7: Life After Diagnosis: Setting Boundaries and Letting Go w/ Jessica Gulish

When you’re the person who handles everything, a cancer diagnosis takes away the one thing you know how to do. There’s no fix yet, only waiting, and the people who love you want to help while having no idea what you need. This episode on how to set boundaries and ask for help after a cancer diagnosis is for you if you’ve just been diagnosed and your first instinct is to push through. Jessica Gulish shows what it looks like to tell people exactly what you need and say no when you have to. It’s also for the friends and family who want to help and don’t know what to say. My best friend, Jessica Gulish, was diagnosed with breast cancer at 44, a few weeks after we watched the Backstreet Boys together in Vegas. She tells me what the days between her biopsy and her full diagnosis felt like and why she took a couple of months off work. She describes canceling a schedule of four visitors a day after surgery and the “let me” necklace she rubbed whenever guilt crept in. She also explains how she retrained her self-critical thoughts, and why a breast cancer support group did more for her than she expected. Communicating needs and setting boundaries run through the whole conversation, and the takeaways apply to anyone in a hard season. Check out the show notes and other resources at https://thetempestagroup.com/life-after-cancer-diagnosis-setting-boundaries Send me a message! Let's stay connected Find me on Instagram at @tempestatalk Check out resources at: https://thetempestagroup.com/resources/ This podcast is brought to you in partnership with Leah Bryant Co.