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Stress Management

Stepping Out from Under the Umbrella of Fear
SurvivorshipStress ManagementBreast Cancer
Bonnie Annis reflects on her breast cancer diagnosis, dealing with worries of cancer recurrence, using natural remedies, and how fear and stress affect our well-being.
Using Visualization to Cope with Cancer
Stress ManagementDepression & CancerComplementary Therapies
Imagination is a concept not often heard in the medical world, but using imagination and visualization may help patients with cancer cope with the psychological strain of cancer, as Petra Sprik and Kari Dawson show.
When Life Is Challenging, Remember the “Racer”
Stress Management
Whenever life feels like one giant, inescapable ball of stress and challenges, Thomas Galioto advises to remember the rollercoaster ride known as the “Racer” as a way of finding relief.
A Week of Spiritual Muscle Builders
SurvivorshipStress ManagementWellness Corner
Building spiritual health may be just as important as building physical health, but often goes ignored. Petra Sprik, MDIV, MPH, BCC, provides a plan for a week of spiritual muscle builders to help you nurture your soul and maintain a sense of balance.
Mindset and Cancer: Reducing Stress, Promoting a Healthy Lifestyle
Stress ManagementSurvivorship
Meg Cadoux Hirshberg, co-founder of the Anticancer Lifestyle Program that promotes mindful living, describes different stress-reduction techniques, types of meditation, and other practical tools used for stress reduction.
How Mindfulness Meditation Can Help Cancer Survivors Cope with Stress
Stress ManagementWellness Corner
Clinical psychologist Jessica Pieczynski, PhD, offers insights into how practicing mindfulness techniques can help cancer survivors manage stress during the pandemic, and beyond.
Music Is a Tool for Healing
Music TherapyStress Management
Dean Quick, MT-BC, explains how music therapy combats the stresses of dealing with cancer, noting that listening to and creating music increases our bodies' production of dopamine and oxytocin, which act as natural painkillers.
Dealing with Stress and Anxiety as a Cancer Survivor
Stress ManagementCOVID-19 & CancerSurvivorship
Disease recurrence is a common cause for the stress and anxiety typically experienced by cancer survivors even long after treatment ends. Several mental health experts provide some tips for easing these fears.
The Power of the Positive Shift
Stress Management
People who go through life with a positive outlook have better health in part because they experience less stress.
Breathe Through Anxiety
From Your NavigatorStress Management
When anxiety becomes overwhelming, it can add to the difficulties of dealing with cancer. Cancer survivor and nurse navigator Deborah Gomer provides easy-to-use breathing exercises that help restore calm and alleviate anxiety. Remember to breathe!
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