I'm Natalie Liu, and you're listening to the baggage reclaim sessions, where we break the patterns that break our hearts, relationships and bodies.

Since 2005, I've run one of the longest running self-help blogs in the world, BaggageRe claim.com.

I'm a boundaries and relationship coach and the author of five books including Mr Unavailable and the

Foreback Girl and the joy of saying no. I help you reclaim yourself from emotional baggage

by letting go of emotional unavailability, people pleasing and unhealthy relationships so you can live

in love with more love, care, trust and respect.

Hello, hello, hello.

How are you doing?

I'm popping in today with a quick episode because I wanted to let you know that I'm taking a few weeks' break.

And that's really just to help with recalibrating, resetting myself after everything that I've sort of been navigating this year.

So just in case you have missed an episode or you're new, I had a hysterectomy at the beginning of this year, so 2025.

And I knew that I was going to go into menopause as a result of having that surgery and that it was going to need like a good

three months recovery. After having that surgery, I had infections, which meant that it's, I guess, hindered the recovery somewhat. And then

I was also diagnosed with cancer about four weeks into it. So that was quite the curveball. And suddenly

my recovery period was taken up with anxiety and lots of appointments and scans

and then getting the official diagnosis and just lots of upheaval.

And now I'm in a place where I'm in a much better head space, just body space, about the whole thing,

like emotionally, mentally, physically, spiritually.

But it's been a lot.

My body has been through a series of crashes, you know, major surgery, infections, cancer diagnosis,

medical menopause, stopping HRT, then stopping supplements.

So I'm still adjusting and I'm realizing actually I'm just a bit tired because, you know, life.

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