Podcast appearances and mentions of sophie sabbage

This is the final episode of 2022! We'll return in the New Year on January 13th.  Our guest is Jan Adrian. Many of you know Jan through our Community Workshops on Zoom, or maybe you had the joy of attending a Healing Journeys conference. Jan was our very first podcast guest. And now, more than two years later, we're continuing the conversation - touching in on how her own cancer journey has evolved and diving deeper into the story of how Healing Journeys came to be, as well as what it might look like to continue Jan's transformative work.  As we close out the year, it would mean so much to us if you would take a few minutes to leave a review in your podcast app. If you are wondering how you can support this work, you can make an end-of-year donation, for which we would be very grateful. Visit cancertalks.com/donate for more information. CancerTalks is a platform for anyone who has been touched by cancer. Write to us at info@cancertalks.com if you have a story to share. See you in the New Year! Jan's Reading List:  1. The Cancer Whisperer: Finding Courage, Direction, and the Unlikely Gifts of Cancer by Sophie Sabbage 2. Stones at the Crossing: Aiming True on My Journey from Scared to Sacred by Amy D. Webb 3. The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief by Francis Weller 

Businesses are rising and falling faster than ever before, and crisis is the new normal. For over 25 years, my guest today has equipped many thousands of people and many leading brands to tap their full creative and psychological powers in response to challenges, crises and threats. Personally, she has turned a six month ’terminal’ cancer prognosis into the most creative six years of her life (so far) by finding solutions she was told did not exist and becoming a Sunday Times bestselling author of three crisis-resolving books. Please welcome author and activist Sophie Sabbage. Bio Businesses are rising and falling faster than ever before, and crisis is the new normal. Sophie Sabbage is a Sunday Times bestselling author who has worked in the fields of human psychology and corporate change for nearly thirty years. She has equipped hundreds of thousands of individuals as well as leading brands to unlock opportunities for growth that they didn’t think possible. Personally, she has turned a six month ‘terminal’ cancer prognosis into the most creative six years of her life (so far) by finding solutions she was told did not exist. This put her on a global stage as an authority on how to tap inner powers and life-saving creativity in response to challenges, crises and threats. She is now focused on helping leaders and change agents explode their difference-making powers by learning one thing that radically improves the quality of many things when we know how to activate it. Sunday Times bestselling author of The Cancer Whisperer (which has revolutionised the cancer community), Lifeshocks and Awakenings in the Time of Coronavirus. The Cancer Whisperer, which placed Sophie on a global stage as a virtuoso on how to thrive in adversity. She has since made numerous media appearances, become an internationally recognised author, created a new narrative about cancer and built a speaking business. She has also been to the north and south poles of her humanity in order to stay alive. Winner of the Gold Award for Business Culture Change in 2008. Winner of the 2019 and 2020 Global Lung Cancer Alliance awards for Excellence in Journalism. Winner of the Nautilus Gold Award for Personal Growth Books in 2018. Winner of the International Speaker Slam 2020. B.C. (before cancer) Sophie ran a leadership and culture change business consultancy, which delivered practical psychological tools back when this was still at the cutting edge of business practices and considered quite weird. Her mentor and business partner, Dr. K Bradford Brown, was a direct student of the Auschwitz survivor, Viktor Frankl, the founder of humanistic psychology, Carl Rogers, and the British philosopher, Alan Watts. She stands on the shoulders of giants in this field. Sophie Sabbage has also been delivering life-changing courses for a global educational charity since 1994. She is a multi-award-winning talent – among them Best Culture Change Programme, Excellence in Journalism and the prestigious Gold Nautilus Book award. Her academic background is in English literature, psychology and organisational change. She brings all this experience to her speaking clients. Her audiences leave wiser and braver than when they arrived. Eloquent, discerning and boldly truthful, Sophie touches hearts, challenges minds and delivers deep shifts in remarkably short periods of time. She is gifted at reading people, cultures and the roots of issues. Soulful, feisty and highly creative, she also has a reputation for expressing what other people experience but are unable or too afraid to say. Recorded on: 5th November 2020  Links: More about Sophie Sabbage More about Maria Franzoni Ltd More about The London Speaker Bureau Connect with Maria on Linkedin Connect with LSB on LinkedIn Connect with Maria on FaceBook Listen here: Libsyn  Itunes  Stitcher Spotify

Mentioned in this episode: Sophie Sabbage's brilliant TEDx talk: How Grief Can Help Us Win ~~~ Karen C.L. Anderson is a master-certified life coach and author who has helped hundreds of smart, creative women use the difficult relationships they have with their mothers as a catalyst for growth. Author of Difficult Mothers, Adult Daughters: A Guide For Separation, Liberation & Inspiration (March 2018); The Difficult Mother-Daughter Relationship Journal (January 2020); and Overcoming Creative Anxiety: Journal Prompts & Practices For Disarming Your Inner Critic (June 2020), Karen incorporates story-telling, journaling, awareness tools, shadow work, and simple energy and somatic practices in her Mother Lode 1:1 mentorship program. Her approach is safe, fun, and effective. Karen recognizes that what is possible personally is what is possible collectively, and that what is often referred to as the Mother Wound, is not actually about mothers, but about systems that oppress all women. She understands the adage, “hurt people, hurt people,” while also acknowledging that cultivating compassion and empathy does not necessarily equal access and that healthy boundaries (up to and including going “no contact”) are at the heart of healing. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/kclanderson/message

A timely and vital guide to emotional freedom from the bestselling author of THE CANCER WHISPERER and LIFESHOCKS. The most serious health crisis in a century has delivered a tsunami of unexpected, stressful events - lifeshocks - to most of the world. It has also shone a light on long-standing mental challenges we have not done enough to remedy: - The pre-existing epidemic of loneliness, which research shows has been killing more people that diabetes, cancer and heart disease; - An inability to handle fear in the face of uncertainty and adversity; - A steady rise in numerous mental health issues in every age group. This potent audiobook provides profound insights into these issues and practical ways to engage with them. Sophie teaches these by talking to real people about their lifeshocks and guiding them through the processes as well as by sharing her insights and experiences. It is a mini-workshop in a book, authored by someone who has been living with terminal cancer since 2014 and who has equipped thousands of people to find emotional freedom. Sophie is a creativity-in-crisis alchemist and master practitioner of the revolutionary and transformational LifeWork(TM) which she has been teaching for over 25 years.

For a topic that the whole world is grappling with we are joined by one of our most impactful past guests. Sophie Sabbage shares what insight she’s found in experiencing grief through her life as an expression of appreciation for all we have lost. This may be an intense listen particularly at the moment but one we certainly found comforting. Here we go! Mental is the brain-child of Bobby Temps, who lives and thrives while managing his own mental health. Each Thursday we delve into a factor or condition that affects the mind and how to better manage it. Visit Sophie’s Website HERE (https://sophiesabbage.com/) Visit Elaine’s Website HERE (https://elainealpert.com/) Petition to 'Get Mental Health Education on the School Curriculum' - Join us at http://bit.ly/MentalPetition Join the movement on: Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/bobbytemps/) , Twitter (https://twitter.com/mental_podcast) & Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/mentalpodcast/) We also have a very blue website with loads of great resources HERE (http://mentalpodcast.co.uk/)

In this short bonus interview Sophie Sabbage shares her insight for navigating collective and individual grief and loneliness during this time. Plus her hopes for how in moving to a new normal we could address mental health better going forward. Here we go! Mental is the brain-child of Bobby Temps, who lives and thrives while managing his own mental health. Each Thursday we delve into a factor or condition that affects the mind and how to better manage it. Join Sophie’s digital masterclass HERE (https://moretolife.org/courses/transformation-in-the-time-of-coronavirus/) Petition to 'Get Mental Health Education on the School Curriculum' - Join us at http://bit.ly/MentalPetition Join the movement on: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/bobbytemps Instagram - instagram.com/mentalpodcast  (http://instagram.com/mentalpodcast) Twitter - http://twitter.com/mental_podcast

Let Cancer Transform Your Life~   In this interview, Sophie Sabbage shares how cancer is transforming her life. Sophie’s terminal cancer diagnosis was a lifeshock and it also awakened her to her most authentic, loving, and creative self. Sophie is living with terminal lung cancer despite being given a few months to live over five and a half years ago. Upon hearing her diagnosis, Sophie vowed not to be a victim and took charge of her treatment. Furthermore, Sophie shares how she found the unlikely gifts of cancer and how the illness is transforming her life. In addition, we talk about lifeshocks, those unwanted and unexpected moments in our lives, and how they can awaken us to our most authentic, loving, and creative selves.    Sophie is the author of two Sunday Times bestsellers: The Cancer Whisperer, translated into twelve languages, and Lifeshocks, 2018 winner of the international Nautilus Gold Award for personal growth books. As a transformation specialist, Sophie equips people to engage powerfully with challenging lifeshocks. Also, she has nearly thirty years experience as both a business consultant and as a Senior Trainer with the More To Life Foundation. In addition, Sophie is a professional speaker.     In this episode, Sophie talks about the impact of fear on wellbeing and even on medical outcomes. Her experience of living with cancer, adversity, uncertainty, and facing death  is very relevant and useful to the current coronavirus situation. Finally, Sophie says “I have cancer, it does not have me.”    Episode Highlights:   First, Emily introduces her guest, Sophie Sabbage. Then, Sophie shares how she learned about her cancer. She tells us she pushed her doctors for scans.  After that, Sophie talks about her daughter who recently turned 10.   Sophie explains lifeshocks, those unwanted moments in time. She tells us that she is fortunate to have a toolkit for dealing with lifeshocks.   Next, Sophie shares that she was dying of fear. In other words, when the doctor told her she was going to die, she started dying. Furthermore, Sophie says she needed to get through fear to have a chance to stay alive. Sohpie discusses the symptoms she experienced before her cancer diagnosis.  She listened to her intuition and pressed the doctor for scans that saved her life.  Sophie shares that she wrote her book, The Cancer Whisperer, to help patients navigate the psychological and emotional territory of a cancer diagnosis. No one offered Sophie emotional support and she describes what it was like to sit in oncology ward waiting for her cancer treatment. She then describes the moment that led her to write the book. Sophie explains, “If we don’t take hold of our fear as patients, our fear will take care of us and make the decisions and run the show.”  She stresses the importance of not handing all of the power to the doctor. Then Sophie explains her darkest hour, when she learned she had multiple brain tumors. After that, she talks about the ways in which she educated herself and took charge of her treatment.  Sophie says the primary reason she’s still alive is the medical treatments she received. After that, Sophie talks about how she took control of her appointments, even delaying a treatment so she could see her daughter’s nativity play.  In other words, she says, “If I fit my life into cancer, I’m going to die soon in spirit if not in body. But if I fit cancer inside my life, I’m more likely to have a life.” Next, Sophie shares how the late Dr. K. Bradford Brown taught her to find unlikely gifts in unwanted happenings. After that, she explains why she wrote her second book: Lifeshocks And How to Love Them. Dr. K. Bradford Brown taught Sophie his mantra: There is no event by which and through which life its self is not trying to awaken you to your most authentic, loving, and creative self. There is no event that is not speaking to you. Lifeshocks are collision points between what we expect and how it really is. In other words, we run into reality and think it should be different. But actually these moments challenge our expectations, our conditioning, our belief in very profound ways. Sophie says “Sometimes we rise to our destinys when we’re brought to our knees.”  Next Sophie and Emily discuss the lifeshock of the COVID-19 crisis and how  we’re being humbled and reminded of what really matters. Sophie explains that if she held onto anything that said her life doesn’t matter she wouldn’t have been able to put energy into herself to stay alive. According to Sophie, the only way out of fear is through it - no way over or around it. Sophie shares that there is pain and suffering and illness in life but we make it worse because of how we interpret it as happening. In other words, fear is self generated by what we think. Sophie can control the quality of her life as long as there is breath in her body. Some people are free of cancer but not really free mentally.   Everything we feel is from the neck down. Our breath brings us into our bodies and our feelings. Next Sophie talks about her studies and work and how they prepared her for her cancer diagnosis. Emily talks about benefit of sharing stories and how they can help other people move onward. Sophie introduces a caveat on sharing stories saying, we must be conscious of where we’re coming from when we tell our stories. She tells her story to enhance  our lives. Finally, Sophie states  “I don’t want even this podcast to be about my story. I want it to be about there is no lifeshock by which and through wich life is not awakening you to your most authentic, loving, and creative self. That’s what I want this podcast to be about and that is for everyone who’s listening. Everyone.”    Resources Mentioned:   Sophie’s Books: The Cancer Whisperer & Lifeshocks - and How to Love Them  Sophie’s email: hello@sophiesabbage.com Sophie’s TEDx on grief   Learn more at  https://sophiesabbage.com/ and  http://www.cancerwhispering.com/ to include Sophie’s on-line Masterclass Sophie Sabbage LinkedIn Emily Harman Soul Pajamas Onward: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Onward Movement Facebook Group PodcastPress

In an incredibly moving episode of the podcast, this weeks guest Sophie Sabbage shares her experience of Bulimia and Terminal Cancer. Through these she found out just how resilient she was capable of being which fundamentally shifted her outlook whilst working through grief. Here we go! Mental is the brain-child of Bobby Temps, who lives and thrives while managing his own mental health. Every Thursday we delve into a factor or condition that influences the mind and how to better manage it. Recommended Book: The Cancer Whisperer by Sophie Sabbage - Get your first audio book for free with our link http://bit.ly/mentalbooks Petition to 'Get Mental Health Education on the School Curriculum' - Join us at http://bit.ly/MentalPetition Join the movement on: Instagram - http://instagram.com/mentalpodcast Twitter - http://twitter.com/mental_podcast We also have a very blue website with loads of great resources - http://mentalpodcast.co.uk (http://mentalpodcast.co.uk/) Licensed music: Puppy by Netsky on Lickd / Listen here: https://lnk.to/Netsky2ID

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In an incredibly moving episode of the podcast, this weeks guest Sophie Sabbage shares her experience of Bulimia and Terminal Cancer. Through these she found out just how resilient she was capable of being which fundamentally shifted her outlook whilst working through grief. Here we go! Mental is the brain-child of Bobby Temps, who lives and thrives while managing his own mental health. Every Thursday we delve into a factor or condition that influences the mind and how to better manage it. Recommended Book: The Cancer Whisperer by Sophie Sabbage - Get your first audio book for free with our link http://bit.ly/mentalbooks Join our fundraiser. Every donation makes a difference - http://bit.ly/MentalFund Petition to 'Get Mental Health Education on the School Curriculum' - Join us at http://bit.ly/MentalPetition Join the movement on: Instagram - http://instagram.com/mentalpodcast Twitter - http://twitter.com/mental_podcast We also have a very blue website with loads of great resources - http://mentalpodcast.co.uk Licensed music: Puppy by Netsky on Lickd / Listen here: https://lnk.to/Netsky2ID

'Lifeshocks' happen to all of us. They are those moments that floor you, devastate you and leave you wondering how you'll move on. Sophie Sabbage knows what it's like to be hit by multiple lifeshocks. The bestselling author is living with terminal cancer, she has overcome bulimia, a petrol bomb was planted at her family home as a child and she was raped in her 20s. In her latest book, Lifeshocks and How to Love Them, Sophie offers guidance and support on how to deal with similar unwanted events. She talks to Róisín Ingle about her life and how she learned to respond to lifeshocks positively.

Sophie Sabbage lived and breathed books as a child: they healed her and made sense of her life. And yet it took decades and the diganosis of a terminal illness that made her finally sit down and write. The result was The Cancer Whisperer, a bestselling book that was translated into 11 languages and transformed her life. And yet there was another book waiting: one that she'd promised her teacher and mentor to write as he was dying, ten years before. Lifeshocks is 'her greatest creative work', and yet she had to overcome myriad deep-seated fears that stopped her writing. This is a great listen if you've ever felt intimidated by what you want to create, felt that you're somehow not good enough, or simply felt that you haven't yet found what you're called to create. Find the full show notes and The Creative's Distraction Buster at creativelifeshow.comClick to view: show page on Awesound

Sophie Sabbage shares her story of receiving a terminal cancer diagnosis, working through the grief and then making the choice to allow cancer to transform her life. Learn how Sophie copes with the fear of cancer, how she feels healthier than ever, and what she's doing to help others with a cancer diagnosis. Sophie is an inspirational writer, speaker, and facilitator who has worked in the field of human development, emotional intelligence, mindset change, and corporate culture change for more than twenty years. The Cancer Whisperer was a UK bestseller and was release in the U.S. in 2017. Nuggets of Wisdom from Sophie: "The last of the human freedoms is to choose your own attitude in any given situation." ~Victor Frankl "I have cancer. Cancer does not have me." "I realized in that moment that I valued my lucidity and clarity of mind more than my life. And it was threatening my cognitive abilities, my ability to speak, my ability to see, my ability to understand, so it was terrifying for me, the idea that I going to lose my mind having worked for 30 years on gaining my right mind if that make sense." "I used to think people prayed on their knees as a sign of reverence and an act of humility but now I know that sometimes we are just bought to our knees by the events of our lives. And I was brought to my knees that day. I literally just dropped to my knees by the log fire at home. And I prayed. I do not often pray. I wept and I prayed. " "I think the grief and the surrender really empowered me paradoxically. I never thought of surrendering that way." "I want to just say it is okay to be vulnerable and it is okay to be terrified. And also, to teach people what to do with their terror. " "If you do not take hold of your fear and push through it, it will make your decisions for you as a cancer patient." "It puts you on war with your own body when you need to make peace with your body. I had been at war with my body my whole life. That is partly why I got cancer." "I knew I needed to make peace with my body and listen to it instead of fighting it. And I want to get rid of my disease. But I think I've got a better shot at doing that if I am listening to it than if I am in a state of anger and defiance and rebellion which just causes stress." "What if cancer is a teacher, not an enemy?" "I am more grateful to my cancer than I am scared of it. I am grateful for it. It transformed my life. I have let it transform my life. We need to be proactive to do that, but it has gifted me in many ways." "The most important thing is to get some support because it is a very arduous thing to do on your own. But mostly, it is about noticing what is running through your head and what you are believing. I call it mind talk. The mind would just make things up and terrify you with what is going to happen and you need to get that stuff out of your head and start verifying it and telling the truth about it." "Cancer is loaded with meanings. It is like a gun that gets shot at you, and you think the worst. Hair loss, control loss, pain, agony, misery. It all just runs through your head, instantly and in lightning speed. And you need to get that stuff out of your head, and you need to look at it in the cold light of day. And you need to get very accurate with what you are dealing with and get as much information from your doctor as you can. A lot of patients do not want to know everything because they are so scared. But the more you know, the more power you have. So, it is about getting hold of reality - the reality of what you are dealing with - even if it is more tumors in your brain than they can count." Some of Sophie's Favorite Things: Personal habit: "Breathing helps. Breathing brings us be present when we breathe consciously. And also, verifying my mind talk. I do it every day." Easy meal: "Avocado and feta salad." Possession: "My husband. And my kettle." Sophie's Favorite Books: "Thirst: Poems by Mary Oliver"  A Box Full of Darkness: "Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too was a gift." Best advice received: "The warrior's way: Seven times down. Eight times up. Then repeat." ~ Dr. Brad Brown "Do not become a patient, Mrs. Sabbage. Live your life." Sophie's Happiness Formula: "I am happiest when I am loving, when I am forgiving, when I am self-accepting and when I am thankful." A Challenge from Sophie: "I want to challenge listeners to write down three regrets that they have been harboring and then make a choice about each of those regrets. So, you can either let them go, and I mean really deeply let them go. Write on a piece of paper. Throw it in a fire, burn it, whatever it takes. Or choose an action to change the regret. " Resources The Cancer Whisperer Sophie Sabbage, The Cancer Whisperer SophieSabbage.com Follow Sophie on Facebook Subscribe to Vibrant Happy Women: