The Sage Space Podcast

“I don’t care at all about hormones in a way. I care about what’s out of balance in life”….

When Sara set up the Haven back in 2000 there was very little knowledge that treatments like acupuncture, reflexology or EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) could offer any real value or respite for cancer patients when practiced alongside the more traditional medical interventions.

I love water. Literally any water. I’d happily jump into any cleanish stream, lake, reservoir, sea whatever the weather trying to persuade those around me that“it’s good for them” - that they must “go on and just try it"! And as for the healing powers of the big blue - I feel they are infinite.

Going through cancer with kids is tough. We're anxious for them. We're anxious for ourselves. Are there ways we can speak about cancer in an open yet delicate way without scaring children?

When I look back to 2016 and I was in the midst of gruelling chemo I can almost pinpoint the time when I began to get my head around what I was going through….

Often when I’m swimming or trying to do a handstand or even swinging from a tree I’ll have this flashback to when I couldn’t even lift my arm above my head. It sounds totally crazy.

There’s no way to sugar coat it….your skin takes a massive hit when you’re going through chemotherapy…