Real Healing Requires Community
“The reality is things may never be exactly the same. Be honest with yourself about what you are feeling and find community who allow you to show up just as you are” from the Healing [...]
What Gifts do Your Bring?
In her podcast Incurable Joy, my dear friend Joy Engel asked the question of us all: what unique gifts can you offer a friend? And who are your “troops” that can be called in? Take a [...]
An Invitation to Seek a Place of Rest
In The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully, Frank Ostaseski, the co-founder of the Zen Hospice Center, shares what he has learned through his work with people [...]
6 Principles Workshop Coming Sunday October 20
On October 20, 2019 at 7pm, I’m presenting an online workshop: Working with Cancer Survivors: 6 Principles for Emotional Healing through the American Group Psychotherapy Association. [...]
Emotions are Part of Being Alive
People are so afraid of their anger. They don’t want to feel it, aren’t sure how to express it and in my experience working with cancer survivors, they sure as hell don’t want others to know [...]
Two Yogic Strategies for Cooling Off
It’s hot! And when you are hot you can feel irritable, uncomfortable in your body, and less tolerant than usual. Cancer survivors often experience hot flashes from hormonal medication or from [...]
Anger
At the end of one of my Yoga and Talk Therapy Workshops for Cancer Survivors, Lydia spoke up in a worried voice: “I am now realizing how angry I am. But I have a question: Where do I put it?!” I [...]
Hurricane
During a hurricane, the warning signs are there: the weather turns dark, the winds pick up, rains become frightening and torrential. You buckle down to survive. The storm feels endless. Power [...]
Embracing Life
Give yourself permission to enjoy life and choose activities that bring you pleasure and joy, even if outside your comfort zone. Cancer Survivors sometimes blame themselves when they feel fatigue [...]
Caring for Physical Vulnerabilities
Cancer survivors are often faced with ongoing side effects from medical treatment that they did not expect. How can we acknowledge the reality of our side effects and limitations and continue to [...]
