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 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]
Chemo brain is one of many possible side effects of cancer treatment. Not everyone will get it, but I did. And I did not really know what to expect and how to cope. Why Chemo Brain? During cancer treatment [READ MORE]
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]
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]
Whether you are on LinkedIn, or not, you and I, we have something in common. We are statistics and we experience crises in our lives. What I did with my LinkedIn profile tells how I dealt with a crisis and [READ MORE]
Every day I walk past a bridge, and every day it reminds me to take nothing for granted, especially my health. Because there was a time, when in a matter of weeks I had physically and mentally aged, unable [READ MORE]
How to overcome cancer self exam anxiety? Self examining our breasts, skin, testicles, poo – it is all talked about and it makes sense, but why do we find it difficult to follow the advice? Whether you have been [READ MORE]
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]
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]
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]
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