Guided Journaling Sessions
We begin with the foundations and gradually deepen your reflection as your confidence grows. No experience required — only a willingness to show up.
Join the WaitlistYou finished treatment.
So why does this feel
like the hardest part?
Everyone told you that finishing treatment was the goal. But nobody told you about what comes after — the silence, the uncertainty, the strange grief of being told you're well when you don't feel it. If you're finding life after cancer harder than anyone around you seems to understand, you are not alone.
The Programme
“Women Beyond Cancer is a warm, purposeful community for women who have completed active cancer treatment. It weaves together three things that research consistently shows matter in recovery: guided journaling, time in nature, and peer community.”
Journaling
Guided, progressive journaling that helps you process what has happened and begin to explore what comes next.
Nature
Quarterly forest bathing in Swansea's green spaces — a return to your senses, your body, and the present moment.
Community
Fortnightly peer support with women who understand — no background explaining required.
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What We Offer
Four interwoven
threads of support
A thoughtfully structured programme, building week on week throughout the year — for women who have completed active cancer treatment.
Peer Support Groups
Honest conversation with others who "get it" — no managing other people's discomfort, show up just as you are.
Join the WaitlistForest Bathing & Mindful Walking
In-person sessions in Swansea's green spaces, guided by a certified forest bathing practitioner. Each session offers a quiet, unhurried invitation back into your senses, your body, and the present moment.
Join the WaitlistDay Retreat
A day to go deeper — bringing together forest bathing, creative journaling, and mindfulness in a nurturing, restorative space. A day entirely for you.
Join the WaitlistThe Evidence
Why journaling, nature and community?
The programme is built on three interlocking approaches, each supported by a substantial body of research. Each approach building on the others.
Read the full evidence“A systematic review covering 34 studies and 4,316 participants found expressive writing produced improvements in fatigue, passive mood, and physical quality of life in cancer patients.”
Abu-Odah et al., Support Care Cancer, 2024“Forest bathing significantly reduced symptoms of depression and anxiety across 36 studies involving 3,554 participants.”
Siah et al., Int J Ment Health Nurs, 2023“Peer-to-peer support produced meaningful benefits for depression, anxiety, coping, and cancer-specific quality of life across 18 randomised controlled trials.”
Kiemen et al., J Cancer Res Clin Oncol, 2023Stories
In their own words
With Rebecca’s gentle guidance, journaling has become a creative, grounding practice I now return to with ease.
Rachel
Rebecca is a warm, gentle and positive soul. I felt totally at ease from the moment we met until the end of the day.
Donna
Rebecca is an amazing forest bathing guide. Her calming presence and extensive knowledge put me at my ease and I trusted her completely to guide us through the forest.
Bea
We begin soon.
Join the Women Beyond
Cancer Programme
We're thrilled to have secured funding from the National Lottery Community Fund Wales, making this programme free for women in Wales. This programme is for everyone—add your name to the waitlist and we'll be in touch with everything you need to know about joining.
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