Take control of your health and wellbeing with Regarding Me, the podcast that empowers women to advocate for themselves with confidence – because your voice and your choices matter.
Join Luan, an award-winning women’s health advocate with a personal experience of breast cancer, as she shares the skills, strategies and stories behind effective self-advocacy. Whether you’re facing a health challenge like cancer or a chronic illness, or taking steps to future-proof your health, this podcast is for you.
Hear from women who’ve successfully advocated for themselves and experts who offer insights to help you advocate for ‘me-centred’ healthcare. You’ll discover how to become your strongest self-advocate in any health situation and make informed decisions that are right for you.
Subscribe now and join a growing community of women transforming their health through self-advocacy. Together we’ll make sure your voice is heard and your care reflects what matters to you most.
Looking for the FREE resources Luan mentioned, want to join the self-health advocacy movement, or have a question? Head over to luanlawriewoods.com.au!
Host: Luan Lawrenson-Woods, Self-Health Advocate™
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Take control of your health and wellbeing with Regarding Me, the podcast that empowers women to advocate for themselves with confidence – because your voice and your choices matter.
Join Luan, an award-winning women’s health advocate with a personal experience of breast cancer, as she shares the skills, strategies and stories behind effective self-advocacy. Whether you’re facing a health challenge like cancer or a chronic illness, or taking steps to future-proof your health, this podcast is for you.
Hear from women who’ve successfully advocated for themselves and experts who offer insights to help you advocate for ‘me-centred’ healthcare. You’ll discover how to become your strongest self-advocate in any health situation and make informed decisions that are right for you.
Subscribe now and join a growing community of women transforming their health through self-advocacy. Together we’ll make sure your voice is heard and your care reflects what matters to you most.
Looking for the FREE resources Luan mentioned, want to join the self-health advocacy movement, or have a question? Head over to luanlawriewoods.com.au!
Host: Luan Lawrenson-Woods, Self-Health Advocate™
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This is one of the most frequently asked questions: how can women confidently advocate for their health when they’re overwhelmed, and being a ‘good’ patient is often seen as being quiet, compliant and not representing themselves?
In this open-hearted episode, Luan is joined by psychologist and coach Suzy Reading to gently and curiously unpack what it really means to self-advocate. And they explore why community, compassion and permission are essential to recovery.
Suzy shares beautifully simple physical movements – from the chicken wing stretch to the face hug – that you can use to prime your body and mind to speak up. She also offers phrases to help you ask for support from friends and family, so you can confidently co-create both a treatment plan with your healthcare team and a support plan with your loved ones.
Suzy and Luan also unpack what she calls energetic bankruptcy: those moments when there’s just nothing left in the tank.
This episode is an invitation to be tender with yourself, to let go of old expectations (of self and others), and to see how self-care can become the foundation of self-advocacy.
Whether you're in survival mode, emerging from a tough season, or just need a reminder that it's okay to ask for help, this episode is a soft landing. It’s your moment to pause, breathe and come back to yourself with love.
I promised Suzy I’d pull together a blog post with all the physical practices we talked about - from the chicken wing stretch to the face hug - and you can read it here!
For the links to all the resources mentioned in this show, go to the episode blog page.
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CREDITS:
Host & Producer: Luan Lawrenson-Woods, Self-Health Advocate
Sound engineering: Paddy from Goosewing Sounds Ltd (UK)
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