Symington Cancer Conference Spotlight: Dr. Jen Green, Oncology Naturopath and Cancer Thriver on Managing Mindsets with Cancer
In her insightful and deeply personal presentation, Managing Mindsets with Cancer, Dr. Jen Green invites you to explore one of the most underappreciated yet impactful tools in the cancer journey: mindset. This is the second in our blog series featuring talks from the 2025 Symington Public Forum on Healing with Integrative Cancer Care, co-sponsored by CancerChoices.
. Last modified on : Nov 04 2025What to Do When Things Go Better Than Expected: Finding My New Normal with “NED” Ten Years Later
I’ve spent a lot of these past ten years on cancer. Diagnosis. Remission. Recurrence. Lethal prognosis. A resolve to search the globe for every kind of treatment that might work. Thousands of dollars and hundreds of hospital visits. Thoughts every day about how I must write my calendar in pencil, not pen. Coexisting and cancer coaching. Surfing the waves of complications and side effects. But now? It feels like another page is turning.
. Last modified on : Nov 04 2025Meet the Practitioner: Marion Werner, Reiki Master
Marion Werner, MEd is a Reiki Master-Teacher, with professional training in mind-body practices for self-regulation and self-care from the Center for Mind-Body Medicine in Washington, DC. In 2018, Marion collaborated with two colleagues to establish the Reiki Program for the cancer community at Sibley Memorial Hospital, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Oncology Survivorship Program in Washington DC. Marion describes Reiki as a spiritual healing practice that has a calming effect on your whole being, body, heart, mind, and spirit.
. Last modified on : Oct 22 2025Meet the Practitioner: Dr. Linda E. Carlson, Psychosocial Oncology
Dr. Linda Carlson is a globally recognized leader in psychosocial and integrative oncology, specializing in developing and evaluating complementary therapies to improve the lives of people with cancer. These include mindfulness-based programs, yoga, acupuncture and creative therapies. Known for her research creativity and productivity, she blends cutting-edge research with clinical expertise to advance holistic cancer […]
. Last modified on : Oct 23 2025Face to Face, Heart to Heart with Janie Brown, RN, MSN, MA
In this CancerChoices webinar, CancerChoices co-founder and TNS host Michael Lerner and Janie Brown, RN, MSN, MA, offer a conversation inspired by Janie’s work at the Callanish Society—a grassroots non-profit organization in Vancouver, BC, for people living with, and dying from, cancer.
. Last modified on : Oct 23 2025Helping Patients Decrease Stress and Increase a Sense of Control with Donald Abrams, MD
CancerChoices advisor Donald Abrams, MD, shares the ways in which he helps his patients with cancer decrease stress and increase a sense of control, including lifestyle practices and social support.
. Last modified on : Oct 23 2025Remembering Ourselves through Breathing with Rachel Naomi Remen, MD
CancerChoices advisor Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, demonstrates a breathing technique to help lower anxiety.
. Last modified on : Oct 22 2025Managing Anxiety and Depression during Cancer Pain with Thomas Smith, MD
Thomas Smith, MD, Professor of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Director of Palliative Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medicine, discusses the importance of screening for anxiety and depression in people experiencing cancer pain and how to help patients manage these conditions.
. Last modified on : Oct 23 2025Remembering Ourselves through Breathing with Rachel Naomi Remen, MD
CancerChoices advisor Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, demonstrates a breathing technique to help lower anxiety.
. Last modified on : Oct 23 2025Lindsay McDonell: Cancer and the Loss of Anticipation
There are three big areas that we can base our lives on: the past, the present, and the anticipation of the future. I focus on the now. It’s the only thing I can do.
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