Cups & Courage The Podcast

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Cups & Courage is a podcast about breast cancer, body image, and the power of lived experience. Each episode dives into honest, funny, and courageous conversations with people who’ve been there — patients, survivors, carers, families, and healthcare professionals. We talk about the parts often left out of leaflets and hospital corridors: treatment choices, body confidence, relationships, the pressure to reconstruct, and what breast cancer really feels like day to day. With warmth, humour, and raw honesty, Cups & Courage challenges stigma, amplifies underrepresented voices, and creates space to connect, laugh, cry, and feel understood. Grab a cuppa, pull up a chair, and join the conversation.

  1. FEB 18

    Choosing Flat: Juliet on Symmetry, Advocacy & Informed Choice After Breast Cancer

    Juliet was diagnosed with breast cancer ten years ago — a routine mammogram that changed everything. After a mastectomy and chemotherapy, she made a decision that surprised her medical team: she chose not to reconstruct. Instead, she fought for symmetry, autonomy, and the right to live in a body that felt honest to her. In this powerful episode, Juliet shares the emotional and physical reality of living with one breast, the long battle to be heard by her surgeon, and the relief she felt when she finally woke up flat. We talk about informed consent, medical culture, body image, advocacy, and why visibility matters for women who choose a different path. This is a conversation about courage — not just surviving cancer, but insisting on choice, dignity, and self-definition Support the show

    42 min

  2. JAN 29

    Charlayne: Holding Space on the Front Line of Breast Cancer Care

    In this episode of Cups & Courage, we sit down with Charlayne — clinical nurse specialist, breast care nurse, and co-founder of a charity supporting young women with breast cancer. With over 40 years in nursing, Charlayne shares what it truly means to walk alongside people at the most frightening moments of their lives. We talk about vulnerability as courage, the shock of diagnosis, information overload, and the quiet but vital role breast care nurses play as translators, advocates, and anchors. Charlayne opens up about building support where none existed, creating safe spaces for young women, and why recovery is about far more than finishing treatment. We explore the gaps that still remain — support for children, partners, intimacy, and life after cancer — and the small acts of care that make a lasting difference. This is a conversation about compassion in practice, the power of being seen, and the courage it takes to hold space for others every single day. Support the show

    53 min

  3. JAN 14

    Carly’s Story: Triple Negative, BRCA, and Finding Courage After Everything Changed

    When Carly was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer at 37, it wasn’t her first encounter with cancer. With a family history of breast cancer and an unexpected discovery of the BRCA1 gene mutation, her diagnosis unfolded fast — from swollen lymph nodes to chemotherapy, immunotherapy, and a double mastectomy with DIEP flap reconstruction. In this deeply honest conversation, Carly shares the reality of navigating an aggressive diagnosis, making treatment decisions, advocating for the right medical team, and undergoing major surgery during lockdown. She talks openly about fear of recurrence, learning to live in a changed body, grief, humour, resilience — and the unexpected ways cancer reshaped her identity. We explore genetic testing, BRCA awareness, patient advocacy, mental health after treatment, preparing for surgery, and why joy, play, and self-compassion became essential parts of survivorship. A conversation about courage that’s quiet, real, and hard-won. Support the show

    55 min

  4. JAN 7

    Emma: Living Scan to Scan After a Stage Four Breast Cancer Diagnosis

    In this episode of Cups & Courage, we sit down with Emma, who was diagnosed with de novo stage four metastatic breast cancer after what she thought would be a routine mammogram. Emma shares what it’s really like to live scan to scan — carrying a life-limiting diagnosis while feeling physically well, navigating constant uncertainty, and learning how to live alongside fear without letting it take over. We talk about genetic testing, late screening, advocacy, and the complicated relationship with a body that looks the same but no longer feels safe. This is a conversation about quiet strength, trusting medical teams, and redefining what courage looks like when cancer isn’t something you “get through,” but something you live with. A powerful, honest episode about awareness, autonomy, and choosing to live fully — even when tomorrow isn’t guaranteed. Support the show

    39 min

  5. 12/04/2025

    Sophie — Reframing Chemo & Redefining Courage: Cups and Courage

    In this deeply honest conversation, Sam sits down with Sophie — diagnosed in 2020 with stage 3 breast cancer. Sophie shares her story with raw clarity: from a mammogram that missed her cancer, to the shock of finding it in 13 lymph nodes, the fear of a liver lesion, and the strange reality of chemo, menopause, and body changes no one prepares you for. We talk about courage not as fighting, but as walking forward without knowing the outcome. Sophie reflects on reframing her experience, making friends with chemo (yes, really), navigating implants and body image after reconstruction, and the pressure to live a “new life” after cancer — even when you’re still figuring out who you are now. This is one for anyone living in the messy middle: grateful to be here, but still carrying the weight of it. With biscuits (contentious choices were made), humour, vulnerability, and a whole lot of truth. 🫖 Expect: body talk, menopause chat, cancer reality, self-worth, hope, therapy, courage (real courage — not the inspirational quote version). 🍪 Biscuit of choice: fig rolls — surprisingly divisive. Support the show

    56 min

  6. 11/19/2025

    Visibility Matters: Jacqui on Black Women Rising, Belonging & Being Understood

    In this powerful conversation, we sit down with Jacqui  — a Black Women Rising ambassador whose breast cancer diagnosis arrived just six weeks into a brand-new chapter of her life. Jacqui shares how shock, dismissal, and relentless side effects shaped her experience, and how she had to fight to be heard in a healthcare system that repeatedly minimised her pain. She speaks openly about the pressure to return to work, the financial fear that pushed her beyond her limits, and the emotional cost of holding everything together for her family. Jacqui also explores the deep generational reasons why trust in healthcare can be fractured for Black women, and why visibility, representation, and safe spaces are vital. From navigating endocrine therapy and complex side effects to discovering survivorship therapy, mindfulness, and community support, Jacqui traces the long road from numbness to feeling again — and the role Black Women Rising played in helping her reclaim her voice. This episode is about courage that isn’t loud or dramatic — it’s about refusing to stay stuck in fear, learning to rest, asking for help, and allowing yourself to feel. Jacqui’s story is a reminder that healing isn’t linear, and that none of us should have to do it alone. Support the show

    50 min

  7. 11/05/2025

    Cups & Courage: Anna & Katie — When Friendship Meets Fate

    When lifelong friends Anna and Katie were both diagnosed with the same rare type of breast cancer within two years, their worlds turned upside down. In this powerful and deeply personal conversation, they talk about friendship, loss, and the courage it takes to keep pushing when the system doesn’t listen. From the uncanny parallels between their diagnoses to the differences in their treatment, they share how grief, humour, and self-advocacy helped them through. Together they reflect on reconstruction, menopause, and identity — and the ongoing impact cancer has on family, body image, and confidence. This episode is full of laughter, honesty, and hard-won wisdom about listening to your gut and fighting to be heard. 🎧 Cups & Courage shares raw, real conversations about breast cancer, body image, and the courage it takes to live life on your own terms. Support the show

    55 min

  8. 10/29/2025

    Saskia: Choosing Courage — Between Information, Intuition and Healing

    In this deeply honest episode of Cups & Courage, Saskia shares her experience of being diagnosed with breast cancer in early 2025, navigating surgery, radiation, and the often-conflicting world of medical advice. A professional working in oncology herself, Saskia offers a rare dual perspective — as both patient and insider — on how information, bias, and communication shape our choices. She opens up about wanting agency in her treatment, the emotional gap left by rushed consultations, and the quiet courage it takes to simply live each day after diagnosis. Together, Saskia and host Samantha Vale explore what bravery really means, how cultural attitudes shape our responses to illness, and the importance of listening — to ourselves, to each other, and to the space between being “well” and “not well.” Cups & Courage is a podcast that shares real, raw, and hopeful conversations around breast cancer — the messy middle, not just the milestones. Support the show

    39 min
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Cups & Courage is a podcast about breast cancer, body image, and the power of lived experience. Each episode dives into honest, funny, and courageous conversations with people who’ve been there — patients, survivors, carers, families, and healthcare professionals. We talk about the parts often left out of leaflets and hospital corridors: treatment choices, body confidence, relationships, the pressure to reconstruct, and what breast cancer really feels like day to day. With warmth, humour, and raw honesty, Cups & Courage challenges stigma, amplifies underrepresented voices, and creates space to connect, laugh, cry, and feel understood. Grab a cuppa, pull up a chair, and join the conversation.

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  • Creator
    Wilde Wood Films
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    16
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Cups & Courage The Podcast
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