Lauren Mahon on Cancer, Identity and Speaking the Unspeakable
On The Mend
High Performance
4.9 • 566 Ratings
🗓️ 7 November 2023
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Matt Willis is joined by podcaster, charity founder and cancer activist, Lauren Mahon (and her dog, Ray).
Lozza, as she likes to be called, talks to Matt about breaking the taboos around cancer, talking more openly about illnesses and death and how friends and family can really help in dark times.
They discuss her own breast cancer diagnosis, which she got aged 31, her activism, her overactive brain and why sometimes you just need to go to the cinema.
Lozza's podcast 'You Me And The Big C' can be found here, although she doesn't host it anymore, for reasons she discusses on the podcast.
It's a very open, honest and inspirational chat, and we hope that you will find it as powerful a listen, as we did recording it. (and apologies for the swears!)
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Want to know who's coming up next? Hit follow wherever you get your podcast and you'll be the first to find out. |
| 0:19.0 | Hello and welcome to On the Mend. |
| 0:27.6 | I'm Matt Willis and in this series I'm going to be taking a look into the world of mental health, addiction and recovery and how people get through hard times. |
| 0:31.5 | I also went to the dentist earlier on and I had two injections in my mouth. |
| 0:35.6 | So if it looks like I'm slurring, don't worry, I'm not pissed, I just went to the dentist. |
| 0:39.1 | My guest today is Lauren Marne or or should I say, Loza. |
| 0:44.7 | Loza is the founder of Girl versus Cancer. It's a charity aimed at supporting women and non-binary persons through cancer diagnosis. She also hosts a very, very popular podcast, You Me and the Big Sea. |
| 0:52.5 | Now Loza is a very honest and open, powerful woman. I loved speaking to her. |
| 0:58.0 | I really hope you find this chat inspirational and helpful. I definitely did. I could talk to her all bloody day. |
| 1:13.0 | Hi, Loza. |
| 1:14.6 | Hello darling. How you doing? You're right? |
| 1:16.7 | Really good. Thank you. I'm so happy to be here. |
| 1:18.1 | Shall we introduce the other guest? |
| 1:20.9 | Well, he's laying legs of Kimbo. This is not very... This is like paint me one of your French girls' vibes, isn't it? He's giving in. |
| 1:24.2 | If I can explain this picture, Raymond, the dog, is Lozza dog. And he is literally laid down on his back with his legs at Kimbo, cock out, looking very, very happy with himself. He is. He is. He just, like, stroke my belly mother. It's our first dog on the podcast. We're very pleased having him. I feel like he's been the first dog on many podcasts, and I'm really glad we're breaking that mould. I love it. |
| 1:44.5 | I love it. |
| 1:44.7 | How long have you had him? |
| 1:45.6 | I've had him just over a year. |
| 1:47.5 | I've got him and he was seven months old. |
| 1:49.3 | Wow. |
| 1:49.6 | And genuinely one of the best things I've ever done. Really? Right. Emma, if you're listening to this, one of the best things you ever done. Yeah. And I want a dog so bad, but Emma's just like so against it. |
| 1:58.4 | But it depends as well. |
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