Cancer. It’s a terrible, dreaded disease that millions of people are diagnosed with every year. Chances are you know someone who has had it or may have even lost someone after a brave battle with it. Briony Benjamin, the executive producer of video at Mamamia, was just 31 years old when she was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and her world as she knew it changed. In Life is Tough (But So Are You), Briony takes us on the journey of what came next.
Briony Benjamin
Life is Tough gives the reader an insight into what someone can go through when life throws them a curveball. Briony explores with vivid and humorous detail the range of emotions she felt right from her diagnosis, whether it was concern over what came next, how and when to tell family and friends, or even what would happen to her hair.
What Life is Tough also offers is great advice that is really relatable, such as focusing on the positives and what really matters in life, and what really doesn’t. She also recommends taking a new stock of life and having a real appreciation for the little things that most people would take for granted when not having to face their mortality.
I really appreciated so many of the different topics that Briony explored throughout the book, in particular around what to say and what not to say as a support person to be super helpful (if you’re socially awkward like me, you might too!).
This is not like other self-help and personal development books that I have come across before — what Briony has created here is truly unique, heartfelt and personal. I am so grateful for this book and its very simple reminder: you only get one life and you need to make the most of it, look after yourself and surround yourself with good energy.
—Life is Tough (But So Are You) by Briony Benjamin (Murdoch Books) is out now.
This book is part of our Self-Help & Self-Care collection
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