BRCA1: Taking back the Control

What if you realised your genes are not your destiny? That you do have some control after all?You’re handed a gene that comes with a warning label and a side of existential dread, now what? This episode is for people who carry BRCA1 and are not here to quietly accept the script that came with it. We discuss how everyone, yes everyone, has a BRCA1 gene, and ours just needs some support. We delve into practical strategies, and conversations with people rewriting their lives instead of waiting for fate to call the shots.We talk prevention, genetics, food, and the weird psychological whiplash of walking around with “maybe-cancer” in your DNA without letting it run your life.If you’re living with a BRCA1 variant and want proof you can hold risk without surrendering to destiny, you’re in the right place.