Find your feet with coaching
Connect with your community
Find your feet with coaching
It is okay to feel overwhelmed. This section is designed to help you find your feet again. Take a moment to embrace the benefits of talking therapy and nurture your mental health. Small steps can make a big difference.
Maggie’s prehabilitation
Maggie’s Cancer Support Specialists are here to talk you through how to get ready for cancer treatment.
Maggie’s psychological therapy
Maggie’s offers a range of psychological support, including one-to-one sessions, workshops, and Managing Stress courses.
NHS talking therapies
Talking therapies, or psychological therapies, are effective and confidential treatments delivered by fully trained and accredited NHS practitioners.
Connect with your family, friends and community
Connecting with others who understand can make a fundamental difference to your experience – here are some connections to help you.
Bowel Cancer UK Peer Support Line
Bowel Cancer UK's Peer Support Line connects individuals affected by bowel cancer with trained volunteers who have personal experience with the disease. This service provides a supportive listening ear and a chance to share experiences, offering a confidential space for those seeking understanding and connection.
Bowel Cancer UK support groups
Bowel Cancer UK’s online support groups are welcoming places to talk to others with bowel cancer and to meet new people. It is a chance to share experiences in a friendly, supportive, and informal environment.
Bowel Cancer UK talking about your diagnosis
Living with a stage 4 bowel cancer diagnosis can be mentally and physically tough. While telling family, friends and colleagues about it can feel daunting, it can ultimately reduce anxiety and is an important step in getting the support you, and they, need. Bowel Cancer UK has advice to get you started.
Telling your children you have cancer
The Fruitfly Collective is a team of experts who are either living with cancer or providing cancer care or parenting support. They focus specifically on supporting children around a cancer diagnosis and their advice on how and when to have this conversation with your children may help you prepare.
Watch this short film, created by Fruitfly Collective, to support you in deciding how and when to tell your children about your diagnosis. The video provides guidance on about how and when to tell them, and looks at different age groups and how they may feel and behave when they have been told.
