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Thriving Beyond Cancer: Hope, Understanding, and Validation of the Cancer Journey
Each year over 280,000 women in the United States is diagnosed with breast cancer alone. But what happens when the treatment is over? How do these women and their families pick up the pieces of their lives after cancer treatment and move on? My book Thriving Beyond Cancer, Hope, Understanding, and Validation for the Cancer Survivor fills the gap between survivor stories and positive psychology. It gives the reader the emotional validation they need and a roadmap to their life beyond cancer. When the doctor dismisses a patient after months of close scrutiny and says, "See you in three months," it feels as if the medical rug has been yanked out from under her feet. There's little or no conversation about the time after treatment and even less written about this precarious time. How does the patient cope during this void? Some worry obsessively about their cancer returning, others wallow in the unprocessed grief. They feel alone and afraid. Women are living longer than ever after having cancer yet many find their lives ill-fitting and dissatisfying. These women have glimpsed their mortality which directly affects their life's trajectory and priorities. These are all heavy topics but they are spun in a warm and loving way with concrete suggestions how to move past the craziness while validating their feelings with survivor stories and quotes. The book addresses the fear of recurrence, the anger, the aging effects, chemically induced menopause, and issues with family and friends. There is the conversation about the lasting nature of treatment side effects and how to deal with them physically and emotionally while encouraging survivors to create a plan to reach future dreams. It also talks about the advanced disease, everyone's nightmare, demystifying and bringing hope to those managing the chronic side of cancer. Breast cancer is a popular topic but this fresh and timely approach to survivorship will become a must-have in the world of cancer. It will give hope and the tools women everywhere need after cancer. The topic is relevant and important to any woman going through or finished with treatment and those in their lives.
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Thriving Beyond Cancer: Hope, Understanding, and Validation of the Cancer Journey
Each year over 280,000 women in the United States is diagnosed with breast cancer alone. But what happens when the treatment is over? How do these women and their families pick up the pieces of their lives after cancer treatment and move on? My book Thriving Beyond Cancer, Hope, Understanding, and Validation for the Cancer Survivor fills the gap between survivor stories and positive psychology. It gives the reader the emotional validation they need and a roadmap to their life beyond cancer. When the doctor dismisses a patient after months of close scrutiny and says, "See you in three months," it feels as if the medical rug has been yanked out from under her feet. There's little or no conversation about the time after treatment and even less written about this precarious time. How does the patient cope during this void? Some worry obsessively about their cancer returning, others wallow in the unprocessed grief. They feel alone and afraid. Women are living longer than ever after having cancer yet many find their lives ill-fitting and dissatisfying. These women have glimpsed their mortality which directly affects their life's trajectory and priorities. These are all heavy topics but they are spun in a warm and loving way with concrete suggestions how to move past the craziness while validating their feelings with survivor stories and quotes. The book addresses the fear of recurrence, the anger, the aging effects, chemically induced menopause, and issues with family and friends. There is the conversation about the lasting nature of treatment side effects and how to deal with them physically and emotionally while encouraging survivors to create a plan to reach future dreams. It also talks about the advanced disease, everyone's nightmare, demystifying and bringing hope to those managing the chronic side of cancer. Breast cancer is a popular topic but this fresh and timely approach to survivorship will become a must-have in the world of cancer. It will give hope and the tools women everywhere need after cancer. The topic is relevant and important to any woman going through or finished with treatment and those in their lives.
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Thriving Beyond Cancer: Hope, Understanding, and Validation of the Cancer Journey

Thriving Beyond Cancer: Hope, Understanding, and Validation of the Cancer Journey

by CLC CN-BA Sharon Henifin
Thriving Beyond Cancer: Hope, Understanding, and Validation of the Cancer Journey

Thriving Beyond Cancer: Hope, Understanding, and Validation of the Cancer Journey

by CLC CN-BA Sharon Henifin

Overview

Each year over 280,000 women in the United States is diagnosed with breast cancer alone. But what happens when the treatment is over? How do these women and their families pick up the pieces of their lives after cancer treatment and move on? My book Thriving Beyond Cancer, Hope, Understanding, and Validation for the Cancer Survivor fills the gap between survivor stories and positive psychology. It gives the reader the emotional validation they need and a roadmap to their life beyond cancer. When the doctor dismisses a patient after months of close scrutiny and says, "See you in three months," it feels as if the medical rug has been yanked out from under her feet. There's little or no conversation about the time after treatment and even less written about this precarious time. How does the patient cope during this void? Some worry obsessively about their cancer returning, others wallow in the unprocessed grief. They feel alone and afraid. Women are living longer than ever after having cancer yet many find their lives ill-fitting and dissatisfying. These women have glimpsed their mortality which directly affects their life's trajectory and priorities. These are all heavy topics but they are spun in a warm and loving way with concrete suggestions how to move past the craziness while validating their feelings with survivor stories and quotes. The book addresses the fear of recurrence, the anger, the aging effects, chemically induced menopause, and issues with family and friends. There is the conversation about the lasting nature of treatment side effects and how to deal with them physically and emotionally while encouraging survivors to create a plan to reach future dreams. It also talks about the advanced disease, everyone's nightmare, demystifying and bringing hope to those managing the chronic side of cancer. Breast cancer is a popular topic but this fresh and timely approach to survivorship will become a must-have in the world of cancer. It will give hope and the tools women everywhere need after cancer. The topic is relevant and important to any woman going through or finished with treatment and those in their lives.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781538075678
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date: 02/01/2018
Pages: 230
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.48(d)

About the Author

Sharon Henifin a Northwest girl, mom, step-mom, grandmother, wife, daughter, sister and beloved friend to countless people. Her positive outlook on life, boundless energy and selfless spirit radiate throughout all that she does. Her giving nature makes her a tremendous resource to those blessed to come in contact with her. Sharon was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1993 and considered herself a survivor from the beginning. She uses her experience to demonstrate compassion, thoughtfulness and caring for those women (& men) whose lives have been touched by this disease. She Co-founded Breast Friends, an Oregon non-profit organization in 2000 where she enjoys working closely with patients and their families. One of her gifts is helping women emotionally navigate the disease, overcome it; but more importantly help them focus on how they live their lives after their cancer, find their passion and create their legacy. Sharon is a born cheerleader, so in addition to her work with cancer survivors, Sharon connects and nurtures women of all ages to provide the tools of self-esteem, confidence and inner power. Her compassionate coaching enables women to know what’s important, what they want and helps them create a plan to be their finest selves. She creates a safe environment for women to open up and discuss their greatest fears, dreams and the legacy they want to create with the workshops and retreats she facilitates. Sharon speaks from the heart and captures the attention of her audiences. Topics include Hope, Healthy Optimism-Positive Energy, Surviving and Thriving Beyond Cancer and Positive Self Worth. Sharon is a contributing author of several books and is currently finishing her own, “Thriving Beyond Cancer.” With her work at Breast Friends with thousands of women, she has found a common thread and wants to share the expertise of turning the cancer journey into a positive experience.
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