Cervical Chat: The Importance of Self-Advocacy
Self-advocacy is an important part of taking charge of your care during a cervical cancer diagnosis, treatment, and beyond. Join the conversation with Aisha McClellan (@sharecancersupport) and TrevisMichelle (@TrevisMichelle) as they share their experiences with cervical cancer and how to advocate for yourself while navigating cancer. This program will be held on Instagram Live. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0YC430Rciw
Let’s Talk About It: Ovarian Cancer – Working with the Darker Feelings of Cancer Survivorship
Feeling sad and building strategies for worry are common and often talked about emotional responses to cancer survivorship. Yet many survivors sit quietly with the unsettled heaviness of resentment, regret, bitterness, or anger. Because these feelings deserve our attention and a safe space to process as well, Let’s Talk About It. Join us as we […]
Vicarious Trauma, Burnout and Self-Care
This training will review and define the emotional impact of caring for people affected by cancer, including vicarious trauma, burnout, and compassion fatigue. We will discuss ways to prevent and address these challenges with a focus on self-care and coping strategies. There will be an opportunity for questions and reflections during the program. https://youtu.be/3Ec1k65Rmqg
Let’s Talk About It: Breast Cancer – Our Quality of Life as Long-term Breast Cancer Survivors
Many of us who are 5+ years in our survivorship are still having to navigate through the damage from our toxic treatments and multiple surgeries that impede our quality life. Our guest speaker, Emily M. Beard from Northside Hospital Cancer Institute in Atlanta, GA will discuss things we can actively do as long-term survivors since […]
Let’s Talk About It: Ovarian Cancer – Toxic Positivity
We all have loved ones who show up with an abundance of positivity. But these interactions can be hurtful when this brand of support feels dismissive. A diagnosis of ovarian cancer brings up complicated emotions and you have the right to experience the full spectrum of feelings. How do you honor your honest experience in […]
Cervical Chat: Sex and Intimacy
Join the conversation with Aisha McClellan (@sharecancersupport) and Dr. Kristin Rojas (@kristinrojasmd/@music_sexaftercancer) as they chat about sexual health after cancer and tips and tools that can help. This program will be held on Instagram Live. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuULQ-faRO4
Let’s Talk About It: Ovarian Cancer – Beating Brain Fog
Brain fog isn’t a medical term but it is used to describe the feeling that you don’t have mental clarity. Chemobrain can be a side effect of chemotherapy that results in challenges with remembering details, multi-tasking, or staying focused through longer tasks. Aside from the impact of medication, a diagnosis of cancer itself can be […]
Let’s Talk About It: Ovarian Cancer – Survivor’s Guilt
The question “Why me?” often exemplifies the experience of survivor’s guilt. Feeling survivor’s guilt is more common than you may think and can be triggered in different ways. Your positive news at a follow-up visit, regaining strength when treatment ends, and having manageable side effects are all events that may counter-intuitively lead to stress or […]
When Cancer Changes our Relationship with Our Children
When a parent has cancer the whole family experiences the trauma of the diagnosis and it can have untold affects on our children and our relationships with our children. Join us and our guest speaker Haley Pollack, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Bright Spot Network, to learn some ways to remain connected to your children […]
