I read a lot and I like sharing things that I think can help others. One reason I started this blog is because I want to put down and make available more broadly the resources that helped me when I was going through cancer and what helps me now. I’ve shared some of this over and over with people whom I was a peer supporter/mentor to when they had cancer, and I hope it can be of help to more people.
This post will have a running list of articles and books I think are helpful. I hope this is useful, and please feel free to suggest ones I should read and consider adding!
Books
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“Full Catastrophe Living (Revised Edition): Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness,” Jon Kabat-Zinn
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“Anticancer: A New Way of Life,” David Servan-Schreiber, MD PhD
Blogs
- My Voice, Dr. Itzhak Brook
Itzhak Brook MD a physician and a laryngectomee. Dr. Brook is a Professor of Pediatrics at Georgetown University. The blog contains information about head and neck cancer, life as a laryngectomee, and manuscripts and videos about Dr. Brook’s personal experience as a patient with throat cancer.
Meditation
- Guided Mindfulness Meditation), Jon Kabat-Zinn
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I personally love the body scan. It’s an hour long. Jon Kabat-Zinn is the foremost expert on mindfulness for dealing with pain and illness. Sometimes when I can’t sleep I listen to it. Maybe it’s just his east coast accent I find comforting. 😉 I do it even when nothing is wrong because it trains your brain to be present in what you are currently feeling.
- Headspace App for iPhone
Articles
- “The Benefits of Optimism Are Real,” The Atlantic, March 1, 2013
- “Why You Should Stop Being So Hard on Yourself,” The New York Times, March 22, 2018
- “Things I Wished I’d Known Before My Chronic Illness,” The New York Times, Feb. 18, 2018
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