Former Hockeyroo Fiona Ryan: What Cancer Taught Me About Life, Love & Success

Former Hockeyroo Fiona Ryan: What Cancer Taught Me About Life, Love & Success

From Shaped by Trent Cotchin by Stitch Up

June 10, 2026 · 1h 4m · Season 6 · Episode 9

About this episode

Fiona Ryan shares her journey of resilience through cancer and elite sports, discussing the lessons learned about life and success.

[Watch the episode here] Olympian. Cancer survivor. Mum. Mindset coach. Fiona Ryan's story is one of extraordinary resilience. After representing Australia as a Hockeyroo and competing at the London Olympics, Fiona's life took an unexpected turn when she was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma at just 26 years old. Years later, her husband John faced his own battle with Stage 4 cancer. In this episode of Shaped, Fiona shares the beliefs, mindset and lessons that helped her navigate elite sport, illness, motherhood and life's toughest challenges. A deeply moving conversation about self-belief, adversity, family, purpose and what success really means. If this conversation hit different, you'll want to be on our list. Every week we pull one moment from the episode, what it revealed, and what you can actually do with it. It's called The Debrief. Sign up at https://www.shapedbytrentcotchin.com.au/ This episode is powered by Mageze freedom of movement. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Trent Cotchin

Guest: Fiona Ryan

Topics covered

  • resilience
  • cancer
  • mindset
  • motherhood
  • success
  • adversity

Keywords

  • Fiona Ryan
  • cancer survivor
  • Hodgkin's Lymphoma
  • mindset coach
  • Olympian
  • adversity
  • success

Sponsors

Mageze

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hockeyroo

Places: Australia

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