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"My baby was 7 months old when I was diagnosed with cancer" | Lessons every mother needs to hear

Motherkind

Zoe Blaskey

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.8864 Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to the motherkind podcast, which is going to help you feel more confident and less alone in the wild roller coaster that is modern motherhood.  My guest this week is Georgie Crawford. Georgie was just at the end of her maternity leave when she first discovered a lump in her breast and what followed was a roller coaster journey of self-discovery. Georgie says that for the first time in her life, she learned how to value herself and her needs.  Thankfully she fully recovered and is now about to become a mother again post-cancer, this time with a surrogate.  Listen to learn: The mindset shift that helped Georgie finally learn to accept and ask for help How her garden trees made her realise she was wrong about herself  How to ask yourself 'Am I on the dancefloor or the balcony' of life  How to finally stop beating yourself up and notice all that is good in your life  I really loved this episode and loved chatting to Georgie, she gave me SO much perspective and plugged me right back into what is really important in life. Continue the Conversation Come engage with Zoe and our community over on Instagram for inspiration, tips, and sometimes a bit of humour to get us through our day - @zoeblaskey Join our mailing list to receive news, updates and new episode releases: https://mailchi.mp/motherkind/motherkind-mailing-list Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey and welcome to this episode of the Motherkind podcast. It is me, your host, Zoe Blaski.

0:09.8

Welcome to the show that is going to help you feel more confident and less alone in the wild roller coaster that is modern motherhood.

0:19.2

My guest this week is Georgie Crawford.

0:22.7

Georgie was just at the end of her maternity leave

0:26.2

when she first discovered a lump in her breast.

0:30.9

And what followed was a roller coaster journey of self-discovery.

0:36.8

Georgie says that for the first time in her life,

0:39.7

she learned how to value herself and her needs. Thankfully, she fully recovered and is now about

0:45.6

to become a mother again post-cancer, this time with a surrogate. And we talk about the emotional

0:53.0

roller coaster of that experience as well.

0:55.8

I really loved this episode. I loved chatting to Georgie. She gave me so much perspective

1:01.0

and plugged me right back in to what is really important in life. I hope you love it.

1:08.8

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1:13.9

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1:19.8

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1:25.7

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1:29.4

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1:35.0

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1:40.8

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1:45.1

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1:51.7

at Boots.com. Oh, Georgie, well, we were just saying, I can't remember how I first discovered

1:58.3

you, but I finished your book last night. I absolutely

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