<p>Helene Barron is an elite trail runner, a high-performance physiotherapist, a coach, a wife, a mum, a daughter, a sister, a legend and now a survivor- after being diagnosed with tongue cancer.</p><br><p>In early 2023 Helene was on top of the world: she’d just finished top 5 at the Tarawera 100 Miler, one of the toughest tunning races in the country.&nbsp;</p><p>Life was good: Career, family, everything was lining up.</p><br><p>And then, just weeks later…everything changed.&nbsp;Helene became one of the 77 New Zealanders every day who get told they have cancer.</p><br><p>In this episode, we get into:</p><br><p>+ The moment she discovered something wasn’t right: a tiny sore that turned out to be aggressive cancer</p><br><p>+ The phone call that no one ever wants to receive</p><br><p>+ Recording goodbye messages for her kids before surgery</p><br><p>+ What it’s really like going through six weeks of radiation</p><br><p>+ And how she found the strength to keep moving forward when everything felt uncertain</p><br><p>We also talk about resilience, perspective, and why she lives by one simple rule now: don’t drop the glass balls (I’d never heard this theory before but I love it- I hope you will too)</p><br><p>Watch Helenes doco here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0t97mhZcIA" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0t97mhZcIA</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>