Georgie Crawford: 'Everything changed when I quit people-pleasing'

In this exclusive extract from her new book, Georgie Crawford shares how a devastating cancer diagnosis at 32 changed the trajectory of her life

Georgie Crawford for Irish Examiner

My rock bottom arrived like a tornado. It shattered my life into a million pieces. My heart shattered into a million more. And as I stood, left with utter destruction, I promised myself that, no matter what it took, I would put it all back together. Exactly the way it was. But soon it became clear that it was never supposed to be rebuilt the same way because I was never supposed to go back. 

Being told I had breast cancer in 2017, when I was 32, felt like cruel timing — my precious seven-month-old baby, my beautiful family, my wonderful life. Then the darkness came. The mornings where my tears started falling before l had a chance to even open my eyes. The stab in the heart when I remembered. I longed for my carefree, innocent self.