Running a Business While Facing Cancer
When I was diagnosed with breast cancer, my business didn’t get a memo. It didn’t pause. Clients still called. Work still needed doing. So I kept going. From hospital beds and waiting rooms. Through recovery weeks. On days where energy was thin and perspective was sharp.
This talk shares what shifted when my identity was shaken, and what actually kept the business steady when I thought everything depended on me.
There’s dark humour in it. There’s discomfort. There’s clarity.
It often leaves business owners asking themselves what would happen if they stepped away for a while.
What It Leaves Behind
What stays with people is perspective.
A clearer understanding of leadership when you’re not operating at full strength. A more honest view of resilience in small business. A sharper awareness of what really holds everything together. It’s a story about identity, responsibility and continuing forward when forward looks different than you expected.
Grounded. Personal. Real.
My Book, My Story
Don’t Wait for the Green Light
expands on the lived experience behind this talk.
It explores what changes when life interrupts your plans, and how you often discover strength in places you didn’t realise you had.
Books can be made available alongside speaking engagements if requested.
