by Guest Blogger, Dr. Melanie Dunlap
When you are on a cancer journey, you are initiated into a world of tests and scans. Wherever you are on your journey as a patient or a caregiver, you will be exposed to or the subject of some sort of medical scan. It may be a simple x-ray or a noisy MRI. But do you know what the scan is and why the doctor chose that one? Continue reading “5 Common Medical Scans Used in Cancer Treatment”
by Guest Blogger, Dennis Disbot
We’re one month into the Certified Cancer Journey Coach Training, and I’m loving it! The content, the community, the safe space, this profound connection when listening from the heart; ALL of this complements my healing as a cancer survivor harmoniously. Continue reading “Scanxiety”
by Guest Blogger, Dr. Melanie Dunlap
There are people who will be dealing with cancer this holiday season. It may be a friend or loved one. It may even be you.
The holidays can be an especially difficult time for cancer patients and their tribe. A patient may have trouble getting into the holiday spirit because of physical illness or fatigue. The tribe may feel extra stress trying to make everything “perfect.” Continue reading “Cancer and the Holidays”
by Guest Blogger, Dennis Disbot
Over the next 10 months, I’ll be sharing my experience as a student in this year’s Certified Cancer Journey Coach Training Program. I’m deeply grateful for the opportunity to share the magic that arises. I’m thrilled to be learning the tools that helped my family and I survive cancer with grace, and authenticity. Continue reading “Becoming a Cancer Journey Coach: A Personal Journey – Part 1”
by Shariann Tom, Master Cancer Coach; Founder & President
We will feature one of Keith’s photos each month to share the beauty that surrounds us wherever you are.
But then she backed out. I was crushed! I felt let-down, hurt, alone and abandoned. I felt a deep sense of disappointment and sadness about having to let go of my vision of deep connection and bold adventure. I was emotionally invested. Continue reading “Back in the pit: Dealing with disappointment”
by Laura Sweet, Certified Cancer Journey Coach
The following is based on my experience as a hospice volunteer, and caregiver to my mom at her end of life.
A dear friend from my hometown — one of my mom’s closest friends — reached out recently to ask for advice about supporting a friend who just entered hospice care. Here is what I wrote to her: Continue reading “Hospice / End-of-Life Checklist”
by Shariann Tom
Our world is in a crisis of self-worth. We think we have to prove ourselves. You see it all over the media – both mass and social – trying so hard to earn our worth, we put each other down right and left. Continue reading “Self-Worth – A World Crisis and How Coaching Can Help”
by Keri Lehmann
When my husband was diagnosed with cancer, he was clear. In order to avoid surgery, he was “going to go the natural alternative route.” For us, the natural route involved him temporarily moving from Northern to Southern California, 382 miles away, while I stayed home to work and raise our then 2-year old son. I’ll never forget the day, one day after his diagnosis, he packed everything he could fit into his Honda hatchback and drove away. My knees buckled. How would I do it without him? Continue reading “The Fifty Shades of Gray of Cancer Treatment”
by Teri McClanahan
I remember the first time I attended church during my chemo treatment receiving compliments from friends on how great I looked, how I radiated! Of course, I glowed, I had chemicals racing through my veins killing everything in its way. Continue reading “Strength for the Journey: Inspiration”
by Deidre Lorenzo
Someone made me a license-plate frame that said, “I’d Rather Be Breaking Plates” . . . I got some strange looks driving around, though that might not have been solely from the words on the back of my car. Continue reading “Inspiration . . . Or, I’d Rather Be Breaking Plates . . .”