Follow a short visualisation to help you challenge negative thoughts and emotions to move past issues you may be experiencing. We sometimes forget that we have the power to take control away from negative emotions and feelings. The aim of this exercise is to focus on challenging something that has been making you feel uncomfortable and visualising yourself physically taking the power away from it. It is important to recognise that what is taking over and controlling us is ju

Watch Dr Lauren Macdonald, stage 4 cancer survivor, discuss the positives of giving up control and learning to surrender. Surrender is the final frontier in the healing journey from any life challenge. Control is an illusion and clinging to control can be exhausting and damaging for our nervous system. Surrender is the complete acceptance of what is, knowing it will all be okay, even without your input. On the other side of surrender is where we can find peace and connection

Meet Sadru Sadru (he/him) Diagnosed in 2012 - Brain cancer I am stronger than I ever imagined Sadru shares his story of hope after Brain cancer and what has worked for him in moving forward in his life after cancer. Sadru was diagnosed with Brain cancer at the age of 18. He has remained clear of cancer since treatment but does experience some disabilities as a result of his treatment. Cancer has changed Sadru's whole perspective on life and feels grateful for the perspective

Meet Allyson Allyson (she/her) - British Diagnosed in 2020 - Ovarian cancer I have hope. I have strength. I am practically perfect in every way. Allyson shares her story of hope after Ovarian cancer and what has worked for her in moving forward in her life after cancer. Allyson was diagnosed in 2020 with Ovarian cancer. Seizing joy is a big part of Allyson's life post cancer and she has surrounded herself with everything she needs to cultivate her joy in her craft sanctuary.

Anonymous (she/her) - Arab Diagnosed in 2017 - Her2+ / Er/Pr- Stage II Breast Cancer I am a runner! I am curious. I am strong. My life changed pretty much overnight. I was at home reading on a Saturday night in April 2017 when by sheer chance my hand came to rest on a lump on my breast. The rest, as they say, is history. Or is it? Although my diagnosis was around five years ago now, the reverberations continue. The early days post cancer treatment were the hardest; I was sc

Meet Allyson Allyson (she/her) - Mixed Diagnosed in 2019 & 2020 - Breast & Ovarian cancer I am strong, I am resilient, I am being the best I can be. I have a diagnosis of Ovarian Cancer (OC) received in 2020, a year after having breast cancer. I have a homologous recombination deficiency, which is a bit of mouthful, but more commonly known as HRD. In the early days, I could never recall what it stood for, and for me became ' Hope, Resilience and Divine Healing' , the healing

Meet Amrik Amrik (she/her) - Indian Diagnosed in 2020 - Triple Negative Breast Cancer Cancer doesn’t define who I am. My courage is stronger than my fear. I am a survivor. 2020 was a year that I will never forget. The world plunged into chaos, as a global pandemic struck and shook everyone’s lives to the very core. In this surreal world, I found myself in a nightmare of my own, when out of the blue, I got diagnosed with Triple Negative Breast Cancer in January 2020. In a whir

Meet Alison Alison (she/her) - White British Diagnosed in 2020 - Stage 2B (T2, N1) ER+ Breast Cancer My top affirmation - Self-care is not selfish. Thank goodness I went along to my routine mammogram appointment in October 2020. It would have been so easy to find excuses to postpone it – after all, we were in the middle of a pandemic! I quickly became an expert in ‘tunnel vision’, blocking out worrying world events and focusing all my attention on each next hospital appointm

Meet Cathy Cathy (she/her) - White British Diagnosed in 2018 - Endometrial Cancer I am, I can, I will. Live Life to the full. Do what makes you happy I was diagnosed with Endometrial cancer in the summer of 2018. To say it was a shock would be an understatement. I’d thought I was going through menopause and had been going backwards and forwards to various GP’s until I found one who took me seriously. She suggested trying a localised oestrogen treatment, which appeared to wor

Meet Kirsty Kirsty (she/her) - White British Diagnosed March 2019 / Recurrence December 2019 - Cervical Cancer - 1B2 I am capable. I am enough. I trust my body. I received my first cancer diagnosed in March 2019. One month before I turned 32 and three months before I got married. Surely this was too soon to test the ‘in sickness and in health vow’? Two Loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP) treatments followed and three month 'belt and braces' checks up followed. Fast

Meet Patrycja Patrycja (she/her) - White Diagnosed in 2018 - Breast Cancer I am brave, I am learning everyday, I am enough. I was diagnosed with lobular breast cancer (stage II) in 2018. My treatment included mastectomy. Followed by chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and hormonal therapy for 5 years. My life post-cancer treatment was very difficult. My body went through a lot of physical and mental changes. I was struggling with multiple side effects after finishing chemotherapy a

Meet Sophie Sophie (she/her) - White Diagnosed in 2019 - Stage 4b Hodgkins Lymphoma I am brave. I am strong. I am enough. I was diagnosed with Stage 4b Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in November 2019, during my final year of A-levels, and went through treatment from then until July 2020. Considering I was 18 during the majority of my treatment, I really felt like I was missing out on so many important times and experiences a young adult should have. However, what got me through treatment

Meet Victoria Victoria (she/her) - White British Diagnosed in 2020 - Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia I am a survivor. I am brave. I am deserving. I was three weeks into my second year at Lancaster University in October 2020, studying Geography when I had gone to get a blood test as I’d been having PCOS symptoms. Later that day I was contacted to attend a hospital appointment for the next morning. It was at this appointment that I was told I had leukaemia and I was asked where I

Meet Juliet Juliet (she/her) - British Diagnosed in 2019 - Hodgkins Lymphoma I can do anything I put my mind to. I can get through any challenge thrown at me. I have everything I need to succeed. I was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma in November 2019, just before the 'delights' of the pandemic began. As with everyone’s journey through treatment, I didn’t find it easy, and whilst the physical symptoms were tough, one of the biggest things for me was the mental ‘pause’ I had t

Meet Juliet Juliet (she/her) - British Diagnosed in 2019 - Hodgkins Lymphoma I can do anything I put my mind to. I can get through any challenge thrown at me. I have everything I need to succeed. Juliet shares her story of hope after Hodgkins Lymphoma and what has worked for her in moving forward in her life after cancer. Juliet was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma in November 2019. Whilst Juliet found the physical symptoms of treatment tough, one of the biggest impacts of