This year Tania Taylor, a multi- award winning hypnotherapist, mum of two teenagers was looking forward to her Wedding to her wonderful Fiance. In January she went for her routine cervical screening test or as many of us know it as a smear test. She had always gone for her smear tests on time and didn’t think much about it, as she had never had any problems. She then got a letter through the post that told her that her smear result had indicated high grade severe dyskaryosis. In this episode she talks about her journey since January and how she was diagnosed with Cervical Cancer seven weeks ago.
This episode may be difficult for some to listen to. She highlights the amazing support she has received from Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust and those around her. We dispel some of the myths about HPV and cervical cancer and how you can prepare for your cervical screening (smear test) so that you can feel as relaxed as possible. There is even a link below to a relaxation audio that Tania has prepared. At the time of recording Tania was still waiting to see if the results following her second operation had been successful, this episode was extremely hard emotionally for Tania, not that you will be able to tell, as she did amazingly well. She is on a mission to help save lives this week in #CervicalScreeningAwarenessWeek and she is trying to reduce smear fear anxiety using her knowledge and experience as a clinical Hypnotherapist.
We are literally over the moon (well I was blubbing when I found out) that on June 11th Tania was told that her margins were clear of cancer and pre-cancerous cells. She is officially cancer free and able to say “My Smear test saved my life”. Please remember to go for your smear!
#JosCervicalCancerTrust #CervicalScreeningAwarenessWeek #cervicalcancersurvivor
#CervicalCancerAwarenessMonth
KEY LEARNS
“98.8% of cervical cancers can be prevented just by going for your cervical smear” “Of those diagnosed at an early stage, more than 96% of those people will go on to survive and live a normal healthy life. So, that really really shows that if you go for your cervical screening, even if you are like me and get diagnosed with cervical cancer, you will survive more than likely for the rest of your life”
“99% of cervical cancers are caused by the HPV virus. And we were talking earlier about the before we started recording about the HPV vaccine that is now given to 12 and 13 year old girls across the UK and boys now too” “We had some training called resilience training. And one of the things they taught us that I wish everybody in the world knew about was your ability to have a switch off routine when you finish work. And I think particularly as a therapist, and a therapist who works from home, that has been really significant for me in leaving what happens in the clinic room in the clinic room and not taking it into the house with me. So for me, my switch off routine is really, really simple. I have three lamps in my clinic room, and a door that locks and I switch off each lamp in turn lock the door. And that’s it. That’s me done.”
“A goal can never be too big. And you don’t have to know how you’re going to get there when you make it. But when you do make a goal, make sure that if you want to make that a goal that you are going to achieve that you break it down into small, achievable steps. You know, it doesn’t have to be an overnight magic wand situation. breaking things down, thinking about, what could I do today, that would make me feel like I had made some progression. That’s a really, really helpful way for me to move forwards. And my mantra is, ‘I can I will’”.
RECOMMENDATIONS
The Chimp Paradox by Professor Steve Peters https://amzn.to/3vi3eBN
Take my hair (but not my humour) by Emma Davies, . https://amzn.to/3vjcC8b
Jo’s Cervical Cancer Trust – https://www.jostrust.org.uk/
ABOUT TANIA
Tania is an international multi-award winning Hypnotherapist & Psychotherapist and Mentor. She provides 1:1 support via video link worldwide, supporting people with anxiety and related conditions such as IBS, OCD, Depression and Insomnia. Alongside this role Tania is an international lecturer at three worldwide training schools for therapists and a #1 bestselling author of three books. Tania is on a mission to help save lives this #CervicalScreeningAwarenessWeek by reducing smear fear anxiety using her knowledge and experience as a clinical Hypnotherapist and media volunteer with #JosCervicalCancerTrust .
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Free relaxation to help prepare for a smear test: https://youtu.be/i5ufBf1BSIg Contact details [email protected] 07442169033
ABOUT THE HOST
Emma Last is a qualified Mental Health and Wellbeing Trainer and Coach. She has co-written both the First Aid Industry body’s accredited First Aid for Mental Health and Wellbeing training for Adults in the workplace and those working with children. Emma also has over 20-years, experience in leading teams and developing strategies for change. She worked in Senior leadership for a large corporate until early 2018, when she came to a turning point in her career due to being on the brink of burnout and wanted to gain more of a balance in her life. She then rebooted her life and founded her company Progressive Minds. Emma also works with workplaces and schools on their Mental Health and Wellbeing strategies and provides training and coaching to support employees through challenging and changing times. Emma also works with individuals to help them to perform at their best by working on their mental fitness, which incorporates stress/burnout prevention and resilience and agility development through her Human Reboot Movement Coaching Programme. Her clients say they have become more mentally fit, happier and gain the results they want in their lives. Her Human Reboot podcast achieved number 22 in the Mental Health category in Mental Health Awareness week
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https://thehumanrebootmovement.com https://linktr.ee/EmmaLast If you like this episode you may like Broken by the pandemic and Injustice https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/human-reboot/id1567430905?i=1000521676987 DISCLAIMER The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast belong solely to the host and guest speakers. Please conduct your own due diligence. *As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
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