Bits and Boobs

More Than a Tattoo is a conversation about healing, confidence and the part of breast cancer recovery that isn't talked about nearly enough. This week, Bianca is joined by Ash from @medicaltattoobyash, who takes us inside the world of cosmetic and medical tattooing and explains why her work is about so much more than recreating a nipple. From scar camouflage and restorative tattooing to rebuilding confidence after breast cancer, Ash shares how these treatments can help women feel like themselves again. Together, they answer some of the biggest questions around medical tattooing: when it's appropriate, how to find the right practitioner, what to ask before booking, and why feeling safe and informed matters just as much as the final result. If you've ever wondered what happens after reconstruction, or you're navigating life after breast cancer yourself, this is an episode filled with practical advice, compassion and hope. Resources & Links 🌸 Pink Lotus Australia Realistic 3D temporary nipple tattoos designed for people after breast surgery. A non-permanent option for those who aren't ready for, or don't wish to have, permanent medical tattooing. https://www.pinklotusaustralia.com.au/ 💗 Pink Ink Australia Supporting Australian male and female breast cancer survivors through funding and assistance for medical, cosmetic and artistic mastectomy tattooing. https://www.pinkinkaustralia.org.au/ 🎀 Look Good Feel Better Australia A free national support program helping people manage the physical and emotional side effects of cancer treatment through practical workshops and confidence-building resources. https://lgfb.org.au/ 📲 Follow Ash Instagram: @medicaltattoobyash Get in touch with us! 🎧 Follow the journey on Instagram & TikTok: @bitsandboobs.podcast ✨ Connect with us: @dakotamiddleby & @biancainnes

Dakota is joined by a different Bianca today! Bianca, the founder of the Yellow Freesia Foundation 💛 Bianca shares her story of being diagnosed with stage 3 bowel cancer as a brand new mum, after her cancer was found completely by accident. We chat about the shock of a diagnosis, navigating treatment away from family and the friendships that can change when life gets really hard. But this episode is also about Elle 🤍 The beautiful friend Bianca met on her very first day of chemo, who just got it. A friendship that eventually sparked the idea for the Yellow Freesia Foundation and its mission to support young women through cancer and beyond. Check out YFF here for complete FREE support for women ages 18-44: https://yellowfreesiafoundation.org/ https://www.instagram.com/yellowfreesiafoundation/ Get in touch with us! 🎧 Follow the journey on Instagram & TikTok: @bitsandboobs.podcast ✨ Connect with us: @dakotamiddleby & @biancainnes

This week on Bits & Boobs we're back for a catch-up episode. Bianca shares her recent trip to Canberra and her time in Parliament House advocating for patients, including why this work continues to be so important to her. We also chat about our latest giveaway, Dakota recaps her trip to Tasmania and we look ahead to some exciting guests and conversations coming to the podcast. A shorter episode this week filled with life updates, plenty of laughs and a little glimpse at what's been keeping us busy lately. Get in touch with us! 🎧 Follow the journey on Instagram & TikTok: @bitsandboobs.podcast ✨ Connect with us: @dakotamiddleby & @biancainnes

This week, we’re having a good old-fashioned yap about everything that’s been going on lately. Bianca shares why she is heading to Parliament House in Canberra! We chat about the Zoladex news and what it means for so many women, and of course, we get into some of the little spiritual moments that have happened lately that have had us both going “wait… what?!” Plus, we’re celebrating a pretty special milestone - Bits & Boobs turning ONE!!! and a massive giveaway to go with 🥹 One whole year of conversations, laughs, tears, guests, and saying the things we wish someone had said to us. Grab a cup of tea, get comfy and come have a catch-up with us 🤍 Get in touch with us! 🎧 Follow the journey on Instagram & TikTok: @bitsandboobs.podcast ✨ Connect with us: @dakotamiddleby & @biancainnes

This week, Dakota jumps behind the mic solo for a very honest life update on what it's really like living with stage 4 metastatic breast cancer at 30. From scan anxiety and treatment every 21 days, to trying not to let cancer stop her from booking a trip/travel or living her life, this is a conversation about the messy middle that doesn't often get talked about. Dakota shares the mental load of waiting for results, learning to live alongside uncertainty, and the constant balance between planning for the future while navigating a diagnosis that can make everything feel fragile. This episode is for anyone living with uncertainty, health challenges, or simply trying not to put life on hold while waiting for the next thing. Get in touch with us! 🎧 Follow the journey on Instagram & TikTok: @bitsandboobs.podcast ✨ Connect with us: @dakotamiddleby & @biancainnes

Claire is back in your ears <3 If you’re new here we suggest that you go back to Episode 8 and listen to the first half of Claire’s story. This episode honestly just feels like three girls having a yap on a rainy Sunday afternoon. We chat about the reality of life after a double mastectomy, the emotional rollercoaster of recovery, body image, and the really hard feeling of not getting the pathology results Claire was hoping for after surgery. There’s laughter, honesty, a few deep moments, and lots of the stuff people don’t really talk about enough once the surgery is actually over. We always love having Claire on and we know so many of you are going to feel less alone listening to this one. Get in touch with us! 🎧 Follow the journey on Instagram & TikTok: @bitsandboobs.podcast ✨ Connect with us: @dakotamiddleby & @biancainnes

This week on Bits & Boobs , we’re doing something a little different; a proper catch up between the two of us. We talk about life lately, slowing down after chaos, creativity, motherhood, work, treatment updates, survivorship, the hidden costs of cancer, body confidence after surgery, and the strange little griefs that come with trying to live a “normal” life after diagnosis. A soft reminder that healing, surviving and living can all exist in the same breath. Listen now 🎧 Get in touch with us! 🎧 Follow the journey on Instagram & TikTok: @bitsandboobs.podcast ✨ Connect with us: @dakotamiddleby & @biancainnes

This week, Bianca takes on her first solo episode and opens up about her experience with grief across different chapters of her life. Losing her mum as a child. Being diagnosed with cancer at 20. And more recently, losing her brother. This isn’t a neat or tidy conversation. It’s an honest reflection on how grief actually feels, how it lingers, and how it can show up when you least expect it. If you’ve ever felt like you should be handling things better or moving on faster, this episode is a reminder that you’re not alone. Get in touch with us! 🎧 Follow the journey on Instagram & TikTok: @bitsandboobs.podcast ✨ Connect with us: @dakotamiddleby & @biancainnes

This one is for the men. In this deeply moving episode, Adam shares the story of his brother Brett, a hardworking, big-hearted young man whose life changed from simple back pain to an aggressive cancer diagnosis in a matter of months. Adam opens up about brotherhood, the brutal reality of treatment, and how Brett turned his pain into purpose by sharing his story online to help others. It’s a raw conversation about love, grief, mental health, and what it really means to stand beside someone you love right to the very end. A powerful reminder to speak up, get checked, and never underestimate the impact of showing up for the people you love. This episode contains conversations about cancer, end-of-life moments, and loss. Please take care while listening if these topics feel close to home. Follow their story on socials! Adam Mckay - @adam__mckay1 Brett Mckay - @brett_mckay This episode contains discussion around grief, mental health and suicide. If anything in this conversation brings up difficult feelings for you, please know you don’t have to navigate that alone. If you or someone you know needs support, the following services are available in Australia: • Lifeline Australia – 24/7 crisis support Call 13 11 14 or visit https://www.lifeline.org.au If you are in immediate danger, please call 000. If this episode resonates with you, consider reaching out to someone you trust or one of the services above. Support is available. Get in touch with us! 🎧 Follow the journey on Instagram & TikTok: @bitsandboobs.podcast ✨ Connect with us: @dakotamiddleby & @biancainnes

SEASON 2! Join us for our first episode of a new season as we give a brief insight into what's been happening for us both and how Dakota's treatment and mindset are travelling entering into 2026. We're coming in fresh for the new year with big ideas to take the podcast beyond the microphone and make a change. As well as dopamine lists, a HGL (listen to find out) and mindset shifts amongst grief and motherhood. Expect to hear about our first guest for the new season (hint: it's one for the men in your life)! As always, our dms are always open and we'd love to hear from you! This episode was brought to you by www.unsaidcollection.com Get in touch with us! 🎧 Follow the journey on Instagram & TikTok: @bitsandboobs.podcast ✨ Connect with us: @dakotamiddleby & @biancainnes

To wrap up Season One, we’re hitting pause and having a proper look back. In this episode, we share 25 things we learnt in 2025, the tough lessons, the small wins, the “did that really just happen?” moments, and the stuff no one tells you when life goes sideways. We also chat about what we’re taking into 2026 - personally and professionally, what we’re leaving behind, what we’re holding onto, and what’s next for Bits & Boobs Get in touch with us! 🎧 Follow the journey on Instagram & TikTok: @bitsandboobs.podcast ✨ Connect with us: @dakotamiddleby & @biancainnes

In today’s episode, I sat down with the incredible Cass Miller, a woman whose strength hits you the second she starts speaking. Diagnosed with incurable cancer at 36 with three young kids, Cass has turned fear, uncertainty and the absolute chaos of her life into purpose, presence, and the most beautiful perspective. This conversation feels like a warm, grounding therapy session. We talk about walking hand-in-hand with fear instead of letting it drive, choosing a better-feeling thought when everything feels heavy, and finding tiny moments of courage when your whole world is falling apart. Cass shares how she parents through this, how she stays connected to herself, and the way her spirituality and community have held her together. We also go deep into the shift that happens when you realise no one else is coming - that you are the one who has to show up for the scan, for the treatment, and for the healing. And somehow, in that truth, there is so much power. Cass is hope, honesty, softness and resilience all in one - I walked away from this chat in awe, and I know you will too. You can check out Cass and the beautiful things she is doing below! Cass Instagram She Beleive Dare to Live Event Information (wait list) Get in touch with us! 🎧 Follow the journey on Instagram & TikTok: @bitsandboobs.podcast ✨ Connect with us: @dakotamiddleby & @biancainnes

This week on Bits and Boobs, we’re doing something a little different - I finally convinced my partner, Alex to jump on the mic and share what it’s actually like being the support person through cancer, the fear, the grief, and the quiet strength that holds everything together. Whether you’re going through treatment yourself or love someone who is, this one’s for the support people who often sit in the shadows. We also chat about the first community event, Art of Awareness - painting boobies on canvases, journaling, and raising money for So Brave. It was wholesome, emotional, and the first of many. And… a tiny bit exciting: All Friends here caps are now live. Each has a hidden stitched message for the days you need a softer start - “love lives here” in soft yellow, and “trust the slow days” in navy. The perfect gift for someone going through something heavy, or just someone you love. You can shop here: https://www.allfriendshere.com/ Get in touch with us! 🎧 Follow the journey on Instagram & TikTok: @bitsandboobs.podcast ✨ Connect with us: @dakotamiddleby & @biancainnes

After an incredible October filled with powerful conversations for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Dakota and Bianca are sitting down for an honest life update. In this raw and emotional episode, the girls open up about grief, loss, resilience, and navigating curveballs, from Bianca losing her brother and juggling motherhood to Dakota’s devastating news that her cancer has returned, now metastatic. They talk about strength, anger, acceptance, and the waves of life that none of us are ever really ready for, reminding us that vulnerability is powerful and community matters most when life gets hard. A deeply human episode full of tears, laughter, and the kind of honesty that makes Bits and Boobs what it is 💗 Get in touch with us! 🎧 Follow the journey on Instagram & TikTok: @bitsandboobs.podcast ✨ Connect with us: @dakotamiddleby & @biancainnes

At 29, Tessa’s world flipped overnight. She was planning her future - newly married, dreaming of motherhood and then… a lump. What followed was a whirlwind no one prepares you for: a miscarriage of two little bubs, chemo, and fear. In this episode, Tessa opens up about this year, the year that changed everything, and how she found strength, softness, and perspective in the mess, alongside her beautiful husband, Mitch. It’s raw. It’s real. We are so proud of Tessa, and admire her strength. Get in touch with us! 🎧 Follow the journey on Instagram & TikTok: @bitsandboobs.podcast ✨ Connect with us: @dakotamiddleby & @biancainnes

5 years ago, at just 26, Emily found a lump in the shower. What followed was a stage 3 diagnosis, months of chemo, and later, the news no one ever wants to hear, it’s back, and it’s metastatic. In this episode, Emily shares what life really looks like beyond the whirlwind, the egg-freezing, the long hospital days, the moments when hope feels far away, and the strength it takes to keep showing up anyway. But more than anything, she talks about how she’s found joy again, in the small things, the slow days, and the life she’s built with her husband and their beautiful dog, Ollie. A story about love, perspective, and choosing happiness in a life that looks different, but still so full. Get in touch with us! 🎧 Follow the journey on Instagram & TikTok: @bitsandboobs.podcast ✨ Connect with us: @dakotamiddleby & @biancainnes

Kicking off Breast Cancer Awareness Month with a story that will stay with you. Claire, a 38-year-old beautiful mother of two, joins us to share the raw, real journey from finding a lump to navigating diagnosis, chemo, and motherhood through it all. She opens up about those first terrifying weeks, the power of acceptance, and how she explained everything to her little girls with honesty and heart. It’s a conversation about fear, strength, and finding light in the unthinkable, the kind of chat that reminds you just how strong women really are. 💗 Get in touch with us! 🎧 Follow the journey on Instagram & TikTok: @bitsandboobs.podcast ✨ Connect with us: @dakotamiddleby & @biancainnes

This week, Dakota sits down solo to share the advice she wishes she could give her pre-diagnosis self. From the shock of hearing the words “you have cancer” to navigating appointments, treatment side effects, emotions, and relationships. She breaks down the raw, messy, and surprising truths of the early days. Whether you’ve just been diagnosed, love someone who has, or simply want to understand what it really feels like, this episode offers honesty, comfort, and perspective. Because sometimes the most powerful words are the ones you wish you’d heard at the very start. Disclaimer: This episode is based on personal experience only and should not be taken as medical advice. Get in touch with us! 🎧 Follow the journey on Instagram & TikTok: @bitsandboobs.podcast ✨ Connect with us: @dakotamiddleby & @biancainnes

We apologise for a few glitches in this episode! Thanks for bearing with us! <3 When breast cancer left Jess Armstrong’s skin raw and reactive, she decided to flip the script. What started as a desperate hunt for products she could actually use during treatment became FUCA. A skincare made for sensitive, irritated skin. And now? It’s sitting proudly on the shelves at MECCA. In this episode, we chat with Jess about turning pain into purpose: launching a brand while still recovering, and building something that says “you’re not forgotten” to anyone going through treatment. She shares the frustrations that lit the fire, the wins that made it worth it, and what it really takes to bring a business like FUCA to life. This isn’t just a skincare story. It’s about resilience, defiance, and rewriting your own narrative when life tries to write it for you. FUCA 🌸 Website Instagram Get in touch with us! 🎧 Follow the journey on Instagram & TikTok: @bitsandboobs.podcast ✨ Connect with us: @dakotamiddleby & @biancainnes

Two weeks after her mastectomy, Dakota sits down with Bianca to unpack the part of recovery most people don’t talk about: drains that snag, sleep that won’t come, pain meds you think you won’t need (then absolutely do), and the odd reality of a beautiful new breast you can’t quite feel yet. She also shares the shaky first hours after surgery, the small kindnesses that made a difference, and why the “all clear” can land alongside fear and fatigue when radiation is still ahead. Together they trace what rebuilding actually looks like—slowing down instead of “bouncing back,” letting ordinary moments be the win (a proper shower, a walk in the park, a child’s simple kindness), and giving yourself permission to feel proud of getting through the day. If you’re in treatment, supporting someone who is, or navigating life after big news, this episode offers straight talk, zero gloss, and practical takeaways from the week-by-week trenches. This episode reflects personal experiences only. Please consult your medical team for guidance specific to you. Get in touch with us! 🎧 Follow the journey on Instagram & TikTok: @bitsandboobs.podcast ✨ Connect with us: @dakotamiddleby & @biancainnes