Interesting article. As a Coach and parent of a cancer survivor, you hit some important points as far as helping cancer survivors create healthy habits. There was also a key part I felt you missed. This may be the biggest opportunity of all. In my experience the process of Cancer treatment significantly changes people. They frequently express a deeper sense of gratitude than they previously had, and they often realize that ‘what they believed was important has changed. This takes on many different contours. I would think one of the most powerful roles a coach could undertake is helping a client understand those new feelings and evaluate how they might change their life to pursue these new focuses. A lot of times Survivors will have an underlying feeling of guilt or fear that they may disappoint their family because of changes they want to make…lots of fertile ground from coaching.
Thank you for your informed and thoughtful commentary. After nearly 40 years in education, I’ve entered the coaching arena. I’m drawn to the positivity of the field and am excited about exploring the possibilities.
I think life built around and after the illness is a completely new life. The person, 'the carrier' of illness, transforms, affecting the family, the caregivers—and everyone around them. Coaching or mediation between and during these emotional transitions could be valuable tools in the lives of the affected. It's very important to talk about this ❤️
I used to work in an integrative hospital with cancer patients. Each patient had to see a doctor, nutritionists, psychologist, chiropractor and a couple of other professionals. Coaching cancer survivors of course will help! We need more of them!
Interesting article. As a Coach and parent of a cancer survivor, you hit some important points as far as helping cancer survivors create healthy habits. There was also a key part I felt you missed. This may be the biggest opportunity of all. In my experience the process of Cancer treatment significantly changes people. They frequently express a deeper sense of gratitude than they previously had, and they often realize that ‘what they believed was important has changed. This takes on many different contours. I would think one of the most powerful roles a coach could undertake is helping a client understand those new feelings and evaluate how they might change their life to pursue these new focuses. A lot of times Survivors will have an underlying feeling of guilt or fear that they may disappoint their family because of changes they want to make…lots of fertile ground from coaching.
Thank you for your informed and thoughtful commentary. After nearly 40 years in education, I’ve entered the coaching arena. I’m drawn to the positivity of the field and am excited about exploring the possibilities.
I think life built around and after the illness is a completely new life. The person, 'the carrier' of illness, transforms, affecting the family, the caregivers—and everyone around them. Coaching or mediation between and during these emotional transitions could be valuable tools in the lives of the affected. It's very important to talk about this ❤️
Thank you for reading my post and offering insightful commentary.
I used to work in an integrative hospital with cancer patients. Each patient had to see a doctor, nutritionists, psychologist, chiropractor and a couple of other professionals. Coaching cancer survivors of course will help! We need more of them!
Thank you for reading. I appreciate the experience behind your perspective.