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Coping with cancer

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?

When I had to face my cancer anger (c) KarinSieger.com
Coping with cancer

Facing up to my cancer anger

9th June 2019 Karin Sieger

Cancer anger is common and understandable. There was one key moment when I felt it first. Over time I have learned to manage it. We should not have to apologise for our cancer anger.  It is something important to deal [READ MORE]

By Jenny Leach
Coping with cancer

Featuring Jenny Leach: Artist, Author & Teacher

5th May 2019 Karin Sieger

#CreativeDespiteCancer is my free initiative to help bring the creativity of people who have been affected by cancer to a wider audience. Interested in being featured? Then look here. It’s my pleasure to introduce you to Jenny Leach. Jenny [READ MORE]

How to cope with life after cancer treatment?
Coping with cancer

How to cope with life after cancer treatment? 10 key steps.

14th April 2019 Karin Sieger

Not knowing how to cope with life after cancer treatment is common. We have seen too much, gone through too much and fear too much to relax into ‘remission’. Our life has turned into one big uncertainty. What to [READ MORE]

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Stopping chemotherapy – the taboo we don’t talk about.

24th February 2019 Karin Sieger

Stopping chemotherapy – why stop a treatment that is meant to keep you alive? I came close to stopping chemotherapy and here is what happened next. In 2012 I went through chemotherapy for breast cancer and developed most of [READ MORE]

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Potential cancer cures – do you get excited?

11th February 2019 Karin Sieger

How do you feel hearing about potential cancer cures? Many claims are made. And I don’t want to single out any one in particular here. As someone living with cancer, I want to talk about what it’s like hearing about potential cancer cures. I [READ MORE]

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Talking about cancer diagnosis – is it ok with you?

9th February 2019 Karin Sieger

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]

Health Anxiety - Why false hope is worse than no hope (c) KarinSieger.com
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Health anxiety – Why giving false hope is worse than no hope

23rd January 2019 Karin Sieger

Health anxiety is normal. Psychotherapist Karin Sieger explains how not to let it get out of control and why giving false hope is not the away forward. [READ MORE]

Coping with cancer

Putting your life on hold when someone else is seriously ill?

25th December 2018 Karin Sieger

When someone close to you is seriously ill, then it can feel like your own life is on hold. But some responsibilities and events do not stop. What to do, when fear, guilt, uncertainty and life collide? 1. What [READ MORE]

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What’s the use of cancer counselling?

29th October 2018 Karin Sieger

Cancer affects the whole person – physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. I firmly believe in the role therapy can play in an integrated approach to cancer treatment. However, it is not uncommon for people (with or with no cancer) to [READ MORE]

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Cancer infertility and middle age

29th October 2018 Karin Sieger

Cancer infertility can happen as a side effect of cancer treatment, regardless of your gender. What if cancer infertility happens at a time in our lives, when due to age, we may have already decided not to have any [READ MORE]

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