About Upfront About Breast Cancer – What You Don't Know Until You Do, with Dr Charlotte Tottman
Dr Charlotte Tottman established her own private practice in psycho oncology, providing psychological treatment for cancer-related distress, before being diagnosed with breast cancer herself, giving Charlotte’s understanding of a cancer experience a whole new dimension.
Despite the circumstances, Charlotte’s own diagnosis and clinical experience enables her to connect with those who are going through comparable situations, giving them a place to reflect and relate, and learn to navigate and better understand psychological discomfort in a cancer space.
Throughout the podcast series we have meaningful conversations about many topics, including the initial shock of diagnosis, emotional isolation, and coming to terms with those who show up, and those who may not during your journey, body image difficulties, how cancer changes your overall perception of life, the impact on sexuality and intimacy, and fear of cancer recurrence.
Charlotte’s own vulnerability is evident in each of the episodes, which lay out her lived experience, provide explanations of psychological triggers and responses, and practical strategies that may help someone on their own cancer journey.
We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting. BCNA’s Helpline provides a free confidential telephone and email service for people diagnosed with breast cancer, their family and friends. Our experienced team can help with your questions and concerns and direct you to relevant resources and services. Call 1800 500 258 or email contact@bcna.org.au.
Episode 0: Welcome to Season 2: Unlimited
We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting. BCNA’s Helpline provides a free confidential telephone and email service for people diagnosed with breast cancer, their family and friends. Our experienced team can help with your questions and concerns and direct you to relevant resources and services. Call 1800 500 258 or email helpline@bcna.org.au (mailto:helpline@bcna.org.au)
Welcome to What You Don’t Know Until You Do: Unlimited, with Dr Charlotte Tottman.
Charlotte and Kellie reflect on the success of season 1 of the podcast and share the topics and themes that they will be exploring through Charlotte’s clinical experience in season 2.
They discuss what unlimited means and unpack and tackle the things we often don’t want to speak about due to avoidance and protection, but these conversations often allow us to confront our fears and more importantly, make us feel empowered.
This podcast was recorded in February 2023
RESOURCES:
Sign up to My Journey (https://myjourney.org.au/) and access a range of resources
Visit our Online Network (https://www.bcna.org.au/onlinenetwork/) to connect with people going through a similar experience
Upfront About Breast Cancer is a production of Breast Cancer Network Australia. Our theme music is by the late Tara Simmons and this episode is proudly brought to you by Sussan.
Produced by Dr Charlotte Tottman and BCNA.
Engineered and edited by Jane Nield at SEN Studios.
Want to get in touch? Visit our website at www.bcna.org.au, email us at helpline@bcna.org.au (mailto:helpline@bcna.org.au), or call our Helpline on 1800 500 258
19 Apr 2023
Season 2: Episode 1: A Mixed Dozen: Anxiety in a Cancer Context
Episode 1: A Mixed Dozen: Anxiety in a Cancer Context
We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting. BCNA’s Helpline provides a free confidential telephone and email service for people diagnosed with breast cancer, their family and friends. Our experienced team can help with your questions and concerns and direct you to relevant resources and services. Call 1800 500 258 or email helpline@bcna.org.au (mailto:helpline@bcna.org.au)
Let’s be upfront about anxiety in a cancer content.
In this episode Charlotte discusses ‘the mixed dozen’: the types of anxiety that are common during and beyond a cancer diagnosis, including diagnosis shock, fear of recurrence, scan anxiety and the impact on family, partner and friends.
We also explore some common behavioural responses and strategies that can help such as challenging the anxiety, sitting in the uncertainty, getting to know your fear and triggers and mindfulness and exercise.
This podcast was recorded in February 2023
RESOURCES:
Sign up to My Journey (https://myjourney.org.au/) and access a range of resources
Visit our Online Network (https://www.bcna.org.au/onlinenetwork/) to connect with people going through a similar experience
Upfront About Breast Cancer is a production of Breast Cancer Network Australia. Our theme music is by the late Tara Simmons and this episode is proudly brought to you by Sussan.
Produced by Dr Charlotte Tottman and BCNA.
Engineered and edited by Jane Nield at SEN Studios.
Want to get in touch? Visit our website at www.bcna.org.au, email us at helpline@bcna.org.au, or call our Helpline on 1800 500 258
19 Apr 2023
Season 2: Episode 2: Forged in Fire: Relationships with your Medical Team and Self-advocacy
Episode 2: Forged in Fire: Relationships with your Medical Team and Self-advocacy
We recommend that listeners exercise self-care when listening to this podcast, as some may find the content upsetting. BCNA’s Helpline provides a free confidential telephone and email service for people diagnosed with breast cancer, their family and friends. Our experienced team can help with your questions and concerns and direct you to relevant resources and services. Call 1800 500 258 or email helpline@bcna.org.au (mailto:helpline@bcna.org.au)
Let’s be Upfront about navigating relationships with your medical team.
Your medical team is often comprised of a group of professionals who you don’t know and who come into your life at short notice, in a highly stressful and emotional time. In this episode, Charlotte explores how for many people their experience with their medical team is a positive one, however this isn’t always the case.
Charlotte shares how it’s important to advocate for yourself and have expectations of what you can reasonably expect from different members of your medical team and what is important to you. We also learn about cognitive and behavioral strategies to help you identify your individual needs and tools that can assist.
This podcast was recorded in February 2023
RESOURCES:
Sign up to My Journey (https://myjourney.org.au/) and access a range of resources
Visit our Online Network (https://www.bcna.org.au/onlinenetwork/) to connect with people going through a similar experience
Upfront About Breast Cancer is a production of Breast Cancer Network Australia. Our theme music is by the late Tara Simmons and this episode is proudly brought to you by Sussan.
Produced by Dr Charlotte Tottman and BCNA.
Engineered and edited by Jane Nield at SEN Studios.
Want to get in touch? Visit our website at www.bcna.org.au, email us at helpline@bcna.org.au, or call our Helpline on 1800 500 258
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