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5 Books You Need to Read When You Have Cancer

Feb 04, 2025

How a Body Mind Spirit Approach Supports Life with Cancer Jul 23, 2024

by Kathryn White

 

In 2018 I knew that something had to change. For three years I had been living with stage 4 colon cancer and I had been No Evidence of Disease for a year and half when a new cancer lump popped up. With this came more tests and another surgery. Fortunately, it did not mean...

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3 Benefits of Breathwork for Cancer Patients Jul 16, 2024

 by Kathryn White

 

We often use the terms take a breath or catch your breath when we are feeling overwhelmed or when we need to slow down. How many of you have said just breathe to help an upset child or friend calm down? Perhaps you didn't even realize you were saying...

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Navigating FEAR Jul 09, 2024

by Kathryn White

 

We can all agree that there is a lot of fear surrounding a cancer diagnosis. The C word is one of the scariest words in the world and it brings up all of the stories you have heard, the movies you have seen and the experiences you may have had with loved ones who have had...

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How Fibre Supports Colon Health Jul 02, 2024

by Kathryn White

 

First we eat, then we digest, then we excrete. It’s an everyday process that we don’t always put a whole lot of thought into. The thing is, we should and we need to. So let’s get to the straight goods on why we should be thinking about what goes in to our...

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3 Ways To Live Your Life to the Fullest With Cancer Jun 25, 2024

by Kathryn White

 

One of the most difficult things to hear are the three words – you have cancer.  This short phrase can stop you in your tracks and certainly change the course of your life forever. Initially you may feel nothing at all as your mind attempts to process what was...

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5 Ways to Prepare Yourself for Surgery Jun 18, 2024

by Kathryn White

 

How do you even know how to prepare yourself for something you’ve never done? In 2015 I was diagnosed with stage four colon cancer, a diagnosis that required me to undergo some major surgery. For my first surgery I had no idea what surgery prep, the actual...

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5 Ways Gratitude Can Support People Living with Cancer Jun 11, 2024

by Kathryn White

 

Living with cancer has its challenges to say the least. Finding gratitude can be one of them. The overwhelm of the health situation, the trips to appointments and tests, and the sheer overwhelm and exhaustion both physically and mentally can make finding the good things in...

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4 Ways to Slow Down Racing Thoughts May 28, 2024

by Kathryn White

 

Can you calm your mind?

One aspect of cancer is a racing mind. There are so many thoughts that happen when you are navigating life with cancer. The Buddhists use the term Monkey Mind to reference how your mind won’t stop moving. Your thoughts are like a monkey...

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Healthy Eating Is Key To Supporting Cancer Healing May 21, 2024

by Kathryn White

 

In the years leading up to my cancer diagnosis I thought I was eating a healthy diet. We cooked most of our meals at home, enjoyed dessert, and regularly ate vegetables. Healthy right?

It wasn't until I was diagnosed with cancer and was going through my chemotherapy...

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3 Strategies to Support Your Family When You Have Cancer May 14, 2024

by Kathryn White

 

I remember the moment the doctor told me I had cancer and how I had an overwhelming feeling to run away. My fight or flight response kicked in and I had this instinct to get to safety. In that moment I needed to be at home with my family. I called my husband, who was...

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Why Change Feels Hard When You Have Cancer May 07, 2024

by Kathryn White

 

How do you feel about change? Do you resist it? Do you fight against it? Or, do you embrace it as inevitable? When you receive a cancer diagnosis there a lot of change and it wasn't the kind you wanted. I feel for you. It's one thing to make a decision for...

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Yoga for Cancer Support Apr 30, 2024

by Kathryn White

 

I want to challenge your ability to be flexible about this topic of yoga and invite you to explore how it can truly be part of changing your life when you have cancer. Looking at yoga in relation to cancer, I want to offer that it is so much more than the poses and...

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