Let’s talk about the fear of recurrence.

You know the one. That fear that lingers no matter how long it’s been since treatment ended. The one that hijacks your thoughts when your back aches or you find a new bruise or feel more tired than usual. The fear that sneaks in right before every scan, or in the middle of the night, whispering, what if?

It doesn’t matter whether your cancer diagnosis was last week, a year ago, or 20 years ago. 

Most people don’t get it. They see the “all clear” and think it’s over. But you know better. You’ve lived the before and after. And even though the doctors say you’re doing great, your nervous system hasn’t gotten the memo.

Once you’ve lost your “cancer virginity,” the idea that “this can’t happen to me” is seen for what it is - an illusion. 

The problem is that this fear still drives too many of your decisions. Keeps you from relaxing. From dreaming. From living fully.

What if you said, I’m done letting fear run the show?

The thing is - you can’t just “decide” to ignore fear. Emotions don’t  work that way. Your subconscious brain doesn’t work that way.

It also doesn’t mean pretending you’re not scared. You’ve probably already spent way too much time trying to do that. 

It means learning how to hold that fear with compassion and learning to sit with it in a way that it no longer triggers that visceral response in your body.  

Only then will it stop driving your choices and hijacking your brain with the least provocation.

Real freedom is trusting your body again. Sleeping through the night. Planning for the future. Laughing without that background noise in your brain asking, but what if it comes back? 

Knowing that if it does come back, you’ll still be you, and you will have the resources and support you need to get through it without losing your mind.

That kind of freedom isn’t just possible. It’s necessary if you want to live your life out from under the shadow of cancer.

And here’s the truth—you don’t have to fight for it alone. In fact, the answer isn’t “fighting” at all.

It’s accepting what’s happened so that you can move forward. 

And you probably don’t yet know how to do that—or you’d already have done so. 

But just because you haven’t done it doesn’t mean it can’t be done. I can show you how.

If you’re ready to let go of the fear that’s been following you around since your diagnosis - no matter how recently or long ago that was, I’m here. Let’s help you feel safe in your life again.

PS - I'm hosting a free workshop on Saturday, November 15, 2025 at 10 am PST / 1 pm EST called CLEAR THE FEAR: Let Go of Recurrence Anxiety. Click HERE to register.

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