HeyJaredWomen Beyond Cancer - Rebecca Perkins
Writer, coach & cancer survivor offering gentle guidance and grounded insight for women beyond cancer. Rooted in nature, lived experience, compassion and emotional truth. New notes daily, essays weekly.
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When Treatment Ends And Cancer Doesn’t (opens the original)
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Today I took the final calcium medication issued by the hospital following my last bone strengthening infusion back in March.I have mixed feelings about this. It's the confusion of it I think, the fact that everyone has moved on and it won't register with anyone else but me and maybe my cancer buddies - it's a very private feeling in my mind and I have tears in my eyes as I'm writing this.I was in the kitchen lining up my vitamins, coffee made, breakfast ready to be eaten and I stopped as I push
Holding Two Realities (opens the original)
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There is a particular exhaustion in holding two realities at once (my dad slowly dying + rebuilding my life after cancer). The desire to show up fully for both and knowing that I simply can’t do that. I’m tired and frustrated.Life feels suspended right now even as it carries on. Then a hospital appointment envelope arrives: a DEXA scan. Another building to walk into. I push through the doors of the Breast Clinic and feel it immediately - the sick feeling, the waiting room full of women, the anxi
A PhD In Self Compassion (opens the original)
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I feel like I’m currently enrolled in a PhD in self compassion. The more I feel swamped by my feelings, the louder the inner critic becomes. In turn the louder the inner critic the more important it is to step in and remind myself that self compassion is something to be practised.What does self compassion look like as a practice?This is the practice. It’s not about doing it well. It’s absolutely not doing it perfectly. It is about turning toward yourself, again and again, when the critic is loud
Hey! I'm Still Here (opens the original)
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Writing feels hard today. I’ve started three separate posts and given up. I have both so much to say and nothing to say. I’m questioning myself. This is just to say hello. I’m still here. I know that getting pen to paper, or fingers to keyboard helps release whatever is stuck in my brain. My brain goes wandering off in different directions. I’m struggling to concentrate on anything. And then the inner critic coughs loudly to make herself heard…I came across a post on LinkedIn from a friend who w
Am I eating enough protein? (opens the original)
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Am I eating enough protein? What’s the right type of protein?Am I eating enough fibre? Is fibre maxxing something I need to investigate?Carbs? Good or bad?Alcohol? Yes in moderation or not at all?Magnesium? But which one and how much?Turmeric? Yes but make sure it’s with black pepper.Creatine? Absolutely not/depends what research you read.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/f
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