Episode 261: What Do I Need This Year? Rethinking the New Year With Metastatic Breast Cancer

A new year often comes with pressure to set goals, do more, and fix ourselves. But when you’re living with metastatic breast cancer, that framework can feel exhausting — and disconnected from reality.

In this New Year episode, we talk about a different way forward. One that starts by asking a more honest question:

What do I need this year?

Because when cancer doesn’t reset on January 1st, the goal isn’t reinvention — it’s living.

We explore:

• Why living with metastatic breast cancer is already enough

• Letting go of “shoulds” and redefining progress

• Shifting from performance to presence

• Creating anchors instead of rigid routines

• Trusting what your body and life are asking for right now

• Why rest matters — and why engagement still does too

This is an honest, grounded conversation about living well with metastatic disease — without pretending it’s easy, and without waiting for life to begin “after.”

You’re not behind.
You’re not broken.
And you don’t need to fix yourself to deserve a meaningful life.

Living is the goal.

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