How I support a path to healing

Healing is hard to define. Someone may be cured and not feel healed. Another may face an uncurable situation and experience profound healing.

For over a decade, I have supported cancer patients and survivors with healing. I lead classes for Providence Swedish Cancer Institute, Cancer Lifeline and present to patient and caregivers at other treatment centers. In addition to this consulting work, I am available to work one-on-one for those needing more personal support.

My teaching and coaching philosopohy is to help someone heal their “whole self”. Their body, mind and spirit and to offer practices that help them for the rest of their lives.

During my own journey with cancer treatments seventeen years ago, I felt a gap in what would make me feel better, yet I couldn’t articulate it. After I began studying about wellness, I realized that I hadn’t heard the word “healing”.

Each person discovers their healing path. I help them understand patterns around worry, anger, grief and other big emotions. I offer a place to consider those questions where they don’t have answers yet. A space where healing is not just about the body. A space where safety, hope and personal growth live.

Some examples of the themes in my work:

• Crafting a Survivorship Plan for Body, Mind and Spirit

• Writing for Wellness

• Practices for Healing

• Reclaiming Wholeness After Breast Cancer

• Changing Bodies, Changing Emotions

• Grief, Anticipatory Loss and Emotional Processing For Caregivers