May 15, 2026
What is the most important thing I’ve done to support healing after breast cancer?
Mindset work.
Not positive thinking.
Not pretending things are fine when they’re not.
Not forcing affirmations I didn’t believe.
I’m talking about the work of examining what I believed was possible for my body and my future and learning how to update those beliefs.
In this episode, I share why mindset work became the foundation of my healing journey after a stage 4 breast cancer diagnosis and how neuroscience shows that our brains constantly predict what’s possible based on past experiences, conditioning, fear, and environment.
We talk about:
• Why belief systems impact
behavior and healing
• The brain as a predictive machine
• How fear and conditioning shape health decisions
• The connection between self-compassion and
consistency
• Why changing habits starts with changing beliefs
• How small actions help create new evidence for the brain
This conversation is about learning to believe that healing, peace, health, and change may actually be available to you.
References
- Barrett, L.F. & Simmons, W.K. (2015). Interoceptive predictions in the brain. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 16(7), 419-429.
- Hutchinson, J.B. & Barrett, L.F. (2019). The power of predictions: An emerging paradigm for psychological research. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 28(3), 280-291.
- Bandura, A. (1977). Self-efficacy: Toward a unifying theory of behavioral change. Psychological Review, 84(2), 191-215.
- Bandura, A. (1997). Self-Efficacy: The Exercise of Control. New York: Freeman.
- Neff, K.D. (2023). Self-Compassion: Theory, Method, Research, and Intervention. Annual Review of Psychology, 74, 193-218.
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