Glittering a Turd: How surviving the unsurvivable taught me to live: The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller

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Kris shows us her cancer journey from the day she was diagnosed, over a decade ago, and how life has changed for her since then. Comedian Darren Harriott has come a long way since he was car sharing his way around the UK as a teenager looking to forge a career in stand up comedy. Wenn du das Abo nicht fortsetzen möchtest, kannst du es vor Ende des Testzeitraums jederzeit kündigen. com/howtoglitteraturd and head to Patreon to find out who you can become part of the Turd Glitterati https://www.

She doesn’t hide away from the fact that having cancer, and knowing someone with cancer, is a real shit show (literally and figuratively), but she also doesn’t hide away from the fact it can bring joy into your life. Naturally when Kris published a book, “Glittering A Turd”, I bought it, and would have been glad to read whatever she fancied writing in it!

In this episode, Laura opens up to Kris about the highs and lows she experienced while living out her ‘blue crush dream’, including a fierce battle with bulimia that consumed her at the height of her years in competitive sport.

Kris Hallenga was living a totally normal life as a twenty-three-year-old: travelling the world, falling in love, making plans. The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report. Her determination to succeed and raise awareness during such a draining gruelling journey is awe inspiring.

Please do follow the podcast so you never miss an episode as it helps other people discover it, as does you telling people! Since then he has continued to work as a photographer and set up the NGO Legacy of War Foundation, an international charity supporting communities and individuals as the rebuild their lives after conflict. I have had breast cancer for 12 years, trust that I have some handle on this (even when I doubt this myself sometimes). And if you hop over to Patreon you can be a fully fledged member of the Turd Glitterati and get more fab content from Kris https://www. A story of how a diagnosis of incurable cancer can compel you to live your life more vividly that you could have ever imagined.

Her outlook on life and cancer is probably familiar to everyone who feels like we're winging it day by day. In the very same setting where I and my friend work, another colleague has a daughter who was told by a MALE GP that her bleeding between periods was likely due to rough sex with her boyfriend! Absolutely brilliant book - thank you Kris for sharing your story and showing us all your amazing strength, drive, energy and above all determination to live, and to live a positive meaningful life, inspite of the horrendous, cruel hand you have been dealt with! It is becoming a common theme to have doctors dismiss or misdiagnose patients with these kind of diseases. Kris was living a totally normal life as a twenty-three-year-old: travelling the world, falling in love, making plans.She’s been living with terminal cancer for 14 years now and has officially mastered how to glitter a turd. Fans of Love Island might recognise Laura from season 4 of the show, but others will likely know her from her incredible sporting career as a pro surfer and model.

Kris speaks openly about everything from being treated badly by boys, setting up a successful cancer charity, leaving that charity in the hands of others, and why she won’t be giving up chocolate anytime soon. Then I realised the only reason I recognised those symptoms were because of Coppafeel, the resources from them I’d seen online and resources/pop ups during my time at uni.His story is a wonderful example of how you can find your purpose, simply by doing the things you love. Don’t forget to give Kris a follow on Instagram to see video clips from the podcast as well as hearing about the work CoppaFeel!