The lesson I’ve learned from all of this tremendous grief is to show yourself some freaking grace. Give credit that your loved ones know how you feel, that the appreciation you have is known, and that while you’ll always wish for more time, it’s okay that things were left where they were.
Continue readingSurvival Is Insufficient
Now there is scientific research showing that the young adult cancer population, aged 18-39, is the most isolated age-group who experiences cancer, and that this isolation is linked to all sorts of quality of life issues. It affects survival rates, reintegration into normal life, and a host of other things. There is data showing that surviving cancer is not enough, we must also be helped to thrive. There is data showing that survival is insufficient.
Continue readingWrite Now With Jean Rowe: Remember
In the Sunday Reset, we wrote about “Remember that time when,” and the sharing was rich. It included being connected to cancer journeys while also transcending them. Why is this important?
Continue readingBook Club Discussion
It’s officially time for the Young Adult Cancer Book Club’s online video chat discussion of Wild, by Cheryl Strayed!
Continue readingWrite Now With Jean Rowe: A Second Helping
Self-care does not have to be a big ticket item draining our bank accounts or our precious energy. We can keep it simple. What is your wise intuition telling you? What do you need? At this moment, just for today?
Continue readingWild: Chapters 11-12
Welcome to the comments and discussion of the Young Adult Cancer Book Club! We are reading Wild by Cheryl Strayed.
Continue readingWild: Chapters 9-10
Welcome to the comments and discussion of the Young Adult Cancer Book Club! We are reading Wild by Cheryl Strayed.
Continue readingJoin Our Focus Group!
Join a focus group, hosted by Cactus Cancer Society, Elephants and Tea, and Servier Pharmaceuticals. We’re looking to speak with a group of 15 young adults facing cancer, ages 26-35, about your survivorship.
Continue readingWild: Chapters 7-8
Welcome to the comments and discussion of the Young Adult Cancer Book Club! We are reading Wild by Cheryl Strayed.
Continue readingWhy I Stayed Away From Survivors
It wasn’t just denial and triggers and caricatures that got in the way of me connecting. It was the idea of being friends with people who were much more likely, statistically, to die earlier than normal, and to have very difficult things happen to them. It was the risk that everyone I knew was weighing with me: how closely do I want to be entwined with that kind of hard?
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