This episode is for the moments when life feels heavy and you don’t want to talk it through, analyse it, or make sense of it.

You don’t need insight.

You don’t need motivation.

You don’t need to be positive.

You just need a pause.

In this short, gentle episode of Confidence After Cancer, Gabby guides you through a simple grounding and breathing reset designed to help your nervous system soften and your body feel supported again.

There’s nothing to fix.

Nothing to achieve.

Nowhere you need to go.

This episode is an invitation to rest in the moment exactly as it is. To feel held. To remember that rest is not avoidance or delay, it’s part of healing and integration.

You can return to this episode anytime life feels overwhelming, draining, or too much.

Resources & Links:

1. Book a free clarity call with Gabby: Schedule here
2. Connect with Gabby on Instagram: @gabby.mottershead
3. Visit the website: confidenceaftercancer.co.uk
4. Watch on YouTube: Subscribe here
5. Join Gabby’s weekly newsletter for tips on life after treatment: Sign up here

This episode marks a quiet and meaningful return to the Confidence After Cancer podcast.

Rather than beginning the year with big declarations or rushing back into life, Gabby shares why 2026 started differently for her, shaped by family, reflection, grief, gratitude, and a conscious decision to slow down. Recorded after a deeply emotional New Year spent in St Ives with family, this episode honours love, loss, and the importance of being present before moving forward.

January can come with enormous pressure…new goals, new energy, a “new you.” But for many women, especially those who’ve experienced illness, bereavement, or long periods of holding everything together, this time of year can feel more like emotional jet lag than a fresh start. Forcing motivation on top of exhaustion doesn’t create growth… it creates burnout.

Gabby reflects on the significance of marking 18 years since her cancer diagnosis alongside a recent family loss, and how these moments have reshaped her perspective on time, gratitude, and choice. She explores why gentleness is not weakness, why space can be more powerful than push, and how reframing obligations into choices can quietly transform how we live.

This episode also introduces a subtle but important evolution in Gabby’s work…moving beyond rebuilding after cancer into supporting women who are standing at the edge of their next chapter. Not to be fixed or forced forward, but to lead themselves differently, with alignment, intention, and self-trust.

This is an invitation to begin the year deliberately, not urgently and to ask yourself one simple, powerful question:

What would it look like to support yourself this year instead of pushing or punishing yourself?

What You’ll Learn from this Episode:

1. Why a gentle start to the year can be more healing than a rushed one
2. How grief, milestones, and reflection can reshape your priorities
3. Why January pressure often leads to burnout rather than growth
4. The difference between pushing forward and choosing presence
5. How reframing “I have to” into “I get to” can change your relationship with life
6. What it means to live deliberately instead of reactively
7. Why confidence at this stage of life is about alignment, not effort
8. How to begin 2026 with compassion, intention, and self-support

Resources & Links:

1. Book a free clarity call with Gabby: Schedule here
2. Connect with Gabby on Instagram: @gabby.mottershead
3. Visit the website: confidenceaftercancer.co.uk
4. Watch on YouTube:

If you’re listening to this episode as it’s released, happy New Year’s Eve. And if not, this episode is still exactly what you need right now.

This is not an episode about resolutions. It’s not about fixing yourself, pushing harder, or promising to be more productive. In this final episode of the year, Gabby invites you to pause — to honour what you’ve lived through, gently release what you no longer need, and step into the new year feeling lighter, calmer, and quietly confident.

The year you’re leaving behind may not have been easy. It may not have been fair. And yet, you are still here — and that matters. Gabby guides you through compassionate reflection questions to help you acknowledge your strength without judgement, even if simply surviving is all you feel you managed.

You’ll also explore the power of letting go — releasing guilt, old expectations, people-pleasing habits, and the pressure to be “back to normal.” Not by forcing yourself to forget, but by choosing not to carry yesterday into tomorrow.

Rather than setting goals, Gabby encourages you to choose how you want to feel in the year ahead. One word. One intention. A gentle compass to return to when life feels noisy. She also shares simple, nourishing January rituals that support healing, consistency, and self-trust — without overwhelm or pressure.

This episode is a reminder that resets don’t demand reinvention. They meet you exactly where you are.

What You’ll Learn from this Episode:

1. Why surviving a difficult year deserves recognition and respect
2. Gentle reflection questions to help you process the year without judgement
3. How to release guilt, pressure, and old roles without explaining yourself
4. Why letting go isn’t about forgetting — it’s about choosing not to carry the past forward
5. How to reset without goals, resolutions, or self-criticism
6. The power of choosing a feeling instead of a to-do list
7. Simple, supportive rituals to keep January soft and manageable
8. Why consistency and kindness matter more than big life overhauls
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Resources & Links:

1. Book a free clarity call with Gabby: Schedule here
2. Connect with Gabby on Instagram: @gabby.mottershead
3. Visit the website: confidenceaftercancer.co.uk
4. Watch on YouTube: Subscribe...