story, finding proof that people like you can succeed and learning to love all parts of yourself - not just the neat, polished, socially acceptable bits.

We also talk about why money should be a by-product of impact, why the online business world needs more integrity and why Lisa’s work is now deeply rooted in service, purpose and changing the industry for the better.

This is an episode for anyone who has ever felt knocked down by other people’s opinions, held back by old stories or unsure whether they are really capable of the life they secretly want.

Because sometimes the most powerful question we can ask is: what if they were wrong?

• Lisa Johnson’s childhood experience of being bullied for being poor
• How bullying can shape self-esteem and self-belief
• The moment Lisa decided to prove to herself that the bullies were wrong
• Building confidence through action and evidence
• Money mindset and the hidden beliefs that can limit our income
• Why Lisa talks openly about money and business success
• How she built a multi-million pound business
• The emotional reality of entrepreneurship
• Dealing with online trolling and criticism
• Lisa’s practice for building inner confidence and self-acceptance
• Why external validation can never be the foundation of self-belief
• Turning pain into purpose
• Why money is a by-product of impact
• Bringing more integrity into the online business space
• Lisa’s advice to her younger self: live as if you are already cancelled

Find Lisa Johnson at www.lisajohnson.com

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This week’s episode is a very special encore with the brilliant Georgie Shears, nervous system strategist and ICF accredited neurosomatics practitioner.

I wanted to bring this conversation back because nervous system regulation is one of those things I genuinely believe we all need to understand. Not in a complicated, “add another thing to your already overflowing to-do list” kind of way, but in a deeply human, practical, life-changing way.

In this episode, Georgie explains what nervous system regulation actually means, why we are not meant to feel calm all the time and how our bodies learn survival patterns that can keep us stuck in anxiety, panic, people pleasing, overwhelm or shutdown.

We talk about fight or flight, rest and digest, the vagus nerve, why mindset alone is not always enough and how simple body-based practices can help us feel safer, calmer and more connected to ourselves.

Georgie also shares her own powerful story of anxiety, panic attacks, postnatal depression, health anxiety and the moment she realised she needed to understand what was happening in her body - not just her mind.

This is such a useful episode if you have ever felt like you are constantly bracing, overthinking, reacting, people pleasing or living with that low-level hum of anxiety in the background.

And as always, this is not about fixing yourself. It is about understanding yourself.

• What nervous system regulation really means
• Why you are not meant to be regulated all the time
• Fight, flight, freeze and shutdown
• The difference between the thinking brain and the body’s survival system
• Why anxiety can become a learned survival pattern
• How stress affects digestion, immunity, sleep and energy
• Why nervous system tools need to meet you where you are
• The power of nature, grounding and simple sensory practices
• The vagus nerve and why it matters
• How people pleasing can be a nervous system response
• Simple practices you can use straight away to come back into the present moment

Your body is not working against you. It is trying to protect you.

Nervous system work is about gently showing your body that you are safe now, one small moment at a time.

In the episode, Georgie shares two beautifully simple practices you can try:

The 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 presence practice

A grounding tool using your senses to bring your body back into the present moment.

A gentle ear massage to support the vagus nerve

A calming practice that can help send signals of safety through the body.

As Georgie says, even a 1% shift matters.

You can find Georgie on Instagram: @georgieshearsstrategist

Georgie also shares free resources, tools and ways to work with her through the link in her Instagram bio.

nervous system regulation, anxiety support, fight or flight, vagus nerve, somatic healing, trauma-informed wellbeing, emotional regulation, nervous system tools, burnout recovery, people pleasing, stress relief, rest and digest, grounding practices, women’s wellness, midlife wellbeing, holistic health podcast.

Based on the transcript you shared for the Georgie Shears encore episode. 

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This week I’m sharing a very special encore episode with the wonderful Adele Wimsett (ignore the early days production values!). I wanted to bring this conversation back because the content is still so valid, so important and so needed. Adele is a women’s health practitioner and cyclical living guide who specialises in perimenopause, ADHD and hormone health, and she has been a hugely important part of my own healing journey. I’m also absolutely thrilled that Adele will be joining us at the Held Retreat in the Cotswolds from 25-28 September, where she’ll be running one of her fantastic workshops for the women attending. For more information www.lalaloves.com

In this episode, we talk about why hormones are not just about periods or fertility. They affect your mood, energy, brain, nervous system, sleep, joints, skin, immunity and so much more. Adele explains why progesterone is so important for emotional regulation, why stress can have such an impact on hormone balance and why so many women reach midlife feeling exhausted, overwhelmed, anxious or not quite themselves.

We also explore why perimenopause can feel especially intense for women with ADHD, how cyclical living can help us stop expecting ourselves to feel the same every day, and why simple things like morning light, protein at breakfast, blood sugar balance and nervous system tools can make such a difference.

This conversation is full of those “oh my goodness, that’s me” moments. It is not about perfection or another impossible wellness routine. It is about understanding your body, working with yourself rather than against yourself and realising that you are not broken.

The HELD Retreat 25-28 September 2026

Held is a luxury retreat for women who are ready to pause, reset, reconnect and feel deeply supported. Adele’s workshop is such an important part of the retreat because this work is exactly what so many women need - clear, grounded education about their bodies, hormones, nervous systems and how to start feeling more like themselves again.

In this episode we talk about:

• Perimenopause and ADHD
• Women’s hormone health
• Progesterone, mood and nervous system regulation
• Stress, cortisol and adrenal health
• Blood sugar and midlife wellbeing
• Cyclical living
• PMDD and PCOS
• Morning light and protein at breakfast
• Why women need to stop pushing through

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In this encore episode of Cancer Cured Me, I’m joined by Kristen Carder, host of the I Have ADHD podcast, for a brutally honest and deeply validating conversation about ADHD in women, rejection sensitive dysphoria, emotional regulation, masking, parenting and learning to trust yourself again. We talk about why rejection can feel so painful, why ADHD mothers can be triggered by seeing their own struggles mirrored in their children and why you are not broken, lazy or “too sensitive”. A must-listen for women with ADHD, anyone exploring a late ADHD diagnosis and anyone who wants to understand RSD, nervous system regulation and self-compassion more deeply.

• ADHD in women and why so many are diagnosed later in life
• Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria, also known as RSD
• Why rejection sensitivity can feel so painful and physical
• The link between childhood criticism, masking and adult ADHD shame
• Why ADHD parenting can be so triggering
• Repairing after you’ve snapped at your child
• The difference between ADHD symptoms and everyday struggles
• Why “everyone gets distracted” is not the same as having ADHD
• Emotional regulation and nervous system support
• Therapy, coaching and medication for ADHD
• Self-soothing tools for rejection spirals
• Why the first sting of rejection may still happen, even when you’ve done a lot of healing
• ADHD, perfectionism and the pressure to be palatable
• Why women with ADHD often lose their voice, their “no” and their sense of self
• How to start building self-trust again

Kristen suggests:

First, honour the sting.

Don’t shame yourself for feeling hurt. Don’t tell yourself you’re being ridiculous. Don’t try to bulldoze the feeling away with “positive thinking” or any other nonsense that makes you want to throw a cushion across the room.

Let yourself acknowledge it.

Then soothe your body.

That might be breathing, placing a hand on your chest, asking someone safe for a hug, stepping outside or doing something that helps your nervous system settle.

Then, once your body has calmed down, check your thoughts.

Ask yourself:

Was this an actual rejection?

Or have I created a rejection story in my mind?

Because sometimes someone really has been unkind or dismissive. But very often, especially with ADHD and RSD, we are reacting to a scenario our brain has created to protect us.

It’s clever. It’s exhausting. And it is not always accurate.

Kristen Carder is an ADHD coach, host of the I Have ADHD podcast and founder of Focused, a global coaching programme and community for adults with ADHD.

After being diagnosed with ADHD at 21, Kristen spent years learning how ADHD actually affects adult life, relationships, work, parenting, emotional regulation and self-trust. Through her podcast, coaching and community, she helps adults with ADHD feel less alone and learn practical ways to support themselves.

You can find Kristen here:

Podcast: I Have ADHD

Instagram: @i.have.adhd.podcast

Programme: Focused ADHD coaching programme

ADHD in women, adult ADHD, late ADHD diagnosis, rejection sensitive dysphoria, RSD, emotional regulation, nervous system regulation, ADHD parenting, ADHD mothers, ADHD and shame, ADHD and self-trust, masking in women, ADHD coaching, trauma-informed ADHD support, neurodivergence, ADHD relationships and feeling too sensitive.

This episode is such a gorgeous reminder that healing doesn’t mean never being triggered again.

It doesn’t mean never snapping, spiralling, overthinking or feeling that awful sting of rejection.

It means noticing sooner.

Repairing quicker.

Understanding yourself more gently.

And slowly, slowly learning that you are allowed to be human.

You are a human being, not a human doing.

And if this episode helps you feel even a tiny bit more understood, then I am so glad you’re here.

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I owe Fearne Cotton an apology.

Years ago, I judged her after seeing one tiny moment from the outside. But after hearing her speak so honestly about people pleasing, panic attacks, public scrutiny, losing jobs and the pressure of being liked, I saw her completely differently.

In this solo episode, I talk about what Fearne’s words brought up for me, why people pleasing is often a nervous system response, and why so many women reach a point in midlife where they realise they can’t keep saying yes at the expense of themselves.

I also share why I’m pausing Cancer Cured Me after 75 episodes, what I’ve learned from creating this first long season, and how I’m putting more energy into The Wellness Collection, my non-profit CIC providing funded retreats and support for people recovering after cancer.

A very honest episode about judgement, burnout, boundaries, rest, purpose and knowing when to pause.

Please keep messaging while we're on our break - I always love hearing from you and will get back to everyone personally.

Big love, La x

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To mark Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Month, I’m joined by the incredible Vikki Feltham - a senior leader, speaker and advocate whose story is one of the most powerful conversations I’ve ever had on Cancer Cured Me.

At 34, after almost five years of nosebleeds, pain and being repeatedly told it was nothing serious, Vikki was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma inside her nose. Her life-saving treatment meant losing her nose, followed by chemotherapy, radiotherapy and a long physical and emotional recovery.

But this episode is not only about cancer. It is about identity, visible difference, self-advocacy, motherhood, medical gaslighting, confidence and what happens when life strips you back to the rawest version of yourself.

Vikki shares how she went from hiding at home after treatment to using her story on TikTok, speaking publicly, working with cancer organisations and becoming an advocate for earlier diagnosis and better patient-led support.

We talk about the loneliness after treatment ends, the cliff edge so many cancer patients face, how visible difference changes the way you move through the world, and why rebuilding after adversity is messy, brave and deeply human.

NHS guidance lists persistent one-sided blocked nose, nosebleeds, loss of smell and blood-stained mucus as possible symptoms of nasal and sinus cancer, although these symptoms can also be caused by less serious conditions. If something does not feel right, please keep asking questions and seek medical advice. 

In this episode, we talk about:

• The nosebleeds that began years before Vikki’s diagnosis
• Being dismissed, misdiagnosed and lost in the system
• The shock of being told she had head and neck cancer
• Losing her nose as part of life-saving treatment
• Chemotherapy, radiotherapy and the reality of recovery
• The emotional cliff edge after treatment ends
• Visible difference, confidence and learning to be seen again
• How Vikki used TikTok to help others advocate for themselves
• Why cancer recovery is not just physical
• Rebuilding identity after trauma
• Motherhood, purpose and choosing not to shrink your life
• The power of saying, “If not me, then who?”

Connect with Vikki: Click here check out her podcast coming Summer 2026

Insta: vikkidotcom

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Why do you keep falling back into the same habits - no matter how hard you try?

It’s not a lack of discipline… this is what's keeping you stuck...

Today’s episode is for you if you’ve ever thought…

Why can’t I just change?

Why do I keep falling back into the same habits, the same patterns, the same behaviours - no matter how hard I try?

Because here’s the truth - it’s not that you’re lazy, undisciplined or lacking willpower.

There’s actually a much deeper reason behind it.

In this episode, I’m diving into the science of behaviour patterns - including the concept of Pavlov’s dog - and how your environment is quietly shaping your habits every single day without you even realising it.

Your home, your routines, even your kitchen or sofa… they’re not neutral spaces.

They’re full of emotional and behavioural triggers that keep you stuck in the same loops.

And once you understand this, everything starts to make sense.

I’m also sharing something I’ve personally noticed - how I can be one version of myself at home, and a completely different version of myself when I step away. More present, more regulated, more intentional.

And that’s where the real shift happens.

Because sometimes, the most powerful thing you can do isn’t try harder…

it’s step out of the environment that’s keeping you stuck.

In this episode, I talk about:

• Why your habits aren’t a discipline problem
• How your environment creates automatic behaviours
• The link between dopamine, stress and daily patterns
• Why you feel different on holiday (and what that tells you)
• How to gently break negative patterns without force
• The power of a “pattern interrupt” and why it changes everything
• How retreats help reset your nervous system and create lasting change

This is exactly why I believe so deeply in the power of retreats.

Not as an escape - but as a reset.

A chance to step away from the noise, the pressure, the constant doing…

and finally hear yourself again.

Because when you remove the triggers, regulate your nervous system, and give yourself space -

you don’t just feel better…

You start to think differently.

You make clearer decisions.

You create new patterns that actually stick.

And once you’ve experienced that version of yourself…

you can’t un-know it.

If something in this episode resonated with you - if you know you’re ready for a shift but can’t seem to create it in your current environment - this could be exactly what you need.

I’m currently creating a waitlist for my upcoming luxury wellbeing retreats in the Cotswolds.

Think beautiful countryside, complete calm, chef-prepared nourishing food, powerful workshops, and world-class teachers - all designed to help you reset, regulate and reconnect with yourself.

This isn’t about escaping your life.

It’s about changing how you live it.

Spaces will be offered to the waitlist first.

→ Join the waitlist now via our website www.lalaloves.com

→ Or message us directly with the word WAITLIST via Instagram @lalalovesretreats

If retreats don’t feel accessible right now, please still reach out - there are other ways we can work together.

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If you’ve been feeling more isolated than you expected… even with a full life, a busy schedule and constant digital connection - this episode will land.

Because something is shifting.

We are more “connected” than ever, yet so many people are quietly experiencing loneliness, disconnection and a lack of real community. And I’ve been feeling it too.

In this episode of Cancer Cured Me, I’m talking honestly about what I saw, felt and realised after pushing myself out of my comfort zone and stepping into a room full of people - in real life.

And what became incredibly clear is this:

We are not designed to do life alone.

And no amount of online interaction replaces genuine human connection.

In this episode, I share:

• Why loneliness is becoming so common in the age of remote work and online business
• How working from home and digital-first lives are impacting mental health and wellbeing
• What I witnessed at a live networking event that completely shifted my perspective
• The truth about AI - and why you are still the edge
• Why in-person events, retreats and community spaces are becoming more important than ever
• The role of connection in regulating your nervous system and supporting emotional wellbeing
• How to overcome loneliness in simple, realistic ways
• Why authenticity and being physically present with others changes everything
• The power of shared experiences - from conversations to collective healing spaces

Let’s talk about what actually helps:

It doesn’t have to be something big.

It could be:

• Saying yes to a local class or workshop
• Walking into a room where you don’t know anyone (I did exactly that)
• Joining a community, even if it feels slightly uncomfortable at first
• Choosing an in-person experience over another night on the sofa
• 
  

Because the shift that happens when you’re with people - not just messaging them - is immediate.

Your body feels it. Your energy changes. You remember what it feels like to belong.

A personal invitation from me:

I’m opening the waitlist for my next retreat in the Cotswolds this September - and it’s everything this episode speaks to.

A beautiful setting, designed to help you slow down properly.

Space to breathe, move, reset and reconnect.

But more than anything - it’s the women who come.

The conversations, the shared moments, the friendships that form so naturally when you’re in the right environment with the right people.

That’s the part you can’t manufacture online.

📍 25th - 28th September 2026

📍 The Cotswolds

If you want to be part of it:

DM me WAITLIST on Instagram @lalalovesretreats

or use the contact details below

www.lalaloves.com

Email: [email protected]

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The takeaway:

Loneliness isn’t something to push through or ignore.

It’s a signal.

A signal that you need connection, community and real human interaction.

And the good news is - it’s closer than you think.

If this episode resonated, share it with someone who might need it.

And make one small move this week towards connection - you never know where it might lead.

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