#15 | Kellie Finlayson - 4+ Years *Thriving* With Stage 4 Cancer

Thank you for being here ❤️ *This episode touches on cancer, terminal illness and discussions around mortality. If today isn't the day for this one, honour that. We are sending you so much love.* 🤍 This is the most powerful conversations I have ever had on Talk Therapy. My friend of 15 years, Kellie Finlayson - bestselling author, keynote speaker, mum and truly one of the most extraordinary humans I know, sat down with me to share her story. Kellie was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer just three months postpartum. She has been living with that diagnosis for almost four years. And if you met her on the street, you would never know. This episode is not about Kellie's diagnosis, it's about how she chooses to show up when life gave her no choice. We get into: - Kellie's diagnosis - what led to it, what was missed and the seven years it took to get answers - Being three months postpartum and receiving a terminal diagnosis - Why her daughter Sophia is the only reason she gets out of bed on the hardest days - What support actually looks like - and why the people closest to her forget she has cancer - Being called Belle Gibson 2.0 and told she should be in jail - and why she finds it hilarious - The waterfall analogy that will change the way you think about resilience forever - Why she never plays the cancer card - even when she absolutely could - Choosing to travel, live and say yes - with stage four cancer and half a lung - How to advocate for yourself when doctors dismiss you - What she would say to anyone sitting in a waiting room right now not being taken seriously - Why the people who have been through the hardest things are always the ones still showing up Kellie is proof that you can be in the trenches of the hardest thing imaginable and still choose to find the light. Not because it is easy. Because it is the only option worth choosing. Go follow Kellie and get her book - links below. And if you know someone who needs to hear this today, please share it with them. This one could change someone's life. 🤍 Tag me in your stories (@christinapengilly) & share this episode with someone who needs it 💌 Follow Kellie on Instagram - Here "There Must Be More" Kellie's best selling book - Linked ⁠📲 Instagram  🤳🏼 Personal YouTube  ❤️ Talk Therapy YouTube Episodes drop weekly on Wednesdays. See you next week! xx