Cancer affects our feelings and impacts our emotional wellbeing, whether we are the one with the illness, family or friends. What to expect and how to cope well?
Having been treated for breast cancer in 2012/13, rediagnosed with a local recurrence in 2018 and working in the field as a therapist and writer, here are 10 cancer lessons (in no particular order) that may help you cope [READ MORE]
Not knowing how to cope with life after cancer treatment is common. We have seen too much, gone through too much, fear too much to relax into ‘remission’. Our life has turned into one big uncertainty. What to do? [READ MORE]
Chemo hair loss is about more than wig or no wig. When I knew that chemo hair loss was going to happen to me, I decided to take matters into my own hands. It was one important way of [READ MORE]
You do not need to have cancer to sense that cancer awareness days, weeks or months can be complex, helpful, annoying, divisive and frightening. They can throw us off balance. Having been diagnosed and treated for breast cancer twice, [READ MORE]
Talking about cancer diagnosis – Helpful, or not? What to do? Many people affected by cancer struggle with how to communicate about what is happening. When is the right time? How do you do it? Do you tell everybody [READ MORE]
What is cancer anger? When does it happen? Who gets it? And what can you do about it? Cancer anger is a normal response to fear, despair and grief – a range of feelings which cancer brings into our lives. [READ MORE]
This workshop is for all therapists & counsellors, and not just those who want to specialise in cancer counselling. Why you should consider attending a cancer counselling workshop. Supporting people with life-changing and life-shortening illnesses is rarely part of [READ MORE]
Cancer anger is common and understandable. We should not have to apologise for it. It is something important to deal with and to let go off. Why and how? When it happened to me, I suddenly exploded and my cancer [READ MORE]
Cancer grief is the sense of loss and bereavement experienced by those affected by cancer (including family and friends). It can start with the diagnosis and does not need a death to feel earth shatteringly real. Cancer grief can [READ MORE]
Holding on to our identity, a sense of who we are and what we stand for is not always easy. Especially not during a health crisis, cancer or other chronic or terminal illnesses, which can drain use of meaning. [READ MORE]
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