By Caroline David-Tostevin Each October, a gentle sea of pink ripples across the country — a colour that has come to symbolise far more than softness or style. It represents courage, remembrance, and collective resolve. Wear It Pink Day, held this year on 24th October, is more than an invitation to don…
By Caroline David-Tostevin Menopause — a word often whispered, softened, or avoided — deserves to be spoken with the same reverence we give to all natural transitions in life. Each October, World Menopause Day invites us to pause and reflect on this profound physiological and emotional milestone, one that unites women across…
By Caroline David-Tostevin When the path ahead feels uncertain, words can become companions. Poetry, in particular, offers a gentle alchemy: it transforms jagged thoughts into softened lines, allowing the unspeakable to be expressed with grace. The cancer journey often contains silences—the silence of sterile waiting rooms, the silence of midnight…
I’m delighted to share that Mindful Poetic Reflections During & After Cancer (paperback) — my collection of gentle affirmations and reflectiive verses written during and after my cancer journey — will be available at a special Amazon Prime Day price from 7th October in honour of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Prime Day Offer:£14.99 (usually £17.99)📅 Available…
By Caroline David-Tostevin Cancer recovery is much more than a medical journey; it is—and demands to be—a deeply human experience of loss and gain, fear and strength, grief and rebirth. In that liminal space between “treatment done” and “life resumed”, mindfulness emerges as a patient, radiant companion: subtle, demanding, and…
By Caroline David-Tostevin I’m genuinely delighted—and a little humbled—to share something that’s been quietly growing in my heart for some time: my new book, a collection of 365 daily reflections, affirmations, and poems written for those journeying through cancer, recovery, and the tender unknown that follows. In the face of a diagnosis, when…
Mindful Poetic Reflections During & After Cancer: 365 Daily Reflections & Affirmations By Caroline David-Tostevin When I was moving through the long, unsteady days of cancer treatment, I often felt the weight of uncertainty pressing so heavily that even breathing seemed an act of courage. In those moments, I turned…