Roxy Jacenko's intense year without Oliver Curtis

It has been quite a year for PR maven Roxy Jacenko since husband Oliver Curtis was sent to prison last June for insider trading.

From a shocking cancer diagnosis, to juggling sole parenting and keeping her business afloat, the 37-year-old mother-of-two has got to grips with life on her own.

It's also been 12 months during which Roxy's social media following has increased, with her weight loss journey, lavish holidays, cute children and posts featuring no wedding ring getting people clicking and talking.

After she was by her husband's side when he was sentenced to jail for insider trading last year, the backlash she received for "making the courtroom a catwalk" was only the start of the bad news.

Less than a month later she was diagnosed with breast cancer, and admitted she asked five-year-old daughter Pixie to feel the cancerous lump in her breast when she first discovered it at home.

"The timing is extraordinary," she told The Daily Telegraph of her diagnosis at the time.

"What I have experienced in the past three weeks is the most shocking thing I have ever experienced," she continued.

“I am heartbroken but the reality of it is if this [Oliver going to prison] hadn’t have happened, there is nothing to say I wouldn’t have got this [cancer]."

Roxy chose to share her cancer journey with the cameras, as a 60 Minutes crew followed her into surgery.

She described herself as a 'single mum' in the interview and said that she didn't want to let her children down.

“It is what it is. I’m unfortunately the person who has got the cancer, my husband is in jail and I’m now a single mother,” she said on the program.

During and following her radiation treatment, she has continued to have the support of her mother Doreen, as well as her Sweaty Betty PR employees.

In fact, keeping a focus on her business has got Roxy through some of the harder times.

Not only has she continued to manage a high-profile list of clients, but she has conducted two "In Conversation" speaking events, sharing her "Tips and Tricks" for making it in the cut-throat PR and social media industry.

However when speaking at her In Conversation With Roxy Jacenko event at The Westin Sydney in May, she told an audience of hundreds: "'My business took a hit last year and that was off the back of all the drama surrounding me with my husband’s sentencing and my cancer".

Also taking some time to work on her health and fitness has been high on Roxy's priority list.

Choosing to spend the Christmas period abroad with her kids and mother Doreen, Roxy was seen showing off the results of a 10kg weight loss while in Hawaii over the festive holiday.

Speaking previously to Be last year, Roxy said she keeps herself looking and feeling great with a combo of frequent workouts and a sashimi-based diet.

After her breast cancer diagnosis and subsequent surgery, she said it's more important than ever to look after her health and overall wellbeing.

"I train at 8am, ideally I would love to go earlier but by the time I get the kids organised 8am is the earliest I can get in there, from there it's straight to work - I am at my desk by 9:15am latest daily," Roxy explained to Be.

"Exercise is one part but the diet is realistically what is so important also. I live on a sashimi/sushi diet mostly."

And it's not just her healthy figure that fans began to notice on social media, but also the fact that she wasn't wearing her wedding ring in many snaps.

When speaking to Be in February, the businesswoman explained it was difficult to workout with rings on at the gym.

"Can't train in diamonds," she said at the time.

Meanwhile reports emerged that Roxy was planning to split with Oliver upon his jail release.

A source told The Sunday Telegraph that Roxy had the whole thing "worked out in her head".

"She has said that once Oli is out, she will end it," the insider said.

"She has been preparing for it for a while now."

But in an interview with Channel Seven's The Morning Show in March, the PR guru discussed the rumours surrounding her marriage.

“There’s commotion, but there’ll always be commotion in my life. It’s the way its always been,” she the show’s hosts Larry Emdur and Kylie Gillies.

“Yes, he’s in jail, but it is what it is. I just keep going,” she continued. “I’ve got problems, but they’re very minimal compared to other people out there.”

“I don’t know who goes to the gym with their jewellery on,” Roxy said with a laugh when asked about not wearing her ring. “I definitely put a face on because there’s always a few good looking boys in the gym.”

“I’m still married. No marriage is ever perfect,” she added. “Mine’s challenged because of the situation that we’re in, but Ollie’s a wonderful father and I’ve got my rings on. I just don’t wear them to the gym. But all is fine.”

In May pictures surfaced of Roxy and her ex-boyfriend Nabil Gazal hugging and kissing at a party held at his luxury apartment.

The friendly exes, who split in 2010 after a "serious relationship", had been seen together several times since Oliver was jailed for insider trading last June.

Roxy declined to comment to Be after photos were published by Daily MailAustralia.

On Friday morning Roxy was spotted arriving at Cooma with her two children via private jet, ready to greet Oliver as he was released after a year behind bars.

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