Belinda sits down with Bianca Innes to discuss resilience, grief and rebuilding yourself after life-changing adversity.
At four years old, Bianca’s mother left the family after struggling with alcoholism and depression. Three years later, when Bianca was just seven, her mother passed away, leaving her to be raised by her dad and older brother.
At just 20, Bianca became the youngest person in Australia to be diagnosed with Stage 2B Grade 3 triple positive breast cancer. The diagnosis led to medically induced menopause and she was told she may never have children.
Bianca shares what it was like to have her symptoms dismissed, navigate cancer treatment, become a mother against the odds, and rebuild again after losing her brother in adulthood. This is a conversation about grief, resilience, identity and the quiet strength it takes to keep moving forward when life keeps changing the path beneath you.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Losing a mother in childhood and navigating the mother wound
- Advocating for yourself when you know something isn’t right
- Being diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer at just 20
- Medically induced menopause and its impact on identity and mental health
- Becoming a mother after being told it may never happen
- Losing a sibling and learning to live alongside grief
- Rebuilding your identity after trauma
- Using writing and journaling to process grief and emotions
- Why kindness and one genuine conversation can change someone’s life
Sometimes life asks us to rebuild more than once. This conversation is a reminder that while we can’t choose every chapter, we can choose what we do with the story from here.
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