If the word boundaries makes you feel uncomfortable, guilty, or like you’re about to disappoint someone, this episode is for you.

In today’s episode, Gabby talks openly about burnout after cancer, why it hits so hard, and why learning to say no isn’t selfish, rude, or ungrateful, it’s essential for healing. After treatment ends, many women find themselves exhausted, overwhelmed, and carrying everyone else’s emotional load, often without realising how much it’s costing them.

Gabby explains why burnout is not a personal failure but a physiological response to doing too much, too soon, with too little energy. She shares practical, compassionate tools to help you protect your energy, communicate boundaries calmly, and let go of guilt, without becoming hard, sharp, or defensive.

This episode is for you if you’re tired of people pleasing, feel permanently “on,” or worry that resting makes you lazy. It’s a reminder that you didn’t survive cancer just to live in survival mode forever.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode

1. Why burnout after cancer is a body response, not a character flaw
2. How your nervous system is still recalibrating after treatment
3. Why “back to normal” is a myth — and why that’s okay
4. The Polite No Formula that makes boundaries easier and guilt-free
5. How to spot the early warning signs of burnout before your body forces you to stop
6. Simple, practical energy-protecting habits that actually work
7. Why boundaries don’t push people away — they teach people how to treat you
8. How letting others have their feelings is part of healthy self-respect

Resources & Links:

1. Book a free clarity call with Gabby: Schedule here
2. Connect with Gabby on Instagram: @gabby.mottershead
3. Visit the website: confidenceaftercancer.co.uk
4. Watch on YouTube: Subscribe here
5. Join Gabby’s weekly newsletter for tips on life after treatment: Sign up here

After cancer treatment ends, food becomes so much more than food. It becomes emotional, confusing, filled with questions, rules, guilt, comfort, and sometimes even fear. One moment you're enjoying a slice of toast, and the next your mind whispers, “Should I be eating this? Should I be juicing kale? Is this biscuit going to ruin my life?”

If you’ve ever felt this tug of war between wanting to nourish yourself and wanting to live freely, this episode is going to feel like a deep exhale.

Today, Gabby unpacks why food becomes complicated after cancer, how trauma attaches itself to eating habits, and why extreme thinking (“I must eat perfectly forever” vs “forget it, pass the biscuits”) is so common. You’ll learn a simple, calming approach to food—the Energy Plate Principle, that removes perfectionism and brings you back to ease, trust, and confidence.

This episode is not about strict rules, nutrition degrees, or counting grams. It’s about helping you feel safe in your body again, rebuilding energy gently, and making food a source of nourishment rather than stress.

• Why food feels emotional after cancer (and why that is completely normal)
• How trauma affects eating patterns, cravings, and decision-making
• The Energy Plate Principle: a simple, balanced way of eating without tracking or restriction
• Why carbs are not the enemy and why enjoying your food matters
• How hydration, sunlight, gentle movement, and real foods support mood and energy
• Why the biggest shift is not what you eat, but how you think about what you eat
• How to rebuild self-trust after cancer erodes confidence in your choices
• The difference between lacking discipline and lacking energy
• Why compassion, not perfection, is the foundation of healing your relationship with food

Resources & Links:

• Book a free clarity call with Gabby: Schedule here
• Connect with Gabby on Instagram: @gabby.mottershead
• Visit the website: confidenceaftercancer.co.uk
• Watch on YouTube: Subscribe here
• Join Gabby’s weekly newsletter for tips on life after treatment: Sign up here

If you’ve ever felt a sudden ache, waited for a scan result, or simply been watching television when your mind whispers, “What if…?”, this episode is for you.

Today, Gabby speaks directly to the fear that so many women carry long after treatment ends: the fear of cancer returning. It’s the fear we whisper about, joke about, hide under the duvet about, but rarely say out loud. And yet, it is one of the most normal emotional experiences after cancer.

Gabby explains why your brain reacts the way it does, why fear can feel so overwhelming, and how trauma conditions the nervous system to jump to worst-case scenarios. You’ll learn how to recognise fear patterns like body-checking, late-night catastrophising, and Google doom-scrolling, and more importantly, how to interrupt them with compassion rather than shame.

This episode offers grounding questions, soothing tools, and a gentle reminder that fear does not mean you are broken. It means you are human. And you can absolutely learn to live a big, beautiful life even when fear occasionally taps you on the shoulder.

You can retrain your mind. You can expand your life. And you deserve a future that is brighter than your past.

• Why fear of recurrence is a normal, conditioned response after cancer
• What your brain is actually trying to do when it spirals into worst-case scenarios
• The most common fear patterns and how to recognise them
• The Three Grounding Questions to interrupt fear in the moment
• Why slowing down helps the nervous system return to safety
• How joy can become medicine when fear tries to take over
• How to expand your life again through hope, planning and self-trust
• Why your future is allowed to be big, bold and bright

Resources & Links:

• Book a free clarity call with Gabby: Schedule here
• Connect with Gabby on Instagram: @gabby.mottershead
• Visit the website: confidenceaftercancer.co.uk
• Watch on YouTube: Subscribe here
• Join Gabby’s weekly newsletter for tips on life after treatment: Sign up here