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For women living through breast cancer treatment, recovery and the years after.

Support for the everyday realities of breast cancer, including food, fatigue, movement, sleep, emotional wellbeing and life after treatment.
 
Because a treatment plan doesn't tell you how to live through it.

 

Breast cancer exists in two worlds.

The clinical side and the 3am side.

 

In the clinical world, there are appointments, pathology, scans, treatment plans and medical decisions.

 

In the 3am world, there are questions about food, fatigue, fear, body image, relationships, confidence, identity and the everyday realities of recovery.

 

The Breast Cancer Lounge offers breast cancer recovery support through nutrition, movement, emotional wellbeing and community, with care that works alongside your medical team.​

How I Can Support You

One-to-One Support

 

When you want personalised support

 

Personalised breast cancer support for women who want individual guidance with nutrition, fatigue, recovery, movement, emotional wellbeing and life beyond treatment.

Best when you want tailored help for your symptoms, questions and day-to-day recovery.

The Lounge

 

A place to feel less alone.

 

An online breast cancer community for Australian women who want connection, shared understanding, practical support and a calmer place to land between appointments.

Best when you want ongoing support, practical resources and to feel less alone.

What I do as a Breast Cancer Nutritionist and Integrative Practitioner

In breast cancer, my work is to help bridge the gap between “what the research says” and “what on earth do I actually do today.”​

 

I combine evidence‑informed care with a whole‑person approach that honours how food, movement, rest, nervous system, digestive health and emotional support all interact.

 

Instead of handing you a rigid “breast cancer diet” or exercise plan, I sit beside you, look at your treatment, pathology, symptoms, preferences and real life, and help you find ways of eating, moving and caring for yourself that feel both safe and doable.​

How I Work With Your Medical Team

 

Your oncologist, surgeon, breast care nurse and GP remain the experts in your medical care. I will always work to complement that care, not replace it.

While your medical team focuses on treating your cancer, I focus on helping you work through the everyday realities that come with treatment and recovery, including food, movement, fatigue, sleep, digestion, confidence, wellbeing and your life around the treatment plan.

Whenever important decisions need to be made about treatment, medications, supplements, or new and changing symptoms, I'll always encourage you to discuss those decisions with your healthcare team.

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How I can help you through breast cancer?

I treat you as the whole person, not just the diagnosis

Treatment side effects

Gentle, practical support for appetite, nausea, digestion, taste changes, fatigue, sleep and everyday energy during treatment.

Supplements and questions

Help making sense of supplements, interactions, and what to discuss with your oncologist, GP or breast care nurse.

Recovery and emotional wellbeing

Support for stress, confidence, body changes, nervous system regulation, digestion, rest and coping day to day.

Life after treatment

Realistic support for survivorship, rebuilding strength, food habits, movement and adjusting to what comes next.

Why The Breast Cancer Lounge Exists

Your medical team plays a vital role in treating the cancer, but many women discover there is very little support for everything else that comes with it or after it all.

You're exhausted in a way that sleep doesn't fix​

Not tired... deeply depleted, and everyone keeps telling you how well you're doing, which somehow makes it worse.

You don't recognise your own body anymore​

What it looks like, how it feels, what it can do, and the confidence you once had in it can all feel different.

The people who love you don't quite get it​

They're trying and they care, but explaining what you are going through takes energy you often do not have.

You have questions your doctor doesn't know how to answer​

About food, about fatigue, movement, sleep, and what's normal now during and after recovery. Appointments are short. Google is overwhelming. You're left guessing.​

Life feels different, even if it looks the same from the outside

On paper you might seem “back to normal”, but inside you know things have shifted, in how you feel, how you see yourself, and what you need now. 

If any of this feels familiar, you are in the right place, and I am glad you are here.

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I built this space because I couldn't find it when I needed it.

I’m living through breast cancer myself. I know what it’s like to have treatment and feel more lost than when you started.​ To have questions no one has time to answer and feelings you can’t quite explain to the people around you.

I realised there was plenty of information about treatment. What was harder to find was support for everything that sits around it.

The food, the fatigue, the movement, the emotions and the everyday realities of trying to keep living while everything has changed.

That's why I created The Breast Cancer Lounge. A place I wish had existed when I needed it.

Michelle Marshall, founder of The Breast Cancer Lounge

I support women across Australia with breast cancer recovery, including nutrition, fatigue, movement, emotional wellbeing and what comes after treatment.

I'm Michelle

Kind words from women I've supported

You do not have to figure this out alone.
There is support for the spaces between appointments, and for the woman living through breast cancer treatment, recovery and the years that follow.

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