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Quiet a gloomy subject really - FEAR! But it's there, with us very often during our journey through breast cancer or any major life event to be honest and it can be something that if allowed to can really take hold and impact on how you manage and negotiate the challenges.

Fear can be overwhelming it's true but I believe there are some simple things we can learn and incorporate into our lives that makes the fear easier to live with and manage. My message here is really that being afraid is normal, it's okay and something we all experience but we do not have to allow it to be in control or controlling us.

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This is a very raw podcast - it's something i recorded (safely) during a car journey. There are emotions, tears and absolute truths in this very quick podcast but I urge you to give it a listen if you are struggling with emotions, feeling unstable, on medication that might be numbing you.

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This week I'm talking about a subject that's very close to my heart and was one of the instrumental changes I made in my life that started a big shift in the way I managed and approached difficult times - Acceptance.

For many people this is a battle and a challenging topic - many may confuse acceptance with resignation but they are very different. For me, acceptance is all about moving towards an experience and letting it in, whereas resignation is about holding on, giving up and letting go but with a sense of a grudge almost.

These tools are some of the initial ways that Mindfulness can be incorporated into your life generally but through your breast cancer journey these tools can be quite life changing in helping you navigate the emotions properly, fully and learning to be open and acceptant of how you are feeling. By starting to do this work you are opening yourself up to a new way of approaching and managing these challenges - gifting yourself some self-love.

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This episode is sharing with you how I made a massive shift in my behaviour and mindset over the last few years and the changes that has enable me to incorporate into my life and the way I approach challenges. It's so true that if you want a different result you have to try something different and that's what I did when I embraced a massive change for myself.

Give it a listen and at the end there is a cheeky little morning mediation that sets you up perfectly for the day ahead - obviously don't do this if you listen to your podcasts when driving the car or at work!!!

In this episode I start to talk about my own experience with chemo, I share with you my first time going for treatment and how I handled it back in 2016, very different in 2021. I talk about the stigma around chemo and how I personally feel we should approach this treatment. 

I strongly believe that we should start to create more positive words and images around chemo rather than building fear and anxiety around the subject from the off. Now I know this is not an easy ask and that everything we have ever learnt about chemo is negative, but if that is all we have in our minds then we are not going to have anything but an awful experience. If, however we start to talk about chemo differently, create new words and pictures to help build a new dialogue in our minds about this area of treatment.

Breast cancer, and all cancer for that is a journey and chemo is just part of that journey - and it's not part of everyone's journey, for some, there is not a need for chemo (and they breathe a huge sigh of relief!) but for those who do take that road then I want to help start to shape a different approach.

This is just touching on this subject and it's something that is a large part of what I do - helping women come to terms with diagnosis and then approach treatment with ease, eradicated the crippling fear and anxiety and replacing those emotions with acceptance, compassion and peace.

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This is literally a ramble of thoughts from me after waking up this morning with my dog literally with her arm around me in bed 💞

Becoming a dog person after years of thinking dog people were a little - or totally- bad shit crazy 🤪 but this little bundle of fluff changed my mind and made my 2021 breast cancer journey far more bearable than it might have been. 

This comes, yet again from the heart and is all about body confidence. Something that as women we struggle with - even when we know deep down we look good we have to find something to be unhappy about - we all know about that!!

But cancer has changed my body - not only with the removal of my left breast and the reduction of my right - I was a GG cup when I was diagnosed - that's Gigantic!!! What has also changed is the shape of my body - where I carry my weight, and although I know I can lose it again if I put my mind to it, it's hard to think about.

So when a friend shared a quote from Glennon Doyle - one of my favourite women - it shifted something inside me. You need to listen to the episode to get the point because I don't want to spoil it but it's more than just accepting what and who we are - it's putting a whole new layer onto that old message for me. Give it a listen and let me know what you think, I'd love to hear from you!

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I'm going to start by apologising, this is a vert short and sweet episode...I'm fresh back from holidaying in Spain and catching up but wanted to share this message with you. There's more to come on this topic but for now this is my take on feeling good through treatment and beyond.

"Fake it til you make it" is a well worn saying and I'm not always a great believer.....sometimes I think it can be damaging to think that faking something will eventually lead to it becoming a reality. But for me during treatment I think this is what I was doing to some extent.

I always made sure whenever I was going to appointments, treatment, out out for anything (hospital appointments quickly become your social events 😜) that I made sure I put on make up, bronzer on my beautiful bald head (which I miss by the way 🤔) and made an effort to look good. And it works. If you can look in the mirror and say "I am looking good today...." then that feeling will resonate inside and it helps you feel better inside. Now I'm not saying that a bit of bronzer can take away the woes of chemo....that's not possible but for me it helped me face treatment with a stronger mindset.

At the end of the day you have to do what's right for you - but looking good, whatever that means for you can definitely help you feel even just a little better.

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Episode Show Notes

Ever looked at someone and wondered how they seem to be able to hold it together when you feel bit shit crazy? Well, the chances are that they know about the rules of the mind.

In this episode I'm giving you a little sneak into the rules of the mind and how you can become a mindset master with just a little juggling of the way you are thinking. It's not rocket science by any means and when you've learnt about this you will probably wonder why you haven't been doing this all the time. In fact you might think you have but then all of a sudden you will realise there are narratives going on in your mind that could be upgraded, easily and effortlessly and have amazing outcomes.

So....off you pop.....give it a listen and then start practising and let me know how you get on.

This breast cancer game is bloody stressful - I know this, please believe me! And even with masses of support you can still be sat feeling overwhelmed, anxious and just bloody confused! Where to turn, how to calm your mind and find some peace in all this craziness.

Well this week I'm continuing my discussion about mindfulness and expanding this to talk all things meditation - stop rolling your eyes - I know that so many people are still so sceptical about meditation but it really can help YOU right now to find some peace!

So many people still doubt the power of meditation - "does it really work?" they ask - the answer is a very loud 📢 YES!!!!!

There are so many benefits you can get from meditation - even 10-15 minutes a day. 

 It sounds appealing, right? So, if you want to gain those desirable feelings of well-being, calmness and happiness tune in and give it a listen.....I've even included a beautiful visualisation meditation 😜

Enjoy and Namaste 🙏

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