“Survivors who confront the existential crisis of life-threatening illness take time to reflect, and from that place of reflection they make choices that impact them in positive ways, often emerging more creative and grateful in their lives. These people invariably report that it was the awareness of having …
Currently there is a crisis occurring in healthcare involving clinician burnout, emotional exhaustion, lack of inspiration, and loss of personal meaning. For clinicians caring for cancer survivors, these feelings are aggravated by facing the largely unknown realm of survivorship and the issues it brings to patients and clinicians alike.
As …
I had a beautiful and powerful conversation with Justine Willis Toms on New Dimensions Radio. I hope you enjoy our dialogue about cancer survivorship, life threatening illness, telling your story … and transformation.
http://www.thejustcast.com/shows/new-dimensions-foundation-new-dimensions/audioposts/322047
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6 Ways to Feel Encouraged
Sometimes we all need something to hold onto during those tough times …
1. Notice what is beautiful around you – the fall leaves, the excited face of a child, the colors of a sunrise
2. Talk to someone who can be with you no matter what …
I want to share this beautiful book of poetry for your consideration. Written by a courageous woman, it embodies so much of the struggle we go through with a diagnosis of breast cancer.
WHEN MY HEART GOES DARK, I TURN THE PORCH LIGHT ON
by Jane Underwood
Blue Light …
The black angel bending over me in the darkness of the cold, stark hospital room is the last to tend to me. Through an anesthesia haze I see the feathers of her wings lightly waving as she alights beside me. Her wingspan touches the bare walls enclosing me while I …
I had the honor of presenting Surviving the Storm: A Workbook for Telling Your Cancer Story at the Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco on September 21,2017.
I hope you can enjoy the podcast of that evening’s presentation.
Commonwealth Club …
COMMONWEALTH CLUB OF CALIFORNIA
SAN FRANCISCO
SURVIVING THE STORM: A WORKBOOK FOR TELLING YOUR CANCER STORY
Cheryl Krauter, MFT
Cancer treatments have become so successful that the number of cancer survivors will reach an estimated 20 million in the United States by 2026. Psychotherapist Cheryl Krauter will offer insights from …
I will be speaking about the challenges of cancer survivorship at the Foster City Library on September 6 at 7pm. I’ll be talking about my book, Surviving the Storm: A Workbook for Telling Your Cancer Story and there will be time for questions and conversation.
Hope you can join …
“Sometimes I need
only to stand
wherever I am
to be blessed.”
― Mary Oliver
I am blessed to be facilitating the Thursday morning women’s group at Spirit Rock Insight Meditation Center in Woodacre, California on February 23, 2017 from 10am-12pm.
This link provides you with then needed …
