My Breastie Says

About My Breastie Says

What happens after breast cancer treatment ends, and how do you move forward when you do not feel like yourself yet? Boobalicious: Breast Cancer and Beyond is a breast cancer podcast helping women navigate breast cancer treatment, recovery, and long-term survivorship through honest conversations, survivor experiences, and evidence-based guidance. Hosted by breast cancer survivor Chris Kushner and physical therapist Jenni Rai, a breast cancer recovery and lymphedema specialist, Boobalicious combines lived experience with practical medical insight. Together, Chris and Jenni answer the questions women often find themselves searching for during breast cancer treatment and life after breast cancer. How do you safely rebuild strength after a mastectomy? What can you do about lymphedema, post-mastectomy pain, treatment-induced menopause, hormone changes, scanxiety, body image struggles, and fear of cancer recurrence? Boobalicious explores these topics in clear, relatable conversations designed to help breast cancer survivors feel informed, supported, and less alone. Each episode features candid discussions with breast cancer survivors, oncologists, physical therapists, medical experts, advocates, and wellness professionals. Guests share real breast cancer stories, practical recovery strategies, and trustworthy information about the physical and emotional realities of cancer survivorship. Topics include breast cancer diagnosis and treatment, chemotherapy and radiation side effects, mastectomy recovery, breast reconstruction, post-mastectomy pain, hormone-positive breast cancer, triple-negative breast cancer, medically induced menopause, hormone blockers, lymphedema after breast cancer, safe exercise, physical therapy, cancer PTSD, scanxiety, survivor guilt, mental health, body image, intimacy, wellness trends, and rebuilding confidence after cancer. What will you take away from Boobalicious? ✅ Practical guidance for navigating breast cancer treatment and recovery ✅ Evidence-based information about mastectomy recovery, lymphedema, menopause, exercise, and survivorship ✅ Honest breast cancer survivor stories that reflect the realities of life during and after treatment ✅ Encouragement to rebuild your strength, confidence, and connection with your body Whether you have recently received a breast cancer diagnosis, are undergoing treatment, are recovering from breast cancer surgery, or have been living as a breast cancer survivor for years, Boobalicious meets you where you are. You will hear medically grounded conversations without fear-based noise, unrealistic promises, or pressure to navigate recovery perfectly.

Publisher

Chris Kushner & Jennifer Rai

Category

health & fitness · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

16 Oct 2025

Latest episode

16 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

50 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   16 Sept 2026

   Life After Breast Cancer: Self-Trust, Anxiety & Letting Go of Control with Natasha Ramlall — Part 2

   How do you learn to trust your body again after breast cancer—especially when that same body has given you reasons to be afraid? In Part 2 of our conversation with Natasha Ramlall, somatic coach, embodiment practitioner, and founder of Humanist Coaching, Boobalicious hosts Chris Kushner and Jenni Rai, PT, CLT explore the emotional side of life after breast cancer treatment: anxiety, fear of recurrence, body trust, control, and learning to live with uncertainty. For many women, breast cancer survivorship comes with a complicated relationship with the body. Every ache can trigger worry. Every scan can bring anxiety. And after months or years of trying to control appointments, treatments, medications, and outcomes, letting go can feel almost impossible. Natasha explains why rebuilding self-trust begins by reconnecting with the body rather than getting trapped in the stories our minds create. She introduces the idea of radical acceptance—that fighting anxiety can actually make it louder, while learning to make space for uncomfortable feelings can gradually reduce their power. Chris opens up about being a lifelong “fixer” and the urge to control what happens to the people she loves, including a recent car accident involving her son. Natasha challenges the idea that we can control outcomes and offers another possibility: trusting ourselves to handle whatever happens next. The conversation also explores the difference between intuition and anxiety, how our bodies communicate with us, and why increasing our capacity to tolerate uncomfortable emotions can help us navigate the uncertainty that often accompanies breast cancer recovery and survivorship. ✓ Why self-trust can be difficult after breast cancer and other major health experiences✓ How reconnecting with your body can help rebuild trust✓ Why resisting anxiety and fear of cancer recurrence may make those feelings stronger✓ What radical acceptance actually means✓ How somatic and embodiment practices can help with anxiety✓ Why control can feel so important after breast cancer treatment✓ The difference between intuition and the mind’s desire to control an outcome✓ How building emotional capacity can help us handle uncertainty✓ Practical ways to begin reconnecting with your body 0:00 — Diagnosis Anonymous announcement1:09 — Boobalicious podcast intro1:40 — Welcome back to Part 2 with Natasha Ramlall2:01 — How do we begin to nurture self-trust?2:33 — Why mistrust lives in the stories we tell ourselves3:51 — Honoring fatigue instead of fighting our bodies4:43 — Anxiety and fear of cancer recurrence6:27 — “What you resist persists” and the screaming toddler analogy7:58 — Radical acceptance and learning to sit with discomfort10:12 — Putting anxiety “in the trunk” and letting it come along for the ride10:36 — Chris on her son leaving for college and being his safe space13:48 — How small emotional practices prepare us for bigger life challenges15:50 — Making space for challenges instead of simply “getting stronger”17:25 — Letting go of control and redefining what power means21:48 — Chris opens up about being “the fixer” with her kids22:37 — Chris shares the story of her son’s car accident23:43 — “I can’t control the outcomes, but I can trust I’ll handle what happens”26:32 — Natasha’s website and free guided body-reconnection audio28:38 — Embodied dance, women’s circles and retreats30:42 — Boobalicious outro and how to support the podcast Natasha Ramlall is a somatic coach and embodiment practitioner and the founder of Humanist Coaching. Her work focuses on helping women reconnect with their bodies, develop greater self-trust, and create space for emotions rather than constantly trying to think, fix, or control their way through them. Natasha offers women’s circles, retreats, embodied dance experiences, and a free guided audio designed to help people reconnect with their bodies. Find Natasha and learn more about her work at Humanist Coaching, including her free guided body-reconnection audio, embodied dance program, women’s circles, and retreats in Southern Ontario. Download her free guided audio here! Boobalicious: Breast Cancer and Beyond is a breast cancer podcast for women navigating breast cancer treatment, recovery, and long-term survivorship. Hosted by breast cancer survivor Chris Kushner and physical therapist and lymphedema specialist Jenni Rai, PT, CLT, Boobalicious combines real survivor experiences with practical conversations about life after breast cancer treatment. From mastectomy recovery and lymphedema after breast cancer to menopause, mental health, fear of recurrence, body image, exercise, relationships, and finding your way forward after treatment—we talk about the parts of breast cancer survivorship that don’t always make it into the doctor’s office. Subscribe to Boobalicious: Breast Cancer and Beyond and share this episode with a breastie who might need it. What You Will LearnTimestampsAbout Natasha RamlallConnect with NatashaAbout Boobalicious Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

2. 

   9 Sept 2026

   Breast Cancer Recovery: Coming Home to Your Body, with Natasha Ramlall

   Coming Home to Your Body: Breast Cancer Recovery, Letting Go & the Illusion of Control | Natasha Ramlall What happens when your body finally forces you to pay attention? For many women navigating breast cancer recovery, chronic pain, menopause, or other major health changes, the body can begin to feel like something to manage, fix, or even fear. But what if healing also means learning how to listen to it again? In this episode of Boobalicious: Breast Cancer and Beyond, hosts Chris Kushner and Jenni Rai, PT, CLT, speak with Natasha Ramlall, founder of Humanist Coaching and an embodied integration coach, about reconnecting with the body, breaking generational patterns, and letting go of the illusion that we can control everything that happens to us. Natasha shares how endometriosis and chronic back pain eventually forced her to stop pushing through physical symptoms and start paying attention to what her body was telling her. Her experience led her to embodied integration—the practice of connecting our thinking mind with our physical sensations, emotions, survival patterns, and spiritual lives. The conversation also explores the messages women inherit from their families: work harder, suck it up, keep going, don't complain. Natasha and Chris discuss how those survival strategies may have served previous generations while no longer serving us—and what it looks like to choose which patterns we want to carry forward. For Chris, breast cancer brought another realization: you can make the “right” choices and still receive a diagnosis you never expected. That loss of control can be terrifying, but it can also change the way we approach fear, parenting, our bodies, and life after breast cancer treatment. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN ✅ What “embodied integration” means and how it can help us reconnect with our bodies✅ Why women often learn to ignore physical and emotional signals and simply push through✅ How family and generational patterns influence the way we respond to pain, stress, and illness✅ Why a major health diagnosis can challenge our illusion of control✅ How letting go can affect fear, parenting, relationships, and breast cancer survivorship✅ Why spirituality or faith can become an important anchor when certainty disappears TIMESTAMPS ~05:13 When the body “levels up” after years of ignored symptoms~18:16 “They are just passing through”—parenting and learning to let go~19:45 Chris shares her son’s surprisingly wise perspective on worrying~22:02 The illusion of control and what a health crisis can teach us KEY TAKEAWAYS 🔹 Our bodies often communicate long before we are ready—or able—to listen. 🔹 Many women have inherited a “suck it up and push through” mentality that once served a purpose but may not serve them now. 🔹 Breaking generational patterns does not require rejecting the people who came before us. We can appreciate what helped them survive while choosing something different for ourselves. 🔹 A health crisis can disrupt the belief that if we do everything “right,” we can control what happens to us. 🔹 Breast cancer survivorship can involve more than physical recovery. Life after breast cancer treatment may also mean rebuilding trust in your body and learning how to live with uncertainty. 🔹 Letting go of control does not mean giving up. It can mean recognizing what is actually ours to control—and releasing what isn't. ABOUT NATASHA RAMLALL Natasha Ramlall works with high-functioning, capable women who feel the ground cracking beneath them after a difficult life transition or an awakening to a mismatched life. As an Embodied Integration Coach, she guides you back into a deeper experience of your human-ness to heal, expand and evolve from an Identity Rupture and navigate the space between who you were and who you are becoming. *Exclusive Offer to Podcast Listeners! RESOURCES AND LINKS Humanist Coaching Free Guided Audio (from Natasha!) Follow Natasha (@freestyle_dance_alchemy) Follow Boobalicious (@boobaliciouspod) WeAreBoobalicious.com The conversations on Boobalicious are based on personal experience and professional insight and are not intended to replace medical advice. Always consult your doctor or licensed healthcare provider for guidance specific to your situation. SEO Keywords: breast cancer recovery, breast cancer survivorship, life after breast cancer, life after breast cancer treatment, breast cancer podcast for women, breast cancer survivor, breast cancer support, breast cancer wellness, reconnecting with your body, mind-body connection, embodied integration, chronic pain, generational patterns, fear after breast cancer, breast cancer survivor stories Hashtags: #BreastCancerRecovery #BreastCancerSurvivor #BreastCancerSurvivorship #LifeAfterBreastCancer #BreastCancerSupport #BreastCancerPodcast #MindBodyConnection #WomensHealth #BoobaliciousPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

3. 

   2 Sept 2026

   Your Thyroid Labs Are “Normal”—But Are They? with Cyndi Dupuis

   In Part 1 of our conversation with Cyndi Dupuis, functional medicine nutritionist and founder of A Living Balance, we’re talking about what your routine bloodwork may be missing—and why “normal” labs don’t always tell the whole story. Cyndi breaks down the difference between functional medicine and conventional medicine, what a functional medicine evaluation actually looks like, and the key lab tests women should consider asking for, especially in midlife and after cancer. We take a deep dive into thyroid health, including why testing TSH alone may not give you the full picture. Cyndi explains free T3, free T4, reverse T3, thyroid antibodies and Hashimoto’s, plus how iron, ferritin, zinc, selenium, vitamin A, chronic stress and cortisol can affect thyroid function. Cyndi also gets personal about what happened when chronic stress and overworking began showing up in her own health—and why supplements and prescriptions aren't always the answer when you haven't addressed the underlying problem. In this episode: functional medicine, thyroid testing, women’s health, Hashimoto’s, hormone health, chronic stress, inflammation, gut health, nutrition, breast cancer survivorship and midlife health. And don’t miss Part 2, when we get into HRT, hormone replacement therapy and the different types of estrogen. Learn more about the pod: www.WeAreBoobalicious.com Instagram: @Boobaliciouspod Learn more about our guest, Cindy Dupuie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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