Guest Blog | Sandie Fredriksson – ‘Take Back Control After Cancer’

22 October 2025 — jessica-bailey

We spoke with Sandie Fredriksson, a breast cancer recovery coach and the creator of Take Back Control After Breast Cancer – an eight-week online programme combining audio coaching, guided meditations, practical workbooks, and science-backed resources. Drawing on both her professional training and her recovery journey, Sandie gives women straightforward answers to the most common post-treatment questions – from food and supplements to sleep quality and stress management.

“Coming to the end of breast cancer treatment should feel like the closing of a difficult chapter. Yet for me, and so many women I’ve met, it marked the beginning of a period of overwhelm and uncertainty about what comes next.

As the medical safety net loosened and loved ones naturally moved on with their lives, we are often left feeling isolated, disconnected from our bodies, and even guilty for not wanting to jump straight back into our old lives.

I remember it well. I was 44, treatment had just ended, and I sat there thinking, what now? I had so many unanswered questions. What should or shouldn’t I be eating? Which supplements would genuinely support my recovery and long-term health? Which lifestyle habits should I prioritise? And what else was I missing, that I might not even be thinking about?

Like most people, I knew the basics – eat more plant foods, get enough sleep, exercise regularly (or at least move more) – but what I really wanted was evidence-based, science-backed guidance on what would truly make a difference to my recovery and future wellbeing.

When I realised there was no single, trusted resource I could turn to for clear and reliable answers, I began my own quest to find clarity and put a plan in place.

That journey ultimately led to a life-changing decision: to leave my 20-year career as an equity trader in the City and begin an entirely new chapter. I retrained as a nutritional chef, became a certified health coach, and eventually, a breast cancer recovery coach.

I wanted to take everything I had learned – the habits, the tools, and the strategies I’d implemented myself – and bring them to other women. To create a roadmap for those craving straightforward answers, structure, and support for life after breast cancer treatment.

Over the last decade, I’ve had the privilege of coaching many women one-to-one, all of them navigating the same uncertainty I once faced post-treatment. What began as a deeply personal journey has evolved into my mission to close what I call the post-treatment gap – a gap recognised by many trusted surgeons and clinics.

Recently, I launched Take Back Control After Breast Cancer – an eight-week program that distils everything I teach my one-to-one clients into an affordable, evidence-based online resource.

We’re surrounded by advice – much of it conflicting and confusing. My mission is to provide a clear, practical framework that helps women navigating life after breast cancer, move from feeling anxious and overwhelmed to feeling informed and empowered.

Leading specialists have welcomed the program and now recommend it within their clinics, including Professor Kefah Mokbel (The London Breast Institute), Professor Paul Ellis (LOC), Paul Harris (The London Clinic), and the Claire Mellon Clinic (The Portland Hospital).

While none of us choose these circumstances, we do have the power to choose how we respond and to take action to shape what comes next – or, as I like to say, control the controllables.

You can find out more about Sandie and get in touch to explore the different options and costs by visiting her website www.sandiefredriksson.com. If you’d like to discover further cancer coaching and services in your area, please search on Cancer Care Map’s homepage using your postcode.