Emotional Support

To fully experience the healing properties of music, take time to listen to music in a relaxed state.

Music – It’s good for the body, mind, and soul

by Dawn McDougal Miller, MME, MT-BC, FAMI

Music can be a wonderful tool for people with cancer. Music touches our hearts and souls in many ways. A growing body of research supports the physiological benefits of music, which include boosting the immune system, reducing heart rate and blood pressure, and facilitating the relaxation response.

Overcoming Your Inner Everest

by Alan Hobson

I used to think that climbing Everest would be the biggest challenge I would face in my life. That was until I was diagnosed with acute leukemia and given less than a year to live. At the moment of my diagnosis, 90 percent of the cells in my bone marrow were cancerous. Thankfully, I was able to receive a successful adult blood stem cell transplant, the equivalent of a bone marrow transplant. When I emerged from the procedure, my biggest challenge was being able to stand in the shower long enough to wash. My “inner Everest” took me from the top of the world to the bottom in just 120 days of treatment. It was a long fall.

How to Turn Negative Emotions into Positive Actions

by Margaret Christopher, PhD, MPH, LSW, ACSW

It happened. You received the dreaded diagnosis, and you are being initiated into a club of cancer survivors that you never expected to be in. It is a club that you will be in for the rest of your life.