What 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.
. First published on : Apr 20 2025Your Dance with Cancer: A Conversation with A Metastatic Breast Cancer Thriver
In this CancerChoices webinar, CancerChoices co-founder Michael Lerner talks with cancer coach Lindsay McDonell about her journey with cancer, her coaching work, and her work with the Smith Center for Healing and the Arts in Washington, DC.
. First published on : Jan 02 2025How Social Support and Examining Life Priorities Transform the Cancer Journey with Dwight McKee, MD
CancerChoices advisor Dwight McKee, MD, and CancerChoices co-founder Michael Lerner “unpack” the lifestyle practice of social support, which includes finding meaning and experiencing various kinds of love.
. First published on : Dec 02 2024Responding to Uncertainty without Fear: Tips for Patients and Professionals with Wayne Jonas, MD
CancerChoices advisor Wayne B. Jonas, MD, discusses how people with cancer and the professionals caring for them can use intuition and thoughtful communication to respond to uncertainty without fear.
. First published on : Dec 02 2024The Transformative Power of Cancer with Mark Renneker, MD
CancerChoices advisor Mark Renneker, MD, discusses how going through cancer often transforms people’s lives and priorities.
. First published on : Dec 02 2024Learnings on Relationship from Over One Hundred Cancer Retreats with Janie Brown, RN, MSN, MA
Janie Brown, RN, MSN, MA, co-founder and executive director of the Callanish Society, discusses her experience building relationships with retreat participants and the power of learning to love strangers, including learning how to grieve.
. First published on : Nov 11 2024Offering Guidance Without Prescription with Janie Brown, RN, MSN, MA
Janie Brown, co-founder and executive director of the Callanish Society, and Michael Lerner, co-founder of CancerChoices, discuss the goal to meet people where they are when offering guidance.
. First published on : Oct 30 2024Palliative Care as an Approach to Life with BJ Miller, MD
CancerChoices advisor BJ Miller, MD, discusses what palliative care and its philosophy offer to us as we cope with the challenges of the COVID pandemic.
. First published on : Oct 30 2024Our Options in Responding to a Cancer Diagnosis with Wayne Jonas, MD
CancerChoices advisor Wayne B. Jonas, MD, discusses our options in responding to cancer: by waging a war against it, or by focusing on healing.
. First published on : Oct 30 2024Two Rules of Thumb for Cancer Care with Donald Abrams, MD
CancerChoices advisor Donald Abrams, MD, and CancerChoices co-founder Michael Lerner discuss two rules of thumb for cancer care: avoiding hasty decisions and verifying the pathology report.
. First published on : Oct 30 2024