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March 17, 2020Photo diary: Retreat Yourself Ontario 2020
Here’s a recap of what Karine saw and felt during Retreat Yourself ON based in Paris, ON from March 12-16, 2020.
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Localife Calgary spends the night at Telus Spark
We had a great time learning and we even almost beat the high score on the Energy Saver Dance Game (not to brag).
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March 13, 2020YAC Prime: Sleep quality mediates relationship between fear of cancer recurrence, psychological distress in young adults with cancer
The YAC Prime team has been working away with the survey data, and the latest news we have to share is half of the YAC Prime Study participants reported symptoms of insomnia, and about 30 per cent use sleep medications.
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March 12, 2020How to magically flip failure on its head after cancer
“Most of the answers basically proved I hung my identity on what everyone and everything else defined as success. Holy shit.”
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March 10, 2020Localife Winnipeg visits Triple B’s
We kept it casual with 14 of our YACCers at a billiards night in February.
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March 09, 2020YACC values courage
“YACC understands how much courage it takes to just show up. YACC helps to make the brave even braver through empathy and understanding.”
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March 04, 2020“Self advocacy”: What does it mean?
“My role as a self activist began the day I experienced symptoms. I woke up with blurred vision in my left eye. I was 27; this wasn’t normal.”
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February 27, 2020Welcome to Survivor Conference: 20/20!
Intro, financial assistance, FAQs, and wait list consideration.
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Overcoming my prognosis
“I was the perfectly optimistic cancer patient in public. At night, alone, I was laying awake for hours picking out the songs I wanted played at my funeral or the poems I wanted read.”
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February 20, 2020Moving forward
Jenn recently accepted the sense of “normalcy” she felt three years ago is gone, but she’s pretty happy with where she finds herself today.
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February 17, 2020Accepting mortality
“The choice to follow my value systems in front of everything cancer has taken away from me is what makes me empowered, happy, content, and peaceful.”
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February 13, 2020What I wish I knew
“Together with my peers I have compiled a list of all the things I wish I knew. I hope this list can give you guidance where you need it.”
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