Understanding and managing cancer pain can help minimize the discomfort so you can get back to living.
Category: Insights
Coping Insights
The Death of Sleep
Cancer makes it so hard to sleep, but you can reestablish healthy sleep habits and to strengthen your immunity and aid recovery.
Gut Reaction Diet
Cancer disrupts the gut-brain connection and microbiome. Learn what you can eat to feel better physically and emotionally.
Book Excerpt: The Science of Recovery
So what exactly is happening in there that prevents us from jumping right back into life the day after treatment ends?
Coping with Cancer – Q & A
Coping with cancer evokes so many questions. Here are some from a recent webinar. Feel free to submit you own.
The Inside Scoop
Knowing in advance can help you prepare, or it can overwhelm you. What do you wish you had known?
The Victim and the Guilty Survivor
Finding the balance between control and acceptance helps us deal with somewhat predictable cancer emotions.
Testing Your Way to Treatment Success
Often the benefits of participating in a clinical trial outweigh the downsides. But how do you know?
The Trouble with Intimacy
Maintaining intimacy is hard enough without cancer, but throw in a little anxiety, surgery and treatment side effects...
Coping with Cancer in the Age of COVID
Coping with cancer is never easy. Here are some ways to counteract the added stress of COVID
Heartache and Sorrow
Loss is an intrinsic part of the cancer experience, bringing with it, heartache and sorrow.
Straight Talk About Cancer
Metaphors shape our conversation and emotions around cancer.
Palliative, Supportive and Hospice Care
A scary name keeps us from getting the support we need and deserve.
Double Whammy
Coping with cancer is hard enough, but we have to deal with the high cost of treatment too.
Why Me?
Understanding the recipe for cancer can shed some light on the question we all want answered.
Getting the Right Care
Partnering with your medical team helps you get the best care.
What’s Your Coping Style?
Coping is hard. Trying new ways to think and act can help you learn what works for you.
You Are Not Alone
Panic, fear of death, stress, anxiety, a sense of isolation and depression are common cancer emotions.