Join Life after Cancer coach Steph in a workshop on practical ways to use positive self-talk for better wellbeing after cancer Welcome to our workshop. Today we're going to spend 20 minutes or so reframing unhelpful thoughts into helpful thoughts by taking steps to think about things a little but differently. We can often get caught up in our own thoughts, listening to our inner critics that can sabotage our progress. During this workshop, we take a look at the conversations

If you’re struggling with Fear of Cancer Recurrence (FCR) after finishing treatment, you’re not alone. Fear of cancer recurrence (FCR) is one of the most common concerns for cancer survivors, affecting daily life, work, mood, and overall wellbeing. In this video, Dr. Anna Cartwright (Highly Specialist Clinical Psychologist, King’s College London) summarises some key points from our Fear of Cancer Recurrence workshop. The video covers: An overview of fear of recurrence How to

Join Life after Cancer coach Steph in a workshop on steps to rebuilding your life after cancer by identifying changes and setting new goals Welcome to our workshop. Today we're going to spend 25 minutes or so helping you find balance in your life post cancer. After a cancer diagnosis, many individuals feel that their pre-diagnosis goals and visions no longer align with who they are after treatment ends. We take a look at where you are now and where you'd like to be before mak

Join Life after Cancer coach Steph in a workshop on prioritising what really matters after cancer and aligning your life with who you are now Welcome to our workshop. Today we're going to spend 20 minutes or so prioritising your life goals, breaking down big goals into daily actions and talking about how to use accountability to keep you motivated. This workshop will allow you to start working towards the life that you’d like to be living post cancer. It can be difficult movi

Join Life after Cancer coach Steph in a workshop on how to identify supportive vs. draining relationships after cancer Welcome to our workshop. Today we're going to spend 20 minutes or so evaluating the friends who drain you and the friends who energise you. Unfortunately, friendship breakdowns during or after a cancer diagnosis are not unusual. It is a topic we often hear come up in our community WhatsApp group and in our support groups. If you have experienced this, we’d li

Join Life after Cancer coach Steph in a workshop on how to explore who you are in your life after cancer treatment. Welcome to our identity after cancer workshop. We're going to spend 30 minutes or so exploring who you are after your cancer diagnosis. We’re going to take some time for an identity check in. We’ll introduce you to you and you'll get to know who you are a little bit better. As I’m sure you know, experiencing cancer is a huge life changing event, our beliefs, val

Join Life After Cancer Coach Steph for a Transformative Journaling after Cancer Workshop Welcome to our journaling after cancer workshop. We're going to spend 15 minutes or so reflecting on your cancer experience. If you have recently finished cancer treatment, this is a great workshop to start with. What is journaling? Very simply, journaling is the practice of writing down thoughts and feelings in order to understand them better. Why journaling? Allows space for reflection

Join Life after Cancer coach Steph in a workshop on how to prioritise yourself and practice self care in your life after cancer treatment. Welcome to our self care workshop. Today we're going to spend 15 minutes or so creating your very own personal self-care plan. Self-care is when you take the time to take care of yourself. It is anything that you enjoy doing that helps make you happy and maintains your physical, mental or emotional health. Taking any time that you can for

Sorting out insurance can be more difficult during and after treatment for cancer. Kathryn Knowles, a specialist protection insurance advisor from Cura insurance , has put together some knowledgeable resources to help you navigate insurance post cancer. How to apply for insurance One of the first things that people need to do when deciding that they want insurance after cancer, is to choose how they want to get it. You can go through an advised route, non-advised, use an onli

Choosing between coaching or therapy can be daunting. They have different focuses, strategies and outcomes. We guide you through the differences, so that you have the confidence to make a decision when looking for support in your life after cancer. What is coaching? Coaching is a form of learning, where a coach supports an individual to make progress in some way. Progress might include reaching a goal, solving a problem, generating awareness or creating change. Coaching is of

Watch Nevo Burrell, Image Consultant and stylist, as she discusses different approaches to building resilience. Resilience is an individual’s ability to maintain or restore relatively stable psychological and physical functioning when confronted with stressful life events and adversities. Cancer and its after affects are associated with substantial distress that can cause long-lasting negative psychological outcomes . Learning how to build resilience can help reduce the risk

Life after Cancer coach Steph, will guide you through a series of questions to help create a recipe that will allow you to be at your best more often. There will be areas of your life that you are already operating at your version of your best. We will look together at where you are at your best and guide you towards creating a plan to enable you to be at your best more often. In any area we have the potential to get make improvements. You only need 9 minutes, a quiet space a

Join reflexologist, Anna Woodward, as she guides you through a 7 minute hand reflexology exercise to calm and destress. Hand reflexology is a complimentary therapy which consists of applying pressure to specific points on your hands with the aim of bringing about a sense of deep relaxation and helping the body's own healing process. What is reflexology? Reflexology is one of the most popular types of complementary therapy in the UK. Some cancer centres offer reflexology treat

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 Hannah Currant Founder of Hannah Currant Shiatsu Hannah (She/Her) Experienced and qualified EFT and Shiatsu Practitioner Uncertainty, especially after you have completed cancer treatment, can be one of the hardest places to sit in life. We can feel paralysed and unable to make plans, think ahead, or allow ourselves to fully relax. Often leaving us in a powerless or anxious state, with no discernible ways out. Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) is sometimes known as “acup

If you talk about life post-treatment with the cancer community, the fear of cancer returning will be high up on the list of concerns. If you're experiencing an overwhelming sense of fear and anxiety around cancer recurrence, you are not alone. Cancer charity Maggie's reports that between a third and two-thirds of people who have experienced cancer will have anxious thoughts about their cancer returning. Fear of Cancer Recurrence (FCR) is one of the most common worries we he

You are not alone if you find that your pre-diagnosis goals and visions no longer align with who you are after treatment ends. Once you have had a cancer diagnosis it can be difficult to visualise a future for yourself that doesn’t involve cancer. It is important to give yourself permission to be hopeful about the possibilities your future holds and take some time to consider what your new story might be. One way of doing this is practising visualisation. Using the power of y

It can be difficult reassessing our goals after cancer treatment has finished. Often goals that were important to us pre-diagnosis may now seem unattainable or no longer align with who we are after treatment. When you finish cancer treatment you are left to navigate life with all the ‘baggage’ that cancer and its treatment may have left you with. A member of our community summed it up perfectly when she referred to feeling 'rudderless' after treatment came to an end. When you

It is important after cancer treatment to take time for yourself to focus on where you want to be and setting achievable, meaningful goals will help you to get there. Breaking down bigger goals into flexible weekly and monthly activities is a great way to work towards a bigger plan. At the start of each month, the Life after Cancer community meets up for a goal-setting workshop where we clarify our focus and goals for the month. If you are unable to attend our goal-setting w