When Chemo is the New Black
What to do when you have a serious or recurrent cancer and chemo is the new black? This podcast is all about ways of dealing with recurrent cancer, managing treatment side effects, improving quality of life, finding hope and meaning, and hopefully, healing. The presenter is an Australian psychologist living in France with four year’s experience of dealing with recurrent ovarian cancer, although the topics relate to many types of cancer, as the episodes deal with questions that have come up for the presenter and also for so many others in the support groups and forums, as common themes for people dealing with cancer. This channel is an opportunity to learn from others’ experiences, and the podcast episodes are informed by psychological and other research on what helps people facing the various situations that come up when living with cancer. The episodes include practical therapy exercises that are commonly used in psychology therapy intervention, and also, hopefully, a few laughs!
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Wednesday Dec 04, 2024
Wednesday Dec 04, 2024
Episode 2: Don’t Panic (Unless Panicking is Useful) The sun is going to explode in about 3.5 billion years, but anything that happens between now and then is still probably up for grabs. This episode looks at our reaction to times of extreme stress, and how to manage these reactions creatively and constructively. When to panic and when not to. What to do if you are panicking. How to get people to panic when you need them to.
Wednesday Dec 04, 2024
Wednesday Dec 04, 2024
This episode looks at finding hope when dealing with illness that has the same long term survival odds as being savaged by a pack of wild crocodiles. If crocodiles actually hunted in packs, and thank God that they don't. So based on that metaphor we will probably all survive, particularly with the new research and treatments coming through. This episode talks about;
Deciding to hope
Finding a treatment plan
Perspective
Grief
Some practical exercises to help keep you in better physical and emotional state