Show Notes
In this episode of Own Your Health, Katie Brindle is joined by her close friend Katie Nicholl (Vanity Fair’s royal correspondent and BBC contributor) for a conversation about stress, symptoms, and the wake-up call that changed everything. Katie shares how what looked like burnout, palpitations, and perimenopause stress turned out to be cholangiocarcinoma (a rare primary liver cancer), despite “normal” blood tests, and why pushing for a scan likely saved her life. They unpack the post-treatment reality: life doesn’t magically get easier after a diagnosis, so self-care has to become non-negotiable. Chapters 00:00 — Meet the guest: royal correspondent, author, high-stress career 00:33 — Building self-care habits that don’t collapse in January 01:05 — How they met: gua sha, “liver” themes… and what no one knew yet 02:08 — The moment: “It’s probably stress”… but the truth was liver cancer 05:18 — The scary part: normal bloods, no tumour markers —why scans mattered 06:14 — Diagnosis to surgery fast: MRI confirmed it, 11-hour operation, chemo 08:00 — After the all-clear: life stays hard, so the system has to change 09:25 — Stop the self-care guilt: how to restart without beating yourself up 10:02 — The “diary-first” rule: schedule self-care before everything else 12:32 — The non-negotiables: nature, internal vs external exercise, organ strength 15:12 — Forest bathing + “tree hugging”: why nature became her anchor 18:03 — Joy as medicine: shedding what wasn’t serving her, gratitude as a practice 22:31 — Reinvention: rage, resentment, marriage ending, rebuilding a new life 25:16 — What she’s adding now: foot baths, daily breathwork, simple routines 30:47 — Guided practice: Healing Sounds for organs (follow along) ------------------------------------------- More information here: https://katiebrindle.com/ Subscribe to my newsletter: https://katiebrindle.com/newsletter-signup/ Buy 'Yang Sheng: The Art of Chinese Self-Healing' at https://www.hayoumethod.com/product/yang-sheng-the-art-of-chinese-self-healing/ Buy the Hayo'u tools at https://www.hayoumethod.com/products/ Hayo'uFit at https://hayoufit.com -------------------------------------------- Join my channel and leave a comment about what you want to see next! Love, Katie Brindle.
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