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Thanksgiving Special Episode

November 21, 2017Podcastcelebration, family, family traditions, giving thanks, gratitude, holiday, reflection, ritual, Thanksgiving, tradition, United StatesDianeMcDaniel

Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated in United States and a number of other countries. It began as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year. It’s a day for gathering with family and family friends and for engaging in family traditions and rituals.

To mark the day this is a special episode of the REAL podcast. This crowdsourced episode is comprised of reflections on gratitude and of how we celebrate Thanksgiving from Philippe Browning, Catherine Davidson, Laura Diamond, Tanya Ward Goodman, Chris J Rice, Laura Silverman, and others.

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Charlie Tercek: Seeking Normalcy During and After Cancer

June 20, 2017PodcastBacillus Calmette-Guerin, BCG, bladder cancer, cancer, chemotherapy, gratitude, immunotherapy, support, surgeryDianeMcDaniel

How does one maintain routine and regularity when a cancer diagnosis and its treatment threatens to upend life as one knows it?

Today I’m speaking with Charlie Tercek, who in 2010 was diagnosed with and treated for bladder cancer. Charlie talks about the critically important role his family played in taking the lead to find the right care when the route he initially chose did not go as planned. He also reflects on the way that cancer has made him more willing to move on quickly from experiences that don’t work out as expected, how going through the experience together strengthened the bond between him and his wife, and his feelings of gratitude for what he has.

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Rory Green: Developing an Ongoing Gratitude Practice

April 11, 2017Podcastbreast cancer, cancer, family history, genetics, gratitude, hope, mindfulnessDianeMcDaniel

Receiving a cancer diagnosis can make you feel like you’ve been plucked out of your familiar existence and dropped onto an unfamiliar planet. How does one cope with this altered life circumstance when faced with a terrain that is not only unfamiliar but also deeply frightening and threatening to one’s very existence?

In today’s episode of Real Cancer, I talk with Rory Green, psychotherapist and writing coach, who in 2015 was diagnosed with Stage 1 breast cancer. We explore Rory’s strategies for navigating feelings of fear and anxiety, her newfound appreciation for the mundane details of everyday life, and the gratitude practice she has maintained as a result of her diagnosis and treatment. We conclude with a discussion of the counsel that Rory has shared with others who are newly diagnosed with cancer or other life altering situations.

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