About this episode

Charlotte Bayala discusses the challenges cancer caregivers face in trusting good news and offers a grounding practice to help receive it.

Why can good news feel so hard to trust when you’re a cancer caregiver? In this episode, Charlotte continues the When Calm Feels Unsafe series by talking about the strange gap between what the doctor says and what your body believes. She explores why hearing “everything looks good” does not always bring instant relief, how repeated cycles of calm followed by crisis can teach the nervous system to treat good news as temporary, and why many caregivers grieve the loss of being able to receive good news in a simple, uncomplicated way. Charlotte also shares a grounding practice to help you let good news land for a moment without requiring yourself to believe it will last forever. In this episode, Charlotte explores: why “everything looks good” can still feel hard to believe how cancer caregiving changes the way good news lands in the body the grief of losing uncomplicated relief a simple practice to help you receive good news without having to trust it will last forever

People in this episode

Host: Charlotte Bayala

Topics covered

• cancer caregiving
• trust in good news
• nervous system response
• grief and loss
• grounding practices

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