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Breast Cancer Now

Breast Cancer Now

If you’re looking for authentic stories about life with and beyond breast cancer, we’re here. Welcome to the Breast Cancer Now podcast. Join host Laura for open, supportive and honest conversations with guests who have personal or professional experience of breast cancer. Laura Price is a writer, podcaster and author of the novel Single Bald Female. She’s living with secondary, incurable breast cancer. We’re Breast Cancer Now, the research and support charity. If you’ve got questions about

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S6 Ep16: Hayley on drawing the breast cancer experience

Breast Cancer Now ·

2025/09/25

Hayley Gullen is an illustrator who was diagnosed with breast cancer aged 37. In this episode of the Breast Cancer Now podcast, Hayley talks to Laura about her graphic memoir ‘This Might Surprise You’. She talks about why she decided to write a graphic memoir, and how she used her illustrations to express her identity whilst going through the “dehumanising” experience of breast cancer treatment. The conversation also goes into how Hayley’s book covers the ups and downs of a breast cancer

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S6 Ep15: Sam on sex and intimacy after breast cancer

Breast Cancer Now ·

2025/09/12

Sam Evans is an intimate health and pleasure expert who shares tips on intimacy during menopause and coping with the side effects of cancer treatment. This week on the Breast Cancer Now podcast, Sam talks candidly about the effects of breast cancer on our sex lives, and how these may be relieved to allow more enjoyment of sex and intimacy again. She also speaks about why she set up the online company Jo Divine, which sells sex products with a particular focus on safety and sexual health.Sam is

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58:12

S6 Ep14: Helen on dealing with grief

Breast Cancer Now ·

2025/08/29

Helen Skelton is a psychotherapist and campaigner who lives with secondary breast cancer. In this episode, Helen talks in depth with Laura about grief. How grief isn’t just about losing someone, but about the loss of anything; your hair, your body image, your friendships, the life you hoped you’d have.Drawing on her own experience, Helen shares the grief she’s experienced as part of her breast cancer diagnosis and treatment, and how that grief extends to losing friends in the breast cancer

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56:39

S6 Ep13: Kelly on acceptance and taking on challenges

Breast Cancer Now ·

2025/08/15

Kelly Crump is a model and influencer who lives with secondary breast cancer. On the Breast Cancer Now podcast she talks to Laura about finding out at the age of 40 that her cancer had spread, and how she feared she wouldn’t be able to continue doing the things she loves, like hiking and running.But Kelly also shares how exercise, positivity and talking openly and honestly all helped her to live life on her own terms, even while living with breast cancer. She speaks about her experience climbing

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47:26

S6 Ep12: Giving breast cancer patients #MoreTimeToLive

Breast Cancer Now ·

2025/08/01

Sophie Blake, who lives with secondary breast cancer, talks to Laura about Breast Cancer Now's campaign to make sure everyone with breast cancer across the UK can get access to the drugs they need to survive. Eleanor from Breast Cancer Now also joins the conversation to explain the issues with the drug approval system in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and what work Breast Cancer Now is doing to help change things. Help us take action now with our automatic form that contacts your MP asking

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57:28

S6 Ep11: Faye and Rebecca on The Show by Breast...

Breast Cancer Now ·

2025/07/18

Faye and Rebecca join Laura in the podcast studio to talk about The Show by Breast Cancer Now. At The Show, they joined 21 other people who live with or beyond breast cancer, as models for the day. They speak about the nerves and excitement of taking to the catwalk in stylish outfits, the importance of support and friendship between all their fellow models, and how they feel several weeks after the big night! Faye also talks about how her diagnosis of breast cancer affected her body image, and

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49:37

S6 Ep10: Donna Fraser on mental attitude towards...

Breast Cancer Now ·

2025/07/04

Donna Fraser OBE, Team GB athlete, was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 36, with no family history. In this episode of the Breast Cancer Now podcast, Donna talks to Laura about how this shock diagnosis affected her and the tough decisions she had to make about her world-class athletics career.Donna also speaks about being an Ambassador for Breast Cancer Now, and her work to improve breast cancer diagnosis and treatment more accessible for people in ethnically diverse communities. You

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56:58

S6 Ep9: Paula on living well with secondary breast...

Breast Cancer Now ·

2025/06/20

Paula was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2022, and found out just 2 months later that it had spread to her lungs. In this episode of the Breast Cancer Now podcast, Paula chats with Laura about how she dealt with the shock of a secondary breast cancer diagnosis, and how she copes with the continued impact on her and her family.She’s joined by one of our nurses, Catherine, who talks with Paula about Breast Cancer Now’s face-to-face support services. They discuss how these and other services helped

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S6 Ep8: Alice on breast cancer language and wellness

Breast Cancer Now ·

2025/06/06

Alice-May Purkiss is a wellbeing creativity coach and author who was diagnosed with breast cancer aged 26. In this episode of the Breast Cancer Now podcast, she chats with Laura about the language we use to talk about cancer, and if there is better language we can use. Alice also talks about the impact her breast cancer diagnosis had on her mental health, and shares tips and tricks she has learnt to help her live well with depression. You can find Alice on instagram @alicemaypurkiss You can

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52:57

S6 Ep7: Richard and Stuart on breast cancer in men

Breast Cancer Now ·

2025/05/23

Richard was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015, and Stuart was diagnosed in 2005 and now lives with secondary breast cancer.They are both involved with the Men’s VMU, an online group aimed at supporting men with a breast cancer diagnosis, promoting research into breast cancer in men, and raising awareness of the signs and symptoms. Only around 400 men are diagnosed with breast cancer in the UK each year. Richard and Stuart talk about how their diagnoses took them by surprise, and share their

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S6 Ep6: Anna on coping with PTSD

Breast Cancer Now ·

2025/05/12

Anna was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer when she was 34. After having an adverse reaction to her treatment she was hospitalised, and that trauma continued to affect her long afterwards. Anna talks about the effects of her diagnosis and PTSD on her family and the ways she’s discovering to cope with them.We’re also joined by Vic, clinical nurse specialist at Breast Cancer Now, who provides expert support to people with a breast cancer diagnosis through our many support services. She

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S6 Ep5: Rosamund Dean on wellness

Breast Cancer Now ·

2025/04/25

Rosamund Dean is an author and journalist who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2021. In this episode, Rosamund talks to Laura about her mental and physical health, what she’s learned from her diagnosis, and how she deals with the fear of her breast cancer returning. Rosamund was diagnosed at the age of 40 and she documented her journey with a column in the Sunday Times Style magazine. Since appearing on this podcast back in 2021, Rosamund has completed her treatment and come a very long

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53:37

S6 Ep4: Claire Rowney – a chat with the CEO of Breast...

Breast Cancer Now ·

2025/04/11

Claire Rowney joined Breast Cancer Now as Chief Executive Officer in 2024. In this episode, she talks about why she chose Breast Cancer Now, and her personal connection to breast cancer that happened while she was applying.Claire also talks about her career in charities including her time at Macmillan and Cancer Research UK, and outlines her ambitious plans for Breast Cancer Now to make sure that by 2050, everyone diagnosed with breast cancer not only lives, but lives well. You can listen to our

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S6 Ep3: Caroline Leek on parenting with cancer

Breast Cancer Now ·

2025/03/30

Caroline Leek is the founder of Fruitfly Collective, which empowers people with a cancer diagnosis to navigate family life and to support their children. Caroline set up Fruitfly Collective to give the kind of support she wished she’d had when her own father died when she was 12 years old. In this episode, Caroline gives helpful tips for explaining cancer to children of all ages, including whether it's OK to use the word "cancer", the importance of getting timing right, and how to talk to a child

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S6 Ep2: Lisa Riley on family history, awareness and...

Breast Cancer Now ·

2025/03/14

Lisa Riley plays the iconic character Mandy Dingle on ITV soap Emmerdale. Mandy was involved in a breast cancer storyline last year, which explored family history and genetics, and sex and intimacy after cancer. In this episode, Lisa tells us about the research and collaboration with Breast Cancer Now behind the scenes to get the details of the storyline right. Lisa also sadly lost her mum to breast cancer in 2012. She opens up about how that affected her mental health and why she made the choice

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S6 Ep1: Laura on the new season of the Breast Cancer...

Breast Cancer Now ·

2025/02/28

Laura is the returning presenter of the Breast Cancer Now podcast. In this short episode Laura introduces herself and discusses what to expect in this season of the podcast.In this episode Laura also talks briefly about her experience of living with a secondary breast cancer diagnosis, and living well. You can follow Laura on social media or find out more below: Instagram @laurapricewrites Facebook @LauraPriceWrites Subscribe to her podcast Life in Food with Laura Price Read her novel Single Bald

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S5 Ep16: Everyone on their goals for the future of...

Breast Cancer Now ·

2024/07/19

This season we asked all our guests the same question: if you could change one thing in terms of breast cancer diagnosis, treatment and beyond, what would it be?Their answers ranged from providing better mental health and exercise support, to making sure people from all backgrounds have access to the same treatments and resources. From more awareness of the signs and symptoms of breast cancer, to more funding and research to be put into extending the lives of secondary breast caner patients. From

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S5 Ep15: Toral and Kreena on cancer in the South...

Breast Cancer Now ·

2024/07/05

In this episode, Laura talks to Toral and Kreena about breast cancer in the South Asian community, and the cultural expectations and taboos that surround a diagnosis.Toral and Kreena share their experiences being diagnosed with breast cancer as younger women. Toral describes the challenges of getting breast cancer three times, and Kreena talks about her infertility from breast cancer treatment. They both speak about issues they've faced during their cancer diagnosis and treatment, from the health

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51:08

S5 Ep14: Barbara on Working With Cancer

Breast Cancer Now ·

2024/06/21

In this episode, Laura talks to Barbara about working after a cancer diagnosis and treatment.Barbara shares her experience being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005, and how she realised a need to support people with cancer going back to work. She also speaks about her organisation Working With Cancer, and describes the ways a person working with a diagnosis can access support, as well as some helpful practical tips. Read more information about work and breast cancer. Find more resources,

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S5 Ep13: Fiona on inspiring change in the face of...

Breast Cancer Now ·

2024/06/07

In this episode, Laura talks to Fiona, a Breast Cancer Voice and active campaigner for disability issues.Fiona speaks about being diagnosed with breast cancer over 30 years ago, and the challenges she faced during her diagnosis and treatment. She tells Laura about her disability and wheelchair use, and how it created obstacles in treatment for breast cancer. Fiona also talks about her volunteering and fundraising for Breast Cancer Now, as well as founding the initiative Swimming After

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