Lauren Mahon

The Mid•Point with Gabby Logan

Spiritland Creative

Fitness, Health, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Personal, Interview, Mentalhealth, Gabbylogan, Menopause, Advice, Journal, Education, Wellbeing, Self-improvement

4.5 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Podcaster and activist Lauren Mahon popped by the studio this week with her dog, Ray! Lauren chats to Gabby about the seismic impact You, Me And The Big C had on the way people talk about cancer, but also the emotional heavy lifting it required from her on a personal level. She also talks about experiencing a medical menopause as part of her cancer treatment, why it's okay to wallow sometimes, and how liberating it was learning to drive on the cusp of midlife! They also discuss life after cancer, in particular how to approach sex and intimacy - something Lauren is on a mission to get us talking about more. For more information or support on this issue you can head to GIRLvsCANCER or Macmillan.

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0:00.0	Hello Gabi Logan here. Welcome back to the midpoint. Today I'm chatting with
0:08.5	Activist, podcaster and founder of Girl versus Cancer, Lauren Maan.
0:13.0	Lauren came to our attention presenting Five Lives Award-winning podcast, You Me and The Big Sea, alongside Rachel Bland and Deborah James.
0:21.0	Together the trio made a huge impact, not only raising cancer awareness, but also
0:25.6	changing how we as a society talk about cancer.
0:29.4	Lauren's Charity Collective aims to continue the great work they started.
0:33.2	And I'm going to stick my neck out here and say that if you're not a fan of swearing,
0:37.4	then perhaps this episode is not for you.
0:39.2	Because Girl versus Cancer is described as a fierce as fuck cancer collective.
0:45.0	That's the first thing you read on their website.
0:47.1	And Lauren has made it her mission to make as much noise as possible through campaigns and events
0:52.0	so that the cancer community is authentically represented and heard.
0:56.0	Recently they've been campaigning to smash the stigma around post-diagnosis, sex and intimacy,
1:01.0	so that's one of the topics we're definitely going to be chatting
1:04.3	about today. Lauren is a real powerhouse. I can't wait to see her again. Here she is.
1:16.0	Lauren, thank you so much for coming on the midpoint. Oh, thank you for having me.
1:18.0	I knew are a podcaster of some repute, award winning, you know, you've been doing this for a long time before it was fashionable,
1:25.6	shall we say, because I think you me and the Big Sea was one of the first podcasts I think I ever heard
1:30.4	about actually, when it was talked about on Five Line.
1:34.3	At the time it was quite a landscape, not just the topic, but the whole landscape must have been very
1:39.7	different.
1:40.7	It was completely different and it was like this new media format that is really conversational and we just
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