About Loving Rebellion

The conversation about cancer needs to change.

For too long, we’ve spoken about cancer in the language of battles, survival, and defeat. But war metaphors cast our own bodies as enemies and often work against true healing.

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At Loving Rebellion, I explore a different approach: one where illness is not an enemy, but a messenger. A wake-up call to examine how we live, work, and relate to ourselves.

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My Mission

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Loving Rebellion exists to reframe the conversation about cancer and healing by:

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• Challenging war and survivorship narratives that can harm recovery.

• Exploring the inseparable link between emotional and physical health.

• Highlighting how toxic relationships and chronic stress undermine wellbeing.

• Advocating for radical self-love and self-advocacy — in healthcare, workplaces, and relationships.

• Asking what it really means to heal and transform, not just survive.

 

Why It Matters Beyond Cancer

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This work isn’t only for people with a cancer diagnosis. The same patterns that erode health - toxic dynamics, chronic stress, and ignoring our bodies’ signals - play out in workplaces, relationships, and culture at large.

 

Work, in particular, is a missing conversation. Too often, people return after cancer with ongoing treatment, invisible side effects, and changed priorities — but without meaningful workplace support. Many employers simply aren’t aware of the adjustments that can make the difference. Workplaces can either accelerate burnout and relapse or become powerful allies in recovery and resilience.

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Who I Am

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I'm a writer, speaker, and advocate changing the conversation about cancer and healing. My perspective comes from both lived experience and professional background as a corporate communications expert with qualifications in NLP, coaching, and hypnotherapy.

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​When I navigated breast cancer and treatment-induced menopause at 41, my understanding of how language shapes reality became deeply personal. I witnessed firsthand how the words we use can either support or undermine healing, and how returning to work in systems unprepared to support people like me required radical self-advocacy.

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Before my diagnosis, I worked as a health coach and blogger in the UAE, giving public talks on breast cancer prevention and alternative treatment protocols. But becoming a patient myself shook those beliefs. I discovered that lifestyle and diet, while important, are not enough — and that emotional wellbeing is by far the most powerful determinant of health. Coming to terms with this felt like a crisis of faith, as I realised that alternative healthcare did not hold all the answers and that I needed to rebuild my trust in conventional medicine.​

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That journey taught me two things: true healing requires transformation, and it requires fierce advocacy for ourselves — in healthcare, in workplaces, and in relationships.

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Let's Connect

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​This work is about sparking new conversations. If you’d like me to bring this perspective to your audience, team, or event, let’s talk.