Happy New Year 2025 - Changes are afoot!

Happy New Year! I hope you all had a lovely time over the Christmas and New Year holidays and were able to spend time with loved ones doing things that make you happy and that you feel fully recharged!

I sometimes think that as fun as that time of the year is (I LOVE Christmas), one really needs a holiday to recover from the festivities and over-indulgence!

I had a challenging 2024, with treatments not working as well as they need to and some pretty nasty side effects to go with it. 2025 isn’t starting any differently with the news that the chemo I have been on since November doesn’t appear to be as effective as hoped for, so there are PET scans, probably radiotherapy and a likely treatment change in the near future.

I’m staying positive and making sure that I make taking care of myself a priority now, which is why I will finally be completely closing the specialist side of Simply Zoë. Building a one stop shop with specialist items to suit the needs of women in treatment and recovery was a really fun and fulfilling experience but there are now lots of amazing options and choices available, provided by experts who can help women better than I can.

The liquidation prices will remain in place until the day I close, so take the opportunity to get some bargains! Stock is quite low now, so don’t miss out! I don’t have a fixed date in place, I have too many medical appointments to focus on at the moment, but it will likely be at some point in February.

I will however, continue with FEARLESS., my charitable collaboration with Vachement Suisse. This brings me such joy and inspires me to be active when energy is low. There might even be some new additions to the collection this year, so watch this space!

Zoe Zenklusen Payne