Cancer And What Not To Say
johndabell When people find out that you have cancer they can be lost for words. And who can blame them? It’s not an easy subject to chat about so saying nothing…
Cancer
The Asset Model And Cancer
A change in ability status can happen at any moment and cancer certainly changes who you are. Cancer equals loss. There is a loss of control. It robs you of…
Be A ‘ODAATer’
Regardless of who you are and your unique circumstances you can only really take things ODAAT – One Day At A Time. The problem is, many of us are rushing…
Who Has The Good Cancer?
I’ve read recently a few people referring to a particular cancer as being ‘the good cancer to get’. Riter (2015) notes the following when he says, ….all cancer is bad,…
Cancer And Distractions
Cancer is all-consuming mentally, or, it can be if we let it. Mind demons can wrap us in barbed wire and keep us inside a compound of stress and anxiety.…
Get Lost To Find Yourself
When you get an incurable cancer diagnosis, it’s common to go into freefall. I certainly did. I was terrified and the fear was real. I also felt incredibly lost and…
Tragic Optimism And Cancer
Overcoming the poverty of hope looks impossible in the midst of toxic news and life events, but we still have tragic optimism to draw on as articulated by Holocaust survivor…
Be Your Own Cheerleader
Job for today: be a cheerleader for someone else and get the best out of them. That’s a job worth doing and worth doing well. You cheer them on, that…
Cancer And Metanoia
If there’s one thing that a cancer diagnosis brings about and that’s metanoia. Metanoia means to change your mind and have a new perspective on the world and/or yourself. Cancer…
Shakespeare, Cancer And Stage Presence
As the immortal bard reminds us: “All the world’s a stage; And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances;” Although medical references are…