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Journalling Through Breast Cancer: The Story Behind Diary of a Soul Reborn with Veronika Bubenickova
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In this special Breast Cancer Awareness Month episode, I reconnect with returning guest Veronika Bubenickova, whose new book Diary of a Soul Reborn grew out of private journals kept during her treatment.
Listeners first met Veronika in the episode "How Revolution, Migration, Career
Loss & Illness Redefined Who I Am," when she spoke about growing up in the Czech Republic and rebuilding life in the UK. This conversation continues her story of facing breast cancer and journalling her way through it. She wrote to manage fear, track her reactions to treatment, and find a space where she could honestly express how she felt. Later, she hoped her words might support other women on their own journeys, describing how those journals became the foundation of Diary of a Soul Reborn, how her mother’s daily notes offered another perspective, and how revisiting the material again brought both tears and relief.
Through this discussion, we explore what happens when writing shifts from self-care to sharing one’s story, and how creative expression can provide meaning for others without pretending that pain vanishes.
Key Takeaways
- Writing can become a quiet space to face fear without performance or pressure.
- Self-expression made in private can later serve others — without being planned that way.
- Re-reading one’s own story is part of healing; it reveals growth that wasn’t visible while living it.
- Loved ones experience the illness differently; combining perspectives deepens understanding.
- Emotional honesty helps dissolve cultural silence around illness.
- Healing work can happen after the treatment ends — when there is finally time to feel.
- Faith and intuition are personal languages of resilience that don’t require perfection.
- Storytelling connects people who might never meet but share the same fear.
- Sometimes the work that helps us survive becomes the work that helps others — not by plan, but by reflection afterwards.
About: Veronika Bubenickova is a Transformational Breast Cancer Coach and Therapist, survivor, advocate for holistic breast cancer prevention and author of Diary of a Soul Reborn. Diagnosed with breast cancer in 2023, she turned inward and upward, choosing to heal through an integrative path that included plant-based living, energy healing, emotional trauma work, and vision-led spiritual growth. Her diagnosis became a catalyst for radical transformation, awakening a new life purpose: to help others navigate the breast cancer journey with courage, clarity, and compassion. Today, Veronika supports women facing cancer, offering personalised coaching, therapy sessions, community healing circles, and powerful online programs that honour the body, mind, soul, and heart. Her unique framework inspires others globally to not just survive, but truly thrive.
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Chapters
1. Introduction (00:00:00)
2. The initial idea of writing a book (00:01:49)
3. Two normal reaction to be diagnosed with breast cancer (00:04:46)
4. The journals: Daily notes, medical tracking, gratitude, family support (00:08:43)
5. Turning notes into chapters: Post-treatment writing routine and publisher steps (00:11:40)
6. Her mother’s role: Two voices documenting the same journey (00:15:35)
7. Reading excerpt: Diagnosis scene and its lasting weight (00:18:57)
8. Re-living the year: Why writing felt like another round of healing (00:22:51)
9. Naming her spiritual beliefs openly for the first time (00:24:46)
10. Reading excerpt: Running with Spirit Guides (00:26:38)
11. Miscommunication, job loss, self-advocacy (00:29:13)
12. Who would benefit from Veronika's story (00:32:25)
13. Reading excerpt: Meeting the dolphin - a moment of joy and release (00:33:52)
14. Where to buy Diary of a Soul Reborn (00:36:05)
15. Closing (00:37:13)
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