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Living the Path
Living the path is a space for reflection, where healing is approached with honesty, nuance, and care.
Here, I write from lived experience and grounded practice, exploring what it means to live with — and beyond — cancer.
You’ll find reflections on daily life during illness and recovery, gentle ways to support your nervous system and energy, practical tools I’ve found meaningful, and personal stories from the path itself.
Not as prescriptions, but as invitations to listen more closely:
to the body, the breath, and the quiet shifts that restore steadiness over time.
Some reflections are personal.
Others are practical.
Others are from others.
Whether you are in treatment, in remission, or walking alongside someone you love, this space is here to support clarity, calm, and self-trust.
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Mindfulness During Cancer Treatment: How to Stay in the Present Moment
When you receive a cancer diagnosis, the mind races ahead — into fear, worst-case scenarios, and questions without answers. The future feels threatening. The past becomes a longing. And the present moment — the only place where life is actually happening — can feel impossible to inhabit. This is where mindfulness comes in. Not as a cure. Not as a spiritual bypass. But as a gentle anchor back to now. Mindfulness during cancer treatment is the practice of paying attention to yo
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The 6 Most Important Vitamins and Supplements During Chemotherapy
During chemotherapy, your body is doing something extraordinary. It is fighting — on multiple fronts — and the treatment itself, while necessary and powerful, places immense demands on your cells, your immune system, and your energy reserves. One of the most common questions I hear from clients going through holistic cancer coaching is: what can I actually do to support my body right now? The answer is layered. Movement helps. Breathwork helps. Sleep matters enormously. And n
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Scanxiety: How to Manage the Anxiety Around Cancer Scans
The word “scanxiety” may be relatively new, but the feeling it describes is ancient. When you are living with cancer, the approach of a scan can set off a wave of fear that overtakes your body and mind days — sometimes weeks — before the appointment itself. Your heart quickens. Sleep becomes elusive. Ordinary moments are interrupted by catastrophic thoughts. If this sounds familiar, you are not broken. You are human. You are also deeply deserving of support. This is where hol
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Facing a Relapse: How to Find Strength the Second Time
There is a particular kind of silence that follows the words 'the cancer is back.' Different from the first diagnosis — heavier, perhaps, because you already know what lies ahead. The shock is coloured by memory. The fear is edged with something that feels like grief, not just for the future, but for the version of yourself who had started to believe it was over. If you are reading this in that silence — or supporting someone who is — I want you to know something first: this
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The Unexpected Fear That Comes After Cancer Remission
The word 'remission' carries the weight of a thousand prayers. After months — or years — of chemotherapy, scans, waiting rooms, and sleepless nights, it arrives like an exhale you have been holding for so long you had almost forgotten how to breathe. And yet, for many people walking this path, what follows is not simply relief. It is fear. A quiet, unsettling, deeply confusing fear that nobody warned them about. If you have reached remission and found yourself wondering why y
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Questions to Ask Your Oncologist at Your First Appointment
The moment you are told you have cancer, the world shifts. Time seems to slow and speed up at once. You are handed a stack of leaflets, a follow-up date, and a wave of information that is almost impossible to hold. Then — before you have had a moment to breathe — you are sitting across from your oncologist, and the appointment has begun. This is one of the most important conversations of your life. And it is also one of the hardest to navigate, especially when fear, shock, an
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How to Process the Shock of Being Diagnosed with Cancer.
The Moment Everything Changes The moment you hear the words 'you have cancer,' time seems to stop. One moment you were an ordinary person with ordinary concerns — appointments, groceries, the small familiar rhythms of a normal day. And then, in the space of a single sentence, everything changed. This shock is not weakness. It is the nervous system doing exactly what it was designed to do when faced with something it has never encountered before: it freezes, floods, and overwh
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Your First Steps After a Cancer Diagnosis: What to Do and What to Skip
The moment you hear the words — "it's cancer" — something shifts. The world becomes both too loud and strangely quiet all at once. Your mind races through a thousand futures, none of which feel certain. Your body braces. Your heart does something it has never quite done before. If you have just received a diagnosis, or if you are supporting someone who has, this post is for you. These are not instructions. They are not a protocol. They are an invitation — to slow down, to bre
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Fear of Cancer Coming Back: Learning to Live After Remission
One of the things people rarely talk about after cancer treatment is what happens when the treatment ends . When you finally hear the word remission , you might expect relief to take over completely. You imagine life going back to normal. You imagine leaving the fear behind. But for many people, something else happens. A new fear appears. The fear of cancer coming back . This fear is incredibly common among cancer survivors. In fact, many people experience it daily, especiall
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Holistic Support During Cancer Treatment: Finding Balance Beyond the Hospital
When people search for holistic support during cancer treatment , they are often looking for something the medical system does not always provide. Not better medicine. Not alternatives to treatment. But support for the whole human being . Cancer treatment is not only a biological event. It is a psychological, emotional, and existential experience. I know this because I have walked this path three times. My first encounter with chemotherapy happened when I was 24 years old . A
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Why Am I So Tired During Chemotherapy?
Understanding Chemo Fatigue and How to Support Your Energy. One of the most common questions people ask during treatment is: “Why am I so tired during chemotherapy?” The fatigue can be overwhelming. Not the normal kind of tired you feel after a long day — but a deep exhaustion that seems to come from inside your bones. You may sleep all night and still wake up tired. Simple tasks like walking up stairs or cooking a meal may suddenly feel difficult. If you are experiencing thi
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Anxiety During Chemotherapy: What I Wish I Had Known Before My First Infusion
The first time I was prescribed chemotherapy, I didn’t even really know what it was. I thought it was something like radiotherapy. Something external. Something directed. Only later did I realize: Chemotherapy is a substance going directly into your veins.Into your bloodstream. Into your entire system. And I remember thinking: How can this possibly kill cancer? It felt like magic. Dark magic. And if I’m honest — terrifying. If you are experiencing anxiety during chemotherapy
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I Just Got Diagnosed With Cancer — What Now?
If you just got diagnosed with cancer, your life probably feels upside down. Shock. Fear. Confusion. Urgency. Everything suddenly feels loud. First, let me tell you something important: There is time. The moment you hear the word “cancer,” your nervous system goes into emergency mode. It feels like everything must happen immediately. Decisions. Appointments. Treatment plans. But pause for a second. If a tumor developed over months — sometimes years — why does your mind believ
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When Cancer Came Back: Why I Turned Toward Holistic Healing
When my cancer relapse happened after nearly ten months of chemotherapy, I didn’t just feel fear. I felt a deeper question rise inside me. I had done everything the medical system asked.I had endured treatment.I had trusted the protocol. And still — the cancer came back. If you are reading this because your cancer returned, or you are searching “cancer relapse coping” or “cancer came back what now”, I want to speak to you honestly. A relapse changes you. Not only physically.
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How to Cope With a Cancer Diagnosis: Regaining Control, Calming Your Nervous System, and Finding Your Own Path
I have been diagnosed with cancer three times. And to be honest — each time, I knew. Before the scan. Before the confirmation. Before the doctor said the words. I had already felt it in my body. Maybe it was meditation. Maybe it was intuition. Maybe it was simply deep body awareness built over years. But I knew. And still — nothing prepares you for hearing it again. If you are reading this because you were recently diagnosed with cancer, I want to speak to you not as a theory
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Meditation During Cancer: Why Awareness Matters More Than Feeling Good
It’s About Becoming Aware — Especially When Life Breaks You When I was diagnosed, I didn’t lose strength first. I lost trust. Trust in my body. Trust in my future. Trust in the quiet assumption that life would continue as planned. Cancer doesn’t just affect cells. It disrupts identity, safety, and certainty. That’s when meditation stopped being a “wellness practice” for me. It became a way to stay grounded in the middle of uncertainty. Meditation Is Not About Relaxing If you
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Riding the Waves Through Chemo
I asked my doctor: What can I do to keep myself fit? Can I go out in the water? Surfing had just become one of my biggest loves. Being outside. Feeling nature all around me. Moving my body in a way that felt alive and free. The doctor shook their head. Better not. The water could carry bacteria. My immune system would be too weak from the treatments. Safer to stay home. Small exercises only. I understood. But I didn’t listen. Surfing became my escape from the hospital bed. It
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The Call After My First Chemotherapy
I was recovering from one of the most intense medical interventions of my life. Maybe the most intense, full stop. Four days in bed. Numbing myself. Not wanting to feel the pain—or the reality of what my body was going through. It’s still hard to imagine this procedure. Bringing poison into the body. So strong it can destroy cancer cells. And everything else it touches along the way. When I was first diagnosed, I had Stage 2A—or “favorable.” Meaning the cancer hadn’t spread b
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“What They Don’t Tell You About the First Round”
I walked in with my head held high. I didn’t know what was coming— but I was ready to face it. Blood values? Perfect. Doctor? Calm. Infusion? Quiet, sterile, slow. They gave me pills for the nausea. For the headache. For the side effects. I laid back. Hospital bed. Blankets. Snacks. It wasn’t bad It was… okay? Just long. A full day, stillness stretching on. And then it was done. This was it? Okay. Let’s go home. My mom had cooked my favorite spaghetti. The smell filled the ho
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Chemotherapy: The Moment I Realized What It Really Meant
The first time I heard the word chemotherapy , I didn’t even know what it was. I thought it was the same thing as radiation. I nodded in the doctor’s office… not realizing what I was agreeing to. It wasn’t until I went home—opened my laptop, and googled it—that I realized what chemotherapy actually is. A medicine they put into your system . And I thought—wait… that means it travels everywhere . Through the blood. To every organ. Even the brain. I felt the anxiety surge. WTF
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