she lived it first.
Vikki Feltham. Cancer survivor. Visible difference advocate. Podcast host. Changing how we talk about identity, reconstruction, and what it means to rebuild a life.
she lived it first
Hi, I’m Vikki.
PLACEHOLDER ABOUT SECTION
“Take up space. Don’t apologise for existing. Let your identity expand instead of shrink”
HER MISSION
Identity isn't fixed. It's something you negotiate, perform — and if you're paying attention; reclaim.
PLACEHOLDER
Vikki to write this section in her own voice.Themes to cover: the gap between how we see ourselves and how the world sees us, how acquiring a visible difference made invisible dynamics of identity suddenly visible, the performance of competence and authority and how that shifts when your face changes, what she thinks about and writes about, and why this is bigger than a cancer story — it's a human story about how we construct and reconstruct who we are.Tone: thoughtful, precise, philosophical. Should feel like her LinkedIn articles. White text on black background.
i looked for this podcast for two years.
it didn’t exist.
so i made it.
Hosted by Vikki, drawing on her lived experience of losing her nose to cancer, this isn't a recovery story told from a safe distance. It's lived, questioned, and rebuilt in real time.
After facial reconstruction and learning to live with visible difference, Vikki brings a perspective most people never have to develop — seeing both the personal and the structural. Not just how identity shifts, but how it's shaped by other people, systems, and silent assumptions.
Each episode goes where most conversations stop. Treatment, recovery, relationships, confidence — but also the uncomfortable parts: being seen differently, being judged, and realising how much of who you thought you were was never fully yours.
Alongside this, Vikki draws on her background in regulation and governance to challenge the frameworks around care, perception, and support — asking harder questions about what actually needs to change, and why it hasn't.
This is for people who don't just want inspiration. It's for those willing to think differently about resilience, identity, and what it means to rebuild.
Because you don't go back to who you were. You start to question whether you were ever that person to begin with.
The unfiltered podcast about what happens when life changes your face, and forces you to confront who you really are
Advocacy that goes beyond the story.
Vikki doesn't just talk about change.
She works inside the systems that need to change.
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Everyday bravery award
The Family Law Co — Everyday Bravery Award 2026'Her decision to step forward into the light, and work to make sure that more patients receive the support and care they need, is truly inspiring.
— Kerry England, Business Development Director, The Family Law Co
Read the full feature
https://www.thefamilylawco.co.uk/blog/everyday-bravery/everyday-bravery-recipient-announced/
panel speaker - athena effects
Created by Dame Kelly Holmes
'Pushing myself to speak on a stage in front of hundreds of people, less than 12 months since I first came out of hiding?
Huge.'— Vikki Feltham, Changing Faces Campaigner
Watch the clip
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NhMcHxL12A
nobody nose
coming soon

