My life beyond the cancer seas Here is a woman. As the light shines in through the kitchen window she wipes away the tears, her head is bowed, her arms across her middle. She holds herself thus for a few minutes, letting the tears come, watching them drop into the…

Beyond the cancer seas and into the menopause mountain It was dank. I think in Scotland they would call this day a dreich day. A day filled with mist and cold and little sun. Not a day for an adventure for most, more a day of firesides, steaming drinks and…

The magic of nettle. I’m excited. I’m truly happy in this moment. It’s the small things that give joy these days and this is such good news. I will tell more about why in a moment. First to set the backdrop of this story. When I was diagnosed with breast…

Musings on life after cancer and during menopause New phase and new chapter. The time of recovery that I craved for last year, that I focused on with a single minded obsession. That I was going to survive. And I am thankful to say I did indeed survive breast cancer…

My journey beyond the cancer seas I walked out of the door of the clinic in January 2022, the air was sharp and cool and I remember sitting in my car trying to understand what I was feeling. …

My journey beyond the cancer seas Have you noticed how squirrels seems to fly across the tips of the grass as they run? I watched one in the dewy autumn morning, as I stood indignant in my champagne pink dressing gown. Its a pretty cosmic thing to witness. They are…

My journey beyond the cancer seas. I can do it. I really can. As I sit again on the edge of my bed the feeling pervades me. Not quite anxiety. More akin to a disquiet. The edge of a sensation. The ghost of a feeling. The pull of the dark…

My journey beyond the cancer seas. I’m here in that place of beginnings again. About to step back into the world of work and purpose. Poised on a threshold that has seemed so far away for such a long time. Am I ready? No idea. And yet I have to…