045 Breast Cancer Lessons – Five Important Lessons for Everyone!

Unlock Your Confidence with Clare Walsh

It’s October and so it’s breast cancer awareness month and I thought it would be a good opportunity to share my learnings from being diagnosed and treated. What has this got to do with confidence? More than you would think- I promise you.

This episode we’ll talk about the importance of checking your breasts monthly and the five lessons I learnt that will help you too! One in two of us will get cancer in our lifetime which means that the majority of us will at some point have someone close to us going through cancer treatment. I hope that these five lessons will help you navigate your way through.

What You’ll Learn:

- How often you should be checking your breasts and where to find instructions

- Why being there for the person who needs you is far more important than having the right thing to say

- The importance of asking for help and accepting it

- Why letting go of the guilt is a life lesson for all of us at all times

- How changes that cancer treatment caused to your body can knock your confidence

Know your body. Go and get anything unusual for you checked out. It could save your life.

Resources mentioned in the episode:

- Coppafeel https://coppafeel.org/

- Macmillan Cancer Support https://www.macmillan.org.uk/

- Breast Cancer Now https://breastcancernow.org/

- Cancer Hair Care https://www.cancerhaircare.co.uk/

- Look Good Feel Better https://lookgoodfeelbetter.co.uk/

- Ticking off Breast Cancer https://www.tickingoffbreastcancer.com/

- Victoria’s Promise https://www.victoriaspromise.org/

On Instagram:

- Dr Liz O’Riordan @oriordanliz

- Dr Tasha Gandamihardja @drtashag

- Rad chat @rad_chat

Books:

- The Complete Guide to Breast Cancer: How to Feel Empowered and Take Control, a book by Professor Trisha Greenhalgh and Dr Liz O’Riordan https://amzn.to/3d6ITfA

- Get Your Oomph Back: A Guide to Exercise after a Cancer Diagnosis, a book by Carolyn Garritt https://amzn.to/3B6ryeP

- The Cancer Misfit: A Guide to Navigating Life After Treatment, a book by Saskia Lightstar https://amzn.to/3RWBWfF

Contact me: [email protected]