Chemotional Rollercoaster

“Remember, be kind to yourself!” We’ve heard this a zillion times but what does this look like? How do we actually do it?Today we are diving into the world of Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) with exp...

28 Aug 20251h 5min

Imagine trying to help run the country and you get slapped with cancer. Lisa Chesters, elected as the federal member for Bendigo five times running, has faced this very scenario.Lisa was very generous...

21 Aug 20251h 9min

Nobody wants to be in the kids cancer ward. Yet, there are superstar nurses who choose to work there. Today we chat to one of those superstars, Michelle Edwards, who lifts the lid on what it’s like.Th...

14 Aug 20251h 2min

Cancer in your 30s really sucks. Having it come back again sucks even more. Today we chat to Phil Mellen, the bloke who nearly cancelled his colonoscopy. Lucky he didn’t. Phil is a mega reflective, ra...

7 Aug 20251h 12min

“One issue at a time please!” If only this was possible in life. Here’s the rub: all people, everywhere, have issues they are managing…and then some people get cancer on top.Nobody enters the cancer j...

1 Aug 20251h 4min

We were all scared in COVID times. Fair enough. Well, now imagine living overseas in that time, with little kids, adding a cancer diagnosis on top, with a border to your home country and family suppor...

24 Juli 20251h 4min

Make room in life for uncomfortable thoughts and feelings?! Has Glynn lost his mind?!Cancer treatment brings with it all sorts of challenging thoughts, feelings, urges and body sensation…and he reckon...

16 Juli 20251h 16min

Last week on the show, Tannis McDonald — two-time cancer legend — shared a powerful piece of advice: try to embrace chemo, radiation, and other treatments not as something awful, but as something life...

9 Juli 20251h 8min